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Become a peer mentor
Law
The Sydney Law School Peer Mentoring Program starts during the Welcome session and runs during Semester 1 of the JD or LLB programs. The program matches mentors with a group of new students and involves sharing knowledge through mentoring sessions and participating in informal activities until the end of Week 4/5 of semester. In 2021 the program will be run online for full-time students to include students who are studying offshore as well as students who are in Sydney.
What’s involved
As a mentor, you are required to:
- attend one face-to-face training session via Zoom during the last week of January (Date to be confirmed)
- mix with other mentors to share your knowledge and experiences
- conduct at least three mentoring sessions with your mentee group
- lead your group through discussions to provide information, tips and direction on life as a Sydney Law student
- be a point of contact for your mentees during their first semester of study.
For more information, contact the Professional Law Programs Team at law.professional@sydney.edu.au
Eligibility
You can register to be a mentor if you are in at least your second year of study in the Sydney Law School.
You need to be available to attend the training and mentoring sessions.
How to register
Towards the end of each year, you can nominate as a volunteer mentor for the following year.
2021 applications are now open.
Training
You need to attend one 2-hour training session where you will learn the skills, knowledge and confidence to be an effective mentor. This will be held during the last week of January 2021 via Zoom (date and time to be confirmed).
What happens next
Mentoring sessions
You need to attend sessions with your mentees. The sessions you need to attend will vary depending on whether you are mentoring JD full-time students, JD part-time students or LLB (combined) students. You will usually be allocated mentees that are in the same degree program as yourself.
Session |
Details |
|---|---|
JD full-time welcome – mentor/mentee session |
Wednesday, 14 February 2021 Time to be confirmed |
JD part-time welcome (in person) – mentor/mentee session |
Venue to be confirmed Tuesday, 23 February 2021 7:30 to 8pm |
LLB welcome – mentor/mentee session |
Wednesday, 24 February 2021 Time to be confirmed |
Last updated: 10 December 2020
