MENTORS COMMIT 15-18 HOURS TO MENTORING OVER THE COURSE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
More than 500 respected lawyers and judges volunteer their time to serve as mentors each year. Service as a mentor promotes the highest ideals of ethics, professionalism, leadership and service for the future generation of lawyers. A mentor is a role model who provides students with an experiential window to view the professional world, who exposes students to the wide spectrum of work lawyers and judges do, and who engages in discussions with students about their observations and experiences, professionalism, and the legal system. By imparting the traditions, values, and expectations of the profession, our mentors play a pivotal role in a student’s development of professional identity and an understanding that traditional law study cannot capture.
We ask our mentors to engage with students, be responsive to their communications and be available to them. While there is room for how each mentor guides his or her student, we ask all mentors to assist by completing at least the following objectives:
Mentor Responsibilities
- MEET with your mentee during the month of September
- SET GOALS with your mentee during the initial meeting to create a Personal and Professional Development Plan (PPDP)
- DISCUSS with your mentee how to best communicate and RESPOND to communications from your mentee
- COMMIT 15-18 hours (approximately 2 hours per month) to mentor activities between September and April
- ENGAGE IN EXPERIENCES two to five times
- DEBRIEF (discuss) at least two topics during the year
- MEET TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS your mentee’s completed activity log in April