In this ABA Journal article, James H. Fierberg discusses his experiences serving as a mentor and educator. He stresses the need for skills such as silence, active listening and critical thinking and their interconnectedness. Read the full article here.
Detroit Legal News reports Cooley Law School announced last week that it has become the new administrative home of the National Legal Mentoring Consortium. Amy Timmer, Cooley Associate Dean of Students, has been named the Consortium’s new director. Read the full article here.
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In this article for the American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Rafael X. Zahralddin-Aravena writes on why mentorship programs fail and discusses sponsorship as an alternative. Read it here.
The 2022 National Legal Mentoring Consortium annual conference was held virtually October 6-8, 2022. Please go to the Conference page to view the videotape.
The 2018 National Legal Mentoring Conference was held April 12-14, 2018 at the University of South Carolina School of Law in Columbia, SC. Participants from 24 states, Canada, and Brazil engaged in the conference “Mentoring: Meeting the Challenges of a Changing Legal Profession.” The Conference Video Library is available under Resourcers / Events.
The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism is dedicating the first day of every month to a nuts and bolts [how-to] issue pertaining to technology. This month Mark Palmer (our Professionalism Counsel) debuted the first 2Civility Tech Blog post, complementing our other posts relating to the importance of technology in our profession. If lawyers embrace […]
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President Brown states Mentorship is the key to diversity in the profession.
The National Legal Mentoring Consortium sponsored its 2016 Conference with the Colorado Attorney Mentoring Program of the Colorado Supreme Court (C.A.M.P.) and the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. May 5-7, 2016 in Denver, CO.
