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ARTICLE · 07 FEBRUARY 2025

Mentorship Event At OBA Aims To Replicate The Past, Address Gap Left By Hybrid, Remote Work

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In an interview with Law Times, Tom Curry highlighted how hybrid and remote work has reduced opportunities for organic, in person mentorship in the legal profession. To help bridge this gap, he is delighted to chair.

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In an interview with Law Times, Tom Curry highlighted how hybrid and remote work has reduced opportunities for organic, in person mentorship in the legal profession. To help bridge this gap, he is delighted to chair the OBA's program, Tales from the Courtroom: Mentorship through Storytelling, aimed at replicating the informal mentorship that used to take place in the courthouse hallways, lawyers' lounges, robing rooms, and dining rooms. The program will include guest speakers who will share stories about their mentors, who influenced their careers, mistakes they've made, and challenges they've faced.

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"It was just the course of things. A lawyer would go to court. She would have to use the robing room to change into her court attire. She would meet other lawyers there,"

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