Peer Volunteer Program

LIANS, through the LAP Committee, is reestablishing the peer volunteer program. We expect the program to be running by the Fall.

Though similar to and working alongside our Mentorship program (discussed below), the focus of the peer volunteer program is on personal issues a lawyer may be experiencing versus the mentorship program where the focus is on young lawyers and legal skills.

The peer volunteer panel is a group of senior lawyers able to provide support, encouragement and assistance to members of the profession.

Peer volunteers are not counsellors. They are peers from within the profession who others can talk to about personal issues they are experiencing. Peer volunteers can also provide a confidential link between a lawyer seeking help and the appropriate help or helper.

LIANS Mentorship Program

As mentioned above, our mentorship program is focused on assisting young lawyers with their professional development.

If you have a minimum of nine years of practice experience and are interested in volunteering a bit of your time to provide support and guidance to young lawyer, we would like to hear from you.

We welcome as mentors lawyers from all backgrounds, practices and areas of the province.

Advantages of being a mentor:

  • renew and revitalize your own practice and strategies;
  • stay current with issues and developments in the next generation of professionals;
  • expand your own personal network.

The Mentorship Program offers the following advantages and opportunities:

  • matching based on the areas of interest and criteria identified by both mentor and mentee
  • a mentorship plan created by you and your match, to identify your areas of focus and goals for the upcoming year

And we do have a need for mentors.

At this time, we currently have 98 mentors on our panel and 142 mentees in the program. But we have a waiting list of 16 potential mentees.

So, if you are interested in participating in the Mentorship Program and giving a little or your time back to our profession, please visit: http://www.lians.ca/rpm/mentorship_program/.

In order to participate, fill out the Mentorship Program Application Form online, or download the fillable PDF form and save to your desktop then forward to Cynthia Nield, LIANS’ Database and Information Officer.