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Virtual Training & Mentoring for Summer and First Year Associates
Summer interns and first year associates have enough stress starting a new job and now they cannot run down the hall to get an answer to a legal question, or guidance on how to navigate the law firm world. Other priorities rose to the top these past months, but now we need to address the arrival of our newest associates. Conscientious development of associates through training and mentoring enables them to become dynamic, professional, and ethical attorneys who provide high quality service that clients expect.
First, firms need to focus on a training program which ensures that summer associates and new fall attorneys learn how to practice law. Training is followed by mentoring programs which provide an opportunity for young associates to build a trusting and meaningful relationship with a senior associate and/or partner who will guide, monitor, and enhance their professional growth. Knowing that the legal environment is not the way it used to be, think outside the box and realize that everyone in the firm can play a part: assistants, paralegals, associates, partners, and administrators.
Often summer and incoming associates have no work experience, so they are a blank page to fill with knowledge about how to practice law in your firm. Think about everything they will need to know in general to practice law and then take a deeper dive into what they need to know for their specific practice area. Your firm might already have learning benchmarks which is the best place to start.
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