Question juridique clé
Whether preparation for and repetition of Geneva bar exams counts as formation under Art. 14 LACI and can exempt the claimant from cotisation requirements.
Solution extraite
Preparation for the bar exams may qualify as further training/perfectionnement, but the record did not permit a finding that the claimant had actually spent more than twelve months in such formation during the relevant framework period.
Motifs extraits
The court accepted that bar exam preparation is in principle training within Art. 14 al. 1 let. a LACI. However, the duration of the necessary preparation had to be assessed concretely, and the file lacked sufficient information about the time spent on the exams, the waiting period for results, and the duration of the June 2005 illness. Time worked gratuitously after the end of the stage could not be counted as training.