Our 2023 Mentoring Programme
We are delighted to have launched our 6th WILHK Mentoring Programme, which maximizes the number of face-to-face sessions where permitted.
The programme is running from February 2023 to November 2023, including one-on-one mentoring, an ice breaking/matching event, a kick-off event, two specially-tailored skills workshops (based on participants’ workshop topic preferences), mindfulness workshops and social and networking gatherings.
Welcome to our WILHK Mentoring Programme Class of 2023!
Why should you join - what our alumni say:
“I am now much focused at work and I now take the initiative to have more catch-ups with my partners and to ask for support from them.”
– our 2021 mentee
“I learnt the importance of empathy and striving for things I want. I also started to build up confidence in myself.”
– our 2021 mentee
“I was pleasantly surprised about how open people were to reach out outside of their mentor-mentee relationship to others within the Programme.”
– our 2021 mentor
“Mentoring also works in the “reverse”, where I as mentor get so much inspiration and learn so much from my mentee.”.
– our 2021 mentor
Our Criteria for Mentors and Mentees
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Mentors (male or female) who have at least ten years of work experience (with substantial exposure to the legal field or the challenges faced by legal professionals and legal service firms)
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Mentees (female) who have three to seven years of work experience in the legal field
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Willingness to commit to 100% participation in the WILHK Mentoring Programme
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Dedication to listening and learning from each other
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Ability to identify specific goals that they would like to achieve
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Adherence to confidentiality to ensure a mentor/mentee relationship of trust
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WILHK membership
Our Key Dates
10 February 2023 (Friday)
Application deadline (now closed)
Week commencing 20 February 2023
Announcement of successful programme participants
7 March 2023 (Tuesday) 12 noon - 2 pm
Ice breaking and matching event
Venue: HKIAC, 38/F Two Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Place, Central
F&B sponsor - Linklaters
8 March to 20 March 2023
Participants to organise their own physical or virtual one-on-one meetings to identify matching preference
21 March 2023 (Tuesday) 5 pm
Deadline for submitting matching preference by email to mentoringprogramme@wilhk.com
14 April 2023 (Friday)
Announcement of matching
9 May 2023 (Tuesday) 6 pm – 8:30 pm
Kick-off event: Launch your mentoring relationship (facilitated by The Executive Coaching Consultancy)
Venue: Allen & Overy, 9/F Three Exchange Square, Central
6 June 2023 (Tuesday) 12 noon to 2 pm
Skills workshop #1 facilitated by Callum MacRobert of Black Isle Global
Venue: Freshfields, 36/F, Two Exchange Square, Central
20 June 2023 (Tuesday) 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Mindfulness session #1 facilitated by Nadine Anderson of International School of Mindfulness
Venue: Appleby, Taikoo Place, One Island East, Suites 4201-03 & 12, 42/F, 18 Westlands Road, Quarry Bay
20 June 2023 (Tuesday) 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Summer Drinks Reception
Venue: The Refinery, 4/F Dorset House, Taikoo Place, 979 King’s Road, Quarry Bay
Event sponsor - Gall
July to September 2023
Participants are encouraged to organize informal get-togethers
29 August 2023 (Tuesday) 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Mindfulness session #2 facilitated by Nadine Anderson of International School of Mindfulness
Venue: Appleby, Taikoo Place, One Island East, Suites 4201-03 & 12, 42/F, 18 Westlands Road, Quarry Bay
17 October 2023 (Tuesday) 6:15 pm – 8:30 pm
Skills workshop #2 facilitated by Sarah Millson of Actualize
Venue: Tanner De Witt, 17/F, Tower One Lippo Centre, 89 Queensway, Admiralty
End November 2023 (date to be confirmed)
Closing gathering
Venue: Cooley, 35/F, Two Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Place, Central
Applications (now closed)
Applications have now closed and all participants should have received an e-mail from us.
If you have any questions, get in touch at mentoringprogramme@wilhk.com
2023 Mentoring Programme Sponsors
We would like to express our gratitude to our sponsors for this year’s programme (in alphabetical order below). If your organization would like to support us in any way, please do not hesitate to contact the WILHK mentoring team at mentoringprogramme@wilhk.com.
