Mentors: Affinity Mentoring Program Sign-Up | University of Chicago Law School

Thank you for your interest in serving as an alumni mentor with the University of Chicago Law Affinity Mentoring Program! The Affinity Mentoring Programs provide first-year law students the opportunity to connect with the UChicago Law alumni community to equip them with the tools and resources to guide their success in the legal profession.

Recruitment for the 2024-2025 programs are now open! To serve as a volunteer alumni mentor, please complete and submit the form below by 5:00 PM Central on Friday, October 18.

Please note, this year we are extending our mentoring programs to include virtual mentorships with alumni located outside of Chicago. While we do our best to pair every alum with a student mentee, pairings are made based on student interest and/or demand and we cannot guarantee you will be matched with a student. Pairing announcements will be made in late October.

Additionally, in place of the Affinity Mentoring Program Kickoff event and the small cohort dinners this year, we will be providing a stipend to 1L Mentees for a coffee or lunch with their mentors. This change is designed to foster more meaningful, one-on-one interactions between students and their mentors. By facilitating these personalized meetings, we aim to enhance engagement and support throughout the mentoring process. We strongly encourage mentees to take the initiative in scheduling these meetings, as we believe that a student-driven approach will further enrich the mentoring relationship and ensure that it meets their unique needs.

If you have questions about the Affinity Mentoring Program, please contact Anna Jenkins, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations, at annajenkins274@uchicago.edu.

Affinity Groups

Please select the Affinity Mentoring Program(s) you would like to mentor with:

(*Please note, APALSA and SALSA have a joint mentoring program. If you sign up for one of these two programs, you may end up getting paired with a mentee from either group based on mentee availability.)

Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA)

Black Law Students Association (BLSA)

Latinx Law Students Association (LLSA)

OutLaw

Women’s Mentoring Program

South Asian Law Students Association (SALSA)

Contact info

First Name

Last Name

Pronouns

Email address

Phone Number

About You

Law School Class Year

Undergraduate Institution & Graduation Year

Other Degrees & Institutions

If you are located outside of Chicago, please list the current city that you live in

Hometown City & State

Please indicate if you took time off between college and law school (and if so, how long)

Please indicate any cultural/ethnic/religious affiliation (if any)

Marital or Domestic Partnership Status

Do you have children?

Please indicate if you have experience as an international student or a first-generation American (and would be interested in being paired on this basis)

Employment

Employer Type

Big Firm

(i.e., Full service, international firm)

Small Firm

(i.e., Boutique litigation firm)

Public Interest

Government

General Counsel

Academia

Other…

Other (i.e., Academia, Business) - please list below

Name of Employer

Job Title

Practice Area

Prior Positions (including positions outside of the legal field)

Areas of Interest & Organizations

Please note any activities you were involved with while in Law School (select all that apply)

Moot Court

Journals

Clinic

Clerkship

Other…

Please list which Journal(s) you were involved with

Please list which clinic(s) you were involved with

Please list the clerkship(s) you participated in

Please list any student organizations you were involved in while in Law School

Please indicate current or previous involvement with volunteer or professional organizations

Events

Would you be willing to participate as a speaker for a lunchtime panel event?

Would you be willing to host an event at your business?

Additional Information

Would you be willing to have more than one mentee?

Would you like to identify as any of the following? (Optional)

Do you have any gender or orientation preferences for a mentee? (Optional)

Are there any other factors you would like us to consider when matching you with a mentee?

Do you have recommendations for other alumni we should invite to serve as mentors? (If so, please list their names below)

Comments or Questions

I give permission for my name, title, employer, class year, email address, and LinkedIn to be shared in a Mentor-Mentee Directory

We will send all participants a directory with the contact information of the mentors and mentees participating across all Affinity Mentoring Programs. This directory provides participants an additional way to connect. If you do not opt-in to be included in the directory, you will not be listed.