Looking for an easy, fulfilling way to become involved with your State Bar? Consider volunteering to serve as a mentor in the Mentor Council Program. The program needs volunteer lawyers from a variety of practice sizes, types, and locations to serve as mentors to law students, new lawyers, and attorneys who may be exploring alternative legal careers. Specific high-need areas include international, business, criminal, and health law practice. The mentor program is statewide, but demand is especially brisk in the Madison and Milwaukee areas.
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Program seeks volunteers to mentor law students, lawyers
Looking for an easy, fulfilling way to become
involved with your State Bar? Consider volunteering to serve as a mentor
in the Mentor Council Program. The program needs volunteer lawyers from
a variety of practice sizes, types, and locations to serve as mentors to
law students, new lawyers, and attorneys who may be exploring
alternative legal careers. Specific high-need areas include
international, business, criminal, and health law practice. The mentor
program is statewide, but demand is especially brisk in the Madison and
Milwaukee areas.
"Mentoring is rewarding for many reasons, the greatest of which is
the opportunity to provide new entrants a realistic idea of operating a
legal business," says attorney Mark F. Vannucci of Elm Grove, who has
served as a mentor for several years. "Another important reason for
mentoring is the return opportunity to learn about ideas being
formulated by individuals as yet unfamiliar with the practice of law. I
have also brought students to hearings so they can have realistic
expectations of the court process as well. The program has great value
to student and mentor."
Mentors answer questions and provide insight and perspectives on
career options and general legal career information. Discussions between
a mentor and protégé can focus on career goals, types of legal
practice, and economic and lifestyle issues. Matches are specifically
designed to provide opportunities for one-on-one discussions between
mentors and protégés. Mentors do not provide substantive and
procedural information regarding specific legal issues.
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