Top: Kate Cook, Gov. Deval L. Patrick’s chief legal counsel, spoke at the MBA’s Tiered Community Mentoring holiday gathering at Suffolk University Law School
Bottom: Following the speaking presentations, several of the TCM program attendees socialized and networked. From left to right: Danielle Maldonado, student at Roxbury Community College; Loren Forbes, law student at Suffolk University Law School; Carol Liebman, Esq., professor and criminal justice coordinator at Roxbury Community College; the Hon. Angela M. Ordoñez, chief justice of the Probate and Family Court and chair of the MBA’s Tiered Community Mentoring Committee, and Manpreet Kaur, student at Northeastern University
Photos by Elizabeth O'Neil
On Wednesday, Dec. 4, the Massachusetts Bar Association's Tiered
Community Mentoring Program mentors and mentees gathered at Suffolk
University Law School for an annual holiday celebration.
In addition to the festivities, participants were warmly welcomed
to Suffolk University Law School by Camille A. Nelson, Suffolk Law
dean and professor of law. During Nelson's presentation, she
emphasized the importance of having mentors and encouraged everyone
to mentor others as they move forward in their personal lives and
careers.
Also speaking at the holiday event was Kate Cook, Gov. Deval L.
Patrick's chief legal counsel. Cook outlined her path to her
current position within the governor's office. Lastly, Mandie
LeBeau, director of Career Services at New England Law | Boston and
business etiquette consultant at Pardon Me Inc., spoke to the group
about the importance of networking and the various dos and don'ts
of building professional relationships.