The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of mentor and mentor-type relationship experiences of first-year law students, and the differences among these relationships. / The population investigated consisted of first-year law students at The Florida State University College of Law during the 1983-84 academic year. A survey was developed and mailed to 216 first-year law students. Usable responses were received from 126 (58.3%) of the respondents. / More male than female students were represented in this study. Most of the respondents were between 24 and 31 years of age. Almost half of the respondents were never married. Over half the respondents were certain of their career plan in 15 years. / Almost half of the respondents listed three mentor and mentor-type individuals, while one-fourth listed no support relationships. Law students and attorneys or judges were the positions of the persons most often listed, while others frequently listed were parents, professors, and spouses. / The majority of mentor and mentor-type persons reported were males. Most of the support persons had been known for less than one year or for more than 10 years. Peer mentor and mentor-type relationships were most often listed. Mentor relationships were reported least often. Over four-fifths of the respondents requested no additional assistance from the mentor and mentor-type individuals. / A number of statistically significant relationships were found between relationship characteristics and respondents' characteristics. Younger students, males, unmarried respondents and those with no career plan more often listed no mentor or mentor-type relationship. Older students, males, and those with definite career plans were more likely to experience higher level (sponsor and mentor) relationships and to report support persons who were attorneys or judges. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-04, Section: A, page: 0905. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1985.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75544 |
| Contributors | HILL, DENISE LYNN., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 174 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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