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Business Law Mentee Application

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Business Law Mentee Application

Name

First Last

Email

Address

City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Undergraduate Institution

Graduation year

Law School

Law School Graduation Year

Bar Admission(s)-Include State(s) and Year(s) or Intended State(s)

Practice Area(s)/Intended Practice Area(s)

I identify my gender as________ (If you prefer not to answer please state that in the box.) *

Ethnicity (If you prefer not to answer please state that in the box.) *

Hobbies/Interests

Student organization memberships?

What do you hope to gain as a participant in the mentoring program?

Why did you attend Law School?

What concerns you the most about practicing law (professionally and/or personally)?

What types of personal and professional challenges do you anticipate experiencing in your legal career?

What are your top three professional goals?

What are some specific experiences or insight you want to gain as a participant in this mentoring program?

How would you use the mentor/mentee relationship in your professional development?

What are some career objectives you wish to address with a potential mentor?

Do you have a plan to assess and achieve the expected goals you have in this mentoring program?

I would prefer a mentor with the following years of practice:

Relatively Junior (practicing 6-10 years)

Relatively Senior (practicing more than 10 years)

No preference

Mentor's legal practice preference (Check all that apply)

Practiced at a law firm all or most of their legal career

Practiced in government all or most of their legal career

Focused primarily on plaintiff-side or defense-side litigation matters

Focused primarily in house

Focused primarily on transactional and/or corporate matters

No Preference

Suggested Discussion Topics (Check all that apply)

Interested in discussing topics related to business development and cultivating working business relationships

Interested in discussing topics related to a non-traditional legal career and trajectory

Interested in discussing topics related to gender and race bias in the legal community

Additional Considerations: I would prefer a mentee who…(Check all that apply)

Identifies as a woman

Identifies as a man

Identifies as LGBTQ+

Is ethnically diverse

Lives or works in the same city/county as I am

Is a parent

Is first generation to attend college/law school

No Preference

I identify as… (Check all that apply)

Asian

African American

Caucasian

Hispanic/Latin

Native American

Pacific Islander

Other

Prefer Not to Answer

As a mentee, I agree to commit designated hours per quarter to working with a mentor. I agree to permit the Diversity Committee of the NYSBA Business Law Section to use this information provided solely for the purpose of matching me with a mentor. *

I Agree

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