Mentoring (Re)Defined:
Bridging the Future of Law
Friday, October 7, 2022
Friday, October 7, 2022
Principal Sponsor – Thomson Reuters
Sponsor – Winston & Strawn LLP
Sponsor – University of South Carolina School of Law
Conference Agenda
Friday, October 7, 2022 [CDT/Central Time]
8:20am Welcome
- Dean Amy Timmer, Director, National Legal Mentoring Consortium; Associate Dean of Students, WMU Cooley Law School
8:25am Welcome Remarks (recorded)
- Chief Justice Anne M. Burke, Supreme Court of Illinois
8:30am Session I – The Delta Model Lawyer
- Professor Alyson Carrel, Harry B. Reese Teaching Clinical Professor of Law, Co-Director, Center on Negotiation and Mediation, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
- The Delta Model-an agile competency model for the modern legal professional
9:15am Break
9:20am Session II – Transitions Unexplored: Professional Identity Formation & Mentoring
- Professor Megan Bess, Assistant Professor and Externship Program Director, University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
- Professor Maureen Kieffer, Assistant Dean for Career Services, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
- Transitions Unexplored: A Proposal for Professional Identity Formation Following the First Year
- Thirty Reflection Questions to Help Each Student Find Meaningful Employment and Develop an Integrated Professional Identity (Professional Formation)
- Grit, Growth Mindset, and the Path to Successful Lawyering
- Sample 360 Assessment Template from Roadmap
- Thomson Reuters White Paper on Constructive Feedback Across Differences
- What Disruption Reveals About Engaging Millennial Employees
10:20am Break
10:25am Session III – Momentum: How Mentorship and Sponsorship Find a Place In Professional Development
- Linda Coberly, Appellate and Critical Motions Practice, Winston & Strawn LLP
- Sylvia F. James, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Winston & Strawn LLP
- Structuring a Sponsorship Program That Delivers Meaningful and Measurable Results
11:10am Break
11:15am Session IV – DEI Challenges to the Legal Mentoring Landscape: Innovative Practices
- Aurora Austriaco, Past President, National Conference of Bar Presidents; Past President, Chicago Bar Association
- Marlon Lutfiyya, Director of Talent & Diversity, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
- Roberta Roberts, U.S. Department of Justice / DOJABA
- Department of Justice Association of Black Attorneys
12:15pm Closing Remarks
- Nate Alder, Christensen & Jensen (Salt Lake City, UT); Chair, National Legal Mentoring Consortium
12:20pm Networking Breakout Rooms (optional)
- Three virtual breakout rooms – Law Firm, Law School, Bar Association – will be open for you to network with colleagues from around North America.
1:00pm 2022 NLMC Conference ends.