Tool Kit

• Introduction

• Calendar/Planning

• Recruiting Participants

• Welcoming Participants

• Mentoring Agreement

• Program Curriculum

• Evaluation Form

• Frequently Asked Questions

• Contact Information

• Sample Certificate

Videos

• Transition to Practice

• Interview with a Legal Legend: Harriet Miers

Video Interview with a Legal Legend: Harriet Miers was provided by the Dallas Bar Association through their Transition to Law Practice Program

• Practicing Law and Wellness

• Preventing Malpractice Mistakes in Your Law Practice: A Guide for New Lawyers

• Integrity Based Decision Making

• Everything a New Lawyer Needs to Know About Dealing with Clients

• Legal Writing

• The Basics of Handling a Pro Bono Divorce

Articles

• Lost in a Big Place: What Some Large Law Firms Are Doing to Help New Associates Find Their Way

• View From the Bench: How Mentoring From a Judicial Perspective Differs From Private Practice

• The Top 10 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Began Practicing Law

• Innovative Thinking: How to Build a Highly Effective Mentoring Program

• The Office: How Informal Mentoring – Within a Company or Outside – Plays a Valuable Role in the Career Development of In-house Counsel

• Return to Civility: How the American Inns of Court Foundation Is Promoting Professionalism and Ethics Through Mentoring

• Trial and Error: Why It Is So Important to Mentor Young Prosecutors and Teach Them About Professionalism, Ethics, and Integrity

• We Are Not Alone: A Sole Practitioner’s Rewarding Journey from Mentee to Mentor

• The Interview: Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson on the Values of the Legal Profession, Mentoring, and the Transition to Practice Program

• Transition to Practice Update

• Making the Transition: A Mentoring Case Study

• Transition to Practice: A Mentoring Initiative for Local Bar Associations

Supplementary Resources

These stories follow fictional characters through their first year as associates in a firm and depict the problems and questions first year associates often encounter, as well as practical advice and wisdom on how best to handle them.

• The Adventures of Granger and Gertrude

• Jasper’s Demise

• Favors Can Be Expensive

• What Would You Do?

• On Looking Before You Leap, Not Stepping in Cow Pies and Embarrassing Yourself or Your Firm

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