[pam smith]
Well, there's the million and one inches of snow on the ground there. But actually, we are not lobbying to get that in San Francisco.
We are, however, kind of intrigued by this mentoring program for new lawyers that a state Supreme Court justice just wrote about in the Bucyrus Telegraph Forum. (Our second-favorite story in today's edition: "'Barkery' treats dogs to gourmet goodies." Seriously. The puns in it are really impressive.)
But back to the program Justice Paul Pfeifer is peddling: It matches up volunteer experienced attorneys with newly annointed members of the Ohio State Bar, in the hopes of teaching them all of the practical things that law school doesn't. Things like dealing with problem clients, networking, working with support staff, and figuring out office politics.
Sure, this is all of the stuff that lawyers have been figuring out on their own, or with the help of older-and-wiser compatriots, for centuries. Still, if it's a low-cost option for California's State Bar, might not be a bad idea for recent grads who find their colleagues are too a) few b) busy c) ornery or d) generally hapless to be a help. Or for those who don't have colleagues, period, due to the awesome job market.
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