The Massachusetts Attorney Mentoring Program is about:

• Advice

• Networking

• Perspective

• Guidance

• Support

• Problem solving

• Professional development

• Personal growth

The Massachusetts Attorney Mentoring Program is not about:

• Substantive legal issues or questions

• Specific legal advice or strategy on individual cases

• Advertising or selling services

• Applying for a specific job

Attorney Connect is about:

• Engaging fully for a one-hour meeting.

• Formulating short and long-term goals.

• Letting the mentee direct the course of the discussion.

• Summarizing the content of your discussion before ending the meeting.

• Expressing gratitude to one another for the time and collaboration.

• Deciding if there will be any follow up, and if so, what type.

Mentor Connect is about:

• Sketching out a plan for the six meetings to meet the mentee’s overall and specific goals.

• Keeping in mind that with six meetings there is time to go deeper into issues of professional development and personal growth, including well-being, stress management, identity, and bias.

• Paying attention to progress toward the mentee’s goals during and after each meeting, and redirecting the course of the discussions, as necessary. 

• Maintaining professional boundaries.

• Scheduling the next meeting at the close of each meeting. 

• Deciding if there will be any follow up, and if so, what type.