This may include, but is not limited to: natural /
informal mentoring relationships between a non-parental adult and young person (e.g., aunty / uncle and niece / nephew; older sibling / cousin with younger sibling / cousin; coach and student, neighbours, family friends), OR formal mentoring relationships where youth workers or mentors are working with young people as part of a formal programme or service.
According to the NALP and West LegalEdcenter study, «95 % of lawyers participating in
informal mentoring relationships rated the experience as «very beneficial» or «extremely beneficial.
Even at firms with more than 500 attorneys, more than 70 % of attorneys said they had
informal mentoring relationships.
Given our structure and environment,
informal mentoring relationships are inevitable and we encourage our students to take advantage of all mentorship offered within the firm.
Ethical codes for adjudicators and mediators do not specifically address
the informal mentoring relationship.
Not exact matches
Mentoring relationships are often
informal — you might even have a mentor already and not realize it!
Whether through formal or
informal mentoring, peer - to - peer connections, or access to school counseling,
relationships are an essential part of preparing young people to transition to adulthood.
It often takes time, though, for
informal — if solid —
mentoring relationships to emerge, and one thing the modern lawyer doesn't have much of anymore is time.
Mentoring relationships can be
informal and unstructured, more complex and procedure - based, or somewhere in between.
Mentoring is key to success, and while some of the best mentoring relationships are informal and organic, formal mentoring programs can plant the seed necessary for that relationship
Mentoring is key to success, and while some of the best
mentoring relationships are informal and organic, formal mentoring programs can plant the seed necessary for that relationship
mentoring relationships are
informal and organic, formal
mentoring programs can plant the seed necessary for that relationship
mentoring programs can plant the seed necessary for that
relationship to grow.
However,
informal mentoring is often easier to do, and can be more successful than formal programs precisely because the
relationships happen more organically than through participation in a compulsory program at a firm, for example.