Originally published in Student Lawyer magazine, October 2003 (Vol. 32, No. 2). All rights reserved.

LIAISON NOTEBOOK

Students Can Help Older Lawyers, and Vice Versa, in New Program

by Jonathon Earle Edwards

While attending the ABA Midyear Meeting in Seattle last spring, I learned about an innovative project known as Reverse Mentoring. The concept is simple-law students go into their communities and teach senior lawyers how to use the web, e-mail, and all of the basics of a computer. In return, lawyers who participate help the law student with valuable career counseling.

I encourage you to visit www.seniorlawyers.org to see how you can implement this program at your law school. The benefits are enormous. The knowledge of computer technology to a lawyer can't be underestimated. And law students appreciate any kind of career advice from those who have been in the field for many years.

For students and senior lawyers alike, experience is, indeed, the greatest teacher. Please contact me at crackle27@hotmail.com if you have any questions or need assistance.

Jonathon Earle Edwards, a 3L at Florida State University College of Law, was last year's student liaison to the ABA Senior Lawyers Division.

Liaison Notebook includes reports of Law Student Division members who represent the Division in the ABA's practice-related sections, divisions, forums, and other entities. Student liaisons promote student membership in their entities and convey the views of law students throughout the ABA. For further information on how you can become a student liaison, visit www.abanet.org/lsd/elections and scroll down to "Liaisons."