Twenty-five Years of Tilpp
| Jurisdiction | Georgia,United States |
| Citation | Vol. 27 No. 1 Pg. 0052 |
| Pages | 0052 |
| Publication year | 2021 |
The Transition Into Law Practice Program began as an idea 25 years ago. As we get our feet planted firmly in the new Bar year, we look forward to continuing to build upon the foundation laid a quarter of a century ago.
BY KELLYN O. MCGEE
As we start a new Bar year, this is a good time to provide a little history of the Transition Into Law Practice Program (TILPP) and give some updates.
It has been 16 years since the first class of newly-admitted lawyers enrolled in the program. In 1996, the State Bar of Georgia created the Standards of the Profession Committee, whose charge was to determine whether the Bar should require internships or other supervised work for new lawyers. A year later, that committee suggested a pilot program to determine the feasibility of a mandatory mentoring and continuing legal education program. That pilot program lasted two years, from 2000-02. Following an evaluation of that program, approval by the Board of Governors and adoption by the Supreme Court, TILPP officially began in 2005, the first program of its kind in the country. If you were admitted before 2005, you may remember attending Bridge-the-Gap, the regular or enhanced versions.
The mentoring component includes three different statuses: Inside Mentoring (for the lawyer who has a mentor within the firm or organization where they are employed); Group Mentoring (for the lawyer who is employed in a
non-legal setting or part-time, is unemployed, or is not paired with a mentor); and Outside Mentoring (for the sole practitioner with a mentor from another firm or organization).
Lawyers enrolled in TILPP are required to complete 12 hours of CLE. They must attend the Beginning Lawyers Program (which provides six hours) or the equivalent trainings that prosecutors and public defenders are required to attend. Lawyers can choose courses to fulfill the additional six hours.
There have been changes to TILPP over the past 16 years, and we will continue to implement changes to enhance the ease and efficiency for those lawyers enrolled in the program. Some of the modifications and updates we have made over the last year have been highlighted here.
Electronic Submissions
We are all electronic now! In an effort to better serve lawyers enrolled in TILPP, we no longer require notarization on certain forms, which allows us to receive all forms electronically at...
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