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PRESIDENT’S PAGE BY DANIEL A. COTTER National Mentoring Month

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been possible without the incredible men- tors whose lives and paths have crossed with mine. Starting with my dad, who taught me much, every step of the way, I have had warm, caring people help me on the journey, return me to the path, push me and guide me. I am simply trying to pay that love and kindness forward. The Boy Scouts have a wonderful tradi- tion for young men at their Eagle Courts of Honor. The scout gives mentor pins to those who have been especially guiding in their journeys to Eagle. If I were to give out pins to everyone who helped shape me, I would need an eighteen wheel trailer. Call to Mentoring The CBA and its affiliated entities have a number of programs to permit you to pay it forward and mentor, whether it is a youth, a law student or a young lawyer. Lawyers Lend-A-Hand can match you up with a mentoring program to volunteer as a board member or mentor. There are many other opportunities for you as well. Lawyer to Lawyer Program. The CBA is looking for attorneys licensed six years or more to participate in its Mentoring Program. Mentors are matched with newly licensed attorneys (admitted 2 years or less) for a year-long mentoring program. Participating mentors receive 6.0 hours of CLE credit upon program completion. This program is a great way to mentor newer attorneys. For more information and to get the application, go to www. chicagobar.org/mentoring. There will be a kickoff mandatory orientation program on January 29, at noon. This is a fantastic program with guides for discussion topics. Shadow Program. This is a new YLS pro- gram that will launch in early 2015. This program affords law students and newly

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“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” –Ben Franklin “Here’s the reason that I sing this to you, life has lies and life has truth, seek it hard now and seek it true, might be the last thing you ever do..” –6’10, “Timothy” (song from an older man to his young mentee, Timothy) “The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.” –Steven Spielberg J anuary is National MentoringMonth, a campaign to focus on and promote youth mentoring. Mentoring is an important issue to me. I just completed a four year term as Chair of Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth, an organization whose mission is to promote best practice mentoring and tutoring programs in dis- advantaged communities. People ask why I mentor and am pas- sionate about mentoring. The reason is simple - nothing I have accomplished has

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