Our 2024 Mentoring Programme
We are delighted to have launched our 7th WILHK Mentoring Programme.
The programme is running from February 2024 to November 2024, including one-on-one mentoring, an ice breaking and matching event, a kick-off and orientation event, two specially-tailored skills workshops (based on participants’ workshop topic preferences) and networking gatherings.
Welcome to our WILHK Mentoring Programme Class of 2024!
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 in the legal field or to 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
4 March 2024, 10:00A.M. (Monday)
Application deadline
7 March 2024 (Thursday) 10am – 12noon
Interview with mentee applicants (mentee applicants will receive individual email invitations to their interview slot)
18 March 2024 (Monday) 6:30-8:30pm
Ice breaking and matching event
Venue: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, 36/F, Two Exchange Square, Central
19 March to 4 April 2024
Participants to organise their own physical or virtual one-on-one meetings to identify matching preference
5 April 2024 (Friday) 5pm
Deadline for submitting matching preference by email to mentoringprogramme@wilhk.com
Around 15 April 2024 (Monday)
Announcement of matching
In the week of 6 May 2024
Session #1 “Empower”: Kick-off and Orientation (facilitated by Benita Chick of Encompass HK
Venue: To be announced
5 June 2024 (Wednesday) 12:30-2pm
Session #2 “Connect”: topic to be announced (facilitated by Vivian Hau of The Executive Coaching Consultancy)
Venue: Harneys, Room 3501, The Center, 99 Queen's Road Central, Central
11 July 2024 (Thursday) 6:30-8:30pm
Summer Networking Drinks
Venue: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, 42/F, Edinburgh Tower, The Landmark, 15 Queen’s Road Central, Central
July to September 2024
Participants are encouraged to organize informal get-togethers
11 September (Wednesday) 6:30-8pm
Session #3 “Strive”: topic to be announced (facilitated by Sarah Millson of Actualize)
Venue: Clifford Chance, 27/F, Jardine House, One Connaught Place, Central
November 2024 (date to be confirmed)
Closing gathering
Venue: Cooley, 35/F, Two Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Place, Central
Applications
Please fill in the mentor or mentee application form, which can be downloaded below. Completed application forms together with a recent professional photo (which you would be happy to share with other programme participants) and your latest CV should be submitted to mentoringprogramme@wilhk.com no later than (Monday) 4 March 2024, 10:00 A.M.
2024 WILHK Mentee Application Form
2024 WILHK Mentor Application Form
2024 WILHK Mentee Application Form
2024 WILHK Mentor Application Form
2024 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.
