MCP Mentorship Outline
This mentorship program will meet every other week for 12 weeks from the week of February 27th through the week of May 19th.
Week 1- February 27th through March 10th: Getting to Know You
- Mentor and mentee discuss interests both in and out of law and get to know each other
Week 2- March 13th through March 24th: Setting Goals
- Mentee will think of desired goals of both the mentorship and the summer clerkship. Mentor will work with mentee to make goals achievable and discuss actionable steps to achieve goals.
Week 3- March 27th through April 7th: Clerking
- This week mentors are encouraged to talk to their mentee about their clerkship experience(s) and what they wish they would have known before starting. The mentor is also encouraged to talk about what it is like to have a summer clerk workig in the office from a manager's perspective.
Week 4- April 10th through April 21st: Why MCP?
- With so many clerkship program opportunities out there, why is MCP so important? This week's focus will be on what it means to be a minority in the legal field.
Week 5- April 24th through May 5th: Goal Check In
- This week it is time to check in on the goals agreed upon by the mentor and the mentee. What steps have been made or started in accomplisshing those goals? Do any goals need to be rethought, added, or subtracted?
Week 6 - May 8th through May 19th: Review of Mentorship and Looking to the Future
- During the final mentorship session, mentors and mentees will revisit some of the important discussion points from the previous weeks, tying it all together. Mentors and mentees will also spend time discussing the mentee's clerkship and future career.