Mentoring programs are thought to offer the most efficient, long-lasting training that lawyers can receive. Associates clamor for these programs, recruiting departments brag about them, associate development departments launch them, and books and articles extol their virtues and effectiveness. Why, then, in the face of all this positive press and data, have law firms been slow to put such a valuable tool to work?
To answer this question, let’s look at where the word mentor originated and how it has become associated with “a trusted counselor or guide.” In Homer’s Odyssey, when Odysseus sailed from Ithaca for the war in Troy, he left his beloved son, Telemachus, in the care of his most trusted friend, Mentor. Mentor’s role was to support and guide Telemachus, raising him to become the strong young man that Odysseus envisioned.
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