2022 National Legal Mentoring Conference

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.