MENTORING RESOURCES THAT INFLUENCED THIS PROJECT
The following is a non-exhaustive list of mentoring books, law review articles and websites that have influenced this project. The authors apologize to the authors of any works that were inadvertently left off of this list. We welcome suggestions of mentoring resources. Please email co-author Michael Hunter Schwartz at mschwartz@pacific.edu to share your suggestions.
Books on Legal Mentoring
Ida O. Abbott, The Lawyer’s Guide to Mentoring, (2d ed. (NALP 2018)
James H. Fierberg, Mentoring Lawyers: Finding Civility (Archway Publishing 2019)
Other Books on Mentoring More Generally
Dina Powell McCormick & David McCormick, Who Believed in You? How Purposeful Mentorship Changes the World (Harper Collins Leadership 2025)
Articles on Law Mentoring
Theresa M. Beiner, Legal Mentoring, 57 U. Louisville L. Rev. 329 (2019).
Mitchell H. Cobert, Mentoring: A LIFELONG RELATIONSHIP OF GIVE AND TAKE, N. J. LAWYER, THE MAGAZINE, 292-Feb 35 (2015).
Jo Ann Engelhardt, Timnetra Burruss, Daniel Q. Orvin, Helping Good Get to Great: The Power of an Effective Mentoring Process, 37-OCT PROB. & PROP. 40 (2023).
Neil W. Hamilton, Mentor/Coach: The Most Effective Curriculum to Foster Each Student's Professional Development and Formation, 17 U. St. Thomas L. J., 836 (2022), https://ssrn.com/abstract=3747309
Robert J. Derocher, Mentoring Helps New and Experienced Lawyers Make the Connection, 30(6) ABA Bar Leader, (July-August 2006), https://www.americanbar.org/groups/bar-leadership/publications/bar_leader/2005_06/3006/mentoring/?login
Online Resources
National Legal Mentoring Consortium, https://legalmentoring.org/
Legal Mentor Network, https://www.legalmentornetwork.org/
American Inns of Court, https://home.innsofcourt.org/mentoring