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Mentoring: Attitudes And Perceptions Of New Lawyers, Mindy Thomas Fulks
Mentoring: Attitudes And Perceptions Of New Lawyers, Mindy Thomas Fulks
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Tennessee does not have a formal state-wide required mentoring program for Tennessee lawyers. Mentoring programs are available to Tennessee lawyers but no uniform standards exist. It has been suggested that providers of mentoring programs should develop strategies for improving and expanding mentoring experiences for new lawyers. The purpose of this study was to evaluate attitudes towards mentoring by Tennessee lawyers who are within their first 5 years of practice. The researcher sought to identify the perceptions of new lawyers regarding mentoring to better understand mentoring’s role within the legal profession.
The methodology for this study was nonexperimental quantitative survey research. …