Illinois attorney Elizabeth Garlovsky of Robbins, Salomon & Patt, Ltd. shares the benefits of mentorship.
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Illinois attorney Elizabeth Garlovsky of Robbins, Salomon & Patt, Ltd. shares the benefits of mentorship.
Looking for a short term opportunity to give back to the legal profession?
Or looking for help launching your legal career?
Enroll in ISBA’s 2016 Lawyer-to-Lawyer Mentoring Program by December 18!
Hear what some of our 2015 participants have to say about the program:
Daniel Saeedi, Taft Stettinius and Hollister LLP, was admitted to the Illinois bar in 2008 and served as a mentor this year for Madeleine R.L. Goldfarb, a newly admitted attorney working at CinnamonMueller in Chicago. Daniel says the best thing he experienced being a mentor is satisfaction in helping new attorneys make contacts, identify marketing opportunities, find short cuts and time savers to practice more efficiently, and deal with whatever challenge they are facing at the time. He likes the one year length of the program because the new attorney will encounter a variety of issues over the course of the year and he is there to be a resource as those new issues arise.
Use your experience and wisdom to provide professional guidance and share practical knowledge with new lawyers during their critical transition from law student to legal practitioner. Simply meet with your mentee a minimum of eight times throughout the year to complete the structured curriculum that will be provided at orientation. Mentors are eligible for up to 12 hours of free CLE credit upon completion of the mentoring program.
Applications Due: December 19, 2013
Mandatory Orientation: January 29, 2014
For more information and to apply as either a Mentor or a Mentee, please visit:
http://www.isba.org/mentoring
On Wednesday, October 5, the McLean County Bar Association Mentoring Program held an orientation for its first class of new lawyers and mentors. The MCBA Mentoring Program was created to pair attorneys new to the practice with those more experienced in order to supplement their legal education with practical advice and counseling. The program has been approved by the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism (www.ilsccp.org).
The Mentoring Committee accepts mentor and mentee applications and personally matches each pair based on their qualifications. Mentoring relationships last one year and encompass a wide variety of personal topics including legal ethics, civility, and wellness, and professional topics such as law practice management and effective client communication. Both mentors and mentees who complete the requirements of the program will receive six hours of ethics CLE credit. The program was able to match nine new lawyers with experienced attorneys in the county. This represents a participation rate of well over 50 percent. The MCBA anticipates a successful year ahead and thanks its mentors and new lawyers for their participation and enthusiasm.