Tag: Neil Hamilton

Neil Hamilton & Lisa Montpetit Brabbit, “Fostering Professionalism through Mentoring”

May 18, 2024

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Meris Bray

in Annotated Bibliography, Format – Article, Mentorship, Mentorship – Formal, Pedagogy – Modelling, Professional Development, Professional Identity, Teamwork

This article mentor relationships as fostering professionalism. Notably, literature often defines the two as distinct principles. The authors note that “a mentor in the legal profession is a person who helps a lawyer (or law student) develop professionally both in internalizing the principles of professionalism and in achieving the protege’s personal professional goals” (106). The…
Neil Hamilton, “Mentor/Coach: The Most Effective Curriculum to Foster Each Student’s Professional Development and Formation”

May 18, 2024

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Meris Bray

in Annotated Bibliography, Coaching, Curriculum, Empathy, Format – Article, Mentorship, Mentorship – Skills, Professional Development, Reflective Practice, Supervision Models – Facilitative

This article sets out principles of effective mentoring/ coaching, a model that includes the functions of both mentor and coach. Although this paper is directed toward mandated mentoring/ coaching of 1L students, there is value in considering these principles in the legal clinic context. Mentors must have proven legal skills and ownership over continuous professional…