●       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 at kliss@depaul.edu.  

●       Public Interest Students:  Please contact Shaye Loughlin, director of the Center for Public Interest Law, at sloughli@depaul.edu for information on mentorship opportunities

●       Student Peer Mentoring  

For information on student peer mentor opportunities, please email any of the student organizations below: 

o   Student Bar Association (SBA): SBA@depaul.edu

o   Public Interest Law Association (PILA): PILA@depaul.edu

o    Latino Law Student Association (LLSA): LLSA@depaul.edu

o   Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA): APALSA@depaul.edu

o   Black Law Student Association (BLSA): blsa@depaul.edu

o   First Generation Law Student Organization: firstgenlaw@depaul.edu

For information on external mentoring opportunities, please email any of the organizations below: 

●       Affinity Bar Association Mentoring Programs

o   Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois

o   Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago

o   South Asian Bar Association of Chicago

o   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

o   1L Mentees

o   Group Mentoring

o   Mentoring Tool Kit for 1L and 2L students (contains topics and questions that can be used during mentor and mentee sessions) 

●       Sidley Austin LLP