4 Keys To Effective Mentorship For Your Small Firm

By fostering the relationships that naturally form in close-knit working environments, small law firms have unique opportunities to develop the young attorneys who may one day take over the firm’s operations.At Capell Barnett Matalon & Schoenfeld, a firm tackling a wide variety of legal matters with a team of 20 attorneys based in New York City, Long Island, and Miami, mentorship is an area of focus, according to New York-based managing partner Renato Matos, who shared the following in a recent interview:

Foster Informal Relationships

Even if setting up a formal mentoring program feels unnecessary, fostering natural mentor-mentee relationships is essential to maintaining a firm culture that encourages attorneys to stay.

“When you start working at the firm, there’s generally a particular partner that you start to work with and develop a relationship with,” says Matos, whose practice covers several aspects of real estate law and matters related to religious…