Student Mentoring
DePaul Law offers several mentoring opportunities for law students with alumni and current students. Students also may take advantage of several programs offered by external organizations and affinity bar associations.
Internal Mentoring Opportunities
- 2L Students: A partnership with the Chicago Bar Association (CBA) connects 2L students with young legal professionals who can still relate to being in law school and who can offer current law students relevant insights about law school, taking the bar exam and getting an initial job. For more information, please contact Assistant Director of Law Career Services Katie Liss.
- Public Interest Students: Please contact Shaye Loughlin, director of the Center for Public Interest Law, for information on mentorship opportunities.
- Student Peer Mentoring: For information on student peer mentor opportunities, please email any of the student organizations below:
External Mentoring Opportunities
For information on external mentoring opportunities, please email any of the organizations below:
- Affinity Bar Association Mentoring Programs
- Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois
- Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago
- South Asian Bar Association of Chicago
- Women’s Bar Association of Illinois
- American Bar Association
- American Society of International Law: Women in International Law
- Diverse Attorney Pipeline Program
- Diversity Scholarship Foundation First Generation Mentor-Mentee Program
- Illinois Bar State Association
- Leadership Council on Legal Diversity
- 1L Mentees
- Group Mentoring
- Mentoring Tool Kit for 1L and 2L students (contains topics and questions that can be used during mentor and mentee sessions)
- Sidley Austin LLP
- Affinity Bar Association Mentoring Programs