Become a mentor today!

Why Mentor?

Mentoring assures young people that there is someone who cares about them, provides them with a guide in dealing with day-to-day challenges, and makes them feel like they matter. Research confirms that quality mentoring relationships have powerful positive effects on young people in a variety of personal, academic, and professional situations. Ultimately, mentoring connects a young person to personal growth and development, and social and economic opportunity.

Need for mentoring

  • Young adults who face an opportunity gap but have a mentor are 55% more likely to be enrolled in college than those who did not have a mentor. (The Mentoring Effect, 2014)

  • Students who meet regularly with their mentors are 52% less likely than their peers to skip a day of school and 37% less likely to skip a class. (Public/Private Ventures Study of Big Brothers Big Sisters)

  • In addition to better school attendance and a better chance of going on to higher education, mentored youth maintain better attitudes toward school. (The Role of Risk, 2013)

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mutually beneficial

In a national survey of adults who mentored young people, 83% said they learned or gained something personally from their mentoring experience. They reported feeling that they had become a better person, developed more patience, developed new friendships, felt more effective and acquired new skills. Mentoring increases their sense of responsibility and accomplishment, and lays the foundation for better morale at work and better relationships with family, friends and coworkers. (Source: “Mentoring Matters: A National Survey of Adults Mentoring Young People,” The Commonwealth Fund, K.T. McLearn, D. Colasanto and C. Schoen, in J.B. Grossman (ed.), Contemporary Issues in Mentoring, Philadelphia: Public/Private Ventures, 1998, pp.67-83. )

qualities of a good mentor

  • Willingness to share skills, knowledge, and expertise

  • Demonstrates a positive attitude and acts as a positive role model

  • Takes a personal interest in the mentoring relationship

  • Exhibits enthusiasm about the legal profession

  • Provides guidance and constructive feedback

  • Sets and meets ongoing personal and professional goals

  • Approachability, availability, and the ability to listen

  • Compassion and genuineness

  • Stable and reliable

  • Non-judgmental

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Program Expectations

We are in the process of overhauling our mentorship program. Thank you for your patience and please be on the lookout for information about the new program.

What’s Next?

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