Jennifer Mikulina will present “Affinity Groups & Mentoring Initiatives: Balancing the Need to Belong with the Need to Grow” at Legalweek 2018.

Key takeaways include:

• Best practices to encourage mentoring beyond the classic form of assigned, formal one-on-one sessions that may or may not “take”
• Comparing the advantages of informal, peer, group and team mentoring — advice on how to encourage exchange across perceived differences
• Roadmap for great affinity programs and debate over how ‘inclusive’ vs ‘exclusive’ they should be and advantages on both