What is the difference between in-house and outside mentoring?
In-house mentoring refers to mentoring that occurs between a mentor and new lawyer who are employed in the same office or firm. Outside mentoring refers to mentoring that occurs between a mentor and new lawyer who are not employed by the same office or firm. Participants in in-house mentoring relationships may discuss many different matters relating to clients because of the shared responsibility of liability and the confidentiality that extends to office employees. However, lawyers participating in the program in outside relationships must be especially cautious since no such safeguards exist. As a result, outside mentoring relationships require clear parameters, which essentially limit outside mentors and new lawyers to having non-confidential, hypothetical, and educational discussions regarding cases and matters. The Outside Mentoring Agreement which participants in outside mentoring relationships are required to sign makes clear those parameters.
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