Mentoring, Coaching, and Sponsorship: Important Tools for Your Legal Practice and the Profession

Whether you are in private practice, public service, or legal aid, if you are looking for professional or career guidance, you can benefit from mentoring, coaching and sponsorship. In turn, these tools improve the delivery of legal services to clients and benefit the legal profession and the communities we serve. 

In this course Tasneem Khokha, Jennifer Rakstad, and Lewis Check will discuss:

• The importance of mentoring, coaching and sponsorship

• Mentoring, coaching and sponsorship relationships and how they differ

• What participants can gain for engaging in mentoring, coaching and sponsorship and how to maximize these benefits

• The benefits to lawyers, clients, and the profession

Learning Objectives:

1. Develop an understanding of what mentoring, coaching and sponsorship are, how they differ, and how best to use them 

2. Discuss how these relationships benefit the participants and how to maximize these benefits

3. Appreciate how mentoring, coaching, and sponsorship benefit the individual and legal profession