
Mentoring (Re)Defined:
Bridging the Future of Law
Oct. 6-8, 2022
Loyola University School of Law
25 E Pearson St, Chicago, IL 60611
Principal Sponsor – Thomson Reuters
Conference Fee
Members $300
Non-members $495
Conference + new 1-year membership ($150 value): $450
$50 early bird discount available through August 31, 2022.
Conference Itinerary
THURSDAY October 6
5-7pm Registration
6:00pm Welcome
- Dean Amy Timmer, Associate Dean of Students, WMU Cooley Law School; Director, National Legal Mentoring Consortium
- Dean Michèle Alexandre, Dean, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
- Keynote I – Chief Justice Anne M. Burke, Supreme Court of Illinois
6:30pm Welcome Reception – Sponsor: Winston & Strawn LLP
7:30pm Dine-A-Round Chicago (optional)
FRIDAY October 7
8:30am Registration & Continental Breakfast
9am Welcome
- Mark C. Palmer, Chief Counsel, Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism
- Keynote II 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
9:45am Plenary Session I
- 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
10:45am Break
11am Plenary Session II
- Momentum: How Mentorship and Sponsorship Find a Place In Professional Development
- Stephen D’Amore, Partner & Co-Chair, Litigation, Winston & Strawn LLP
- Sylvia F. James, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Winston & Strawn LLP
11:45am Plenary Session III
- Mentoring Metrics: If You Can’t Measure It, You Can’t Improve It
- J. Ryann Peyton, Director, Colorado Attorney Mentoring Program (CAMP)
12:30pm Lunch
- Speaker TBA
1:45pm Plenary Session IV
- DEI Challenges to the Legal Mentoring Landscape: Innovative Practices
- Facilitator: Aurora Austriaco, Past President, National Conference of Bar Presidents; Past President, Chicago Bar Association
- Panelists:
- Marlon Lutfiyya, Director of Talent & Diversity, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
- Roberta Roberts, U.S. Department of Justice / DOJABA
2:45pm Break
3pm Plenary Session V
- Innovative Practices at Work
- Brian Potts, The Legal Mentor Network
- Len Polsky (Law Society of Alberta’s use of Mentorship Rocket)
4pm Networking Reception & Mentoring Platforms’ Open Forum
SATURDAY October 8
8:30am Continental Breakfast
9:30am Plenary Session VI
- The Positive Impact of Mentoring on Well-Being
- Diana Uchiyama, JD, PsyD, CAADC, Executive Director at Illinois LAP
- Stephanie Villinski, Deputy Director, Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism
- Tracy Kepler, Risk Control Consulting Director, Lawyers Professional Liability at CNA Insurance
10:30am Break
10:45am Plenary Session VII
- Around the Horn Conference Wrap-Up Idea-Storming
Takeaway sharing and open discussion facilitated by NLMC Planners
11:30am Lunch – Conference Summary & Thank You
Box lunch included to stay ‘n chat or take to-go