WILO mentoring program
The Women in Law Organisation (‘WILO’) runs a mentoring program aimed at women studying in the Australian National University’s College of Law.
This program pairs women law students with professional women in the legal sector, as a means to empower and develop women studying law.
We are proud to support the program and encourage our members who are interested in being a mentor or mentee to sign up. Applications for the current mentoring program session close on 6 March 2020. Please click here if you are keen to be a mentor, or here if you are keen to participate as a mentee.
If you have been involved in previous years, please note that there is only one intake for the program for 2020. This change was prompted following feedback received from mentors and mentees who felt that a year long mentorship would be more beneficial in building genuine relationships. Moving the program into a year long format when taking into account semester start and finish dates will mean that the mentoring relationship will run for about 8 months (March - October) instead of two short four month programs.
The program involves a mentor meeting their mentee on at least two occasions. WILO will select the mentees and conduct the matching process with preference given to later year students. Mentors and mentees will be matched based on preferred contact hours and areas of mutual professional interest. Additionally, any personal preferences by mentors may be taken into account.
The WILO Mentoring Manual is currently being updated to reflect the change in duration of the mentoring program, but for the time being, you are welcomed to have a look at the past year’s manual for guidance.