Mentoring and Well-Being in the Law

Hear from our esteemed panel on how mentoring programs have changed, their impact on well-being and how mentoring can enable attorneys to become, or hinder them from becoming, their best selves professionally and personally. This is a discussion for Attorney leaders, administrative leaders to the most junior of attorneys.
Traditionally, mentorship provides knowledge, guidance, and advice to the mentee to help develop their career and practice. It is, however, also a powerful tool for promoting engagement, fostering belonging and connection in mentor and mentee alike. If done well, our panelists agree, it contributes to our mental health and well-being, which could mean the difference between the success of the attorney and legal entity, minimizing the damaging impact on self-worth, improve productivity, and happiness. Additionally, we will discuss the impact of mentoring on lawyers from underrepresented and historically excluded populations as they are among the most likely to experience the negative impacts of mentorship gone awry.
PANEL:
Stacey A. L. Best, Esq. (Moderator), Executive Director, LCL MA
Gavin Alexander (He/Him/His), Esq., Wellness Director, Jackson Lewis P.C.
Zane Fernandez, Esq., Corporate Attorney, Gesmer Updegrove
Robert Harris, Esq., Chief Practice Group Management Officer, Hinckley Allen
Ingrid Michelsen Hillinger, Esq., Professor at Boston College Law School
Joan Parsons Ziady, Esq., Founder of Winslow Workplace Advisors
Produced by LCLMA: Free & Confidential Services for Lawyers, Law Students, and Judges in Massachusetts
Cosponsored by Massachusetts Bar Association, Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Association of Hispanic Attorneys, South Asian Bar Association of Greater Boston, Women's Bar Association, Boston Bar Association, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Lawyer Well-Being