McMahon Inn Attendance Policy
According to the Bylaws of the Inn, "[e]ach active member will
be allowed four absences from the monthly meetings in a year. The
Membership Committee shall monitor attendance at meetings and shall
submit the names of those who have three absences to the Executive
Committee. The non-participating member will be contacted by the
President in order to determine if he/she wishes to remain in this
American Inn of Court and to inform the non-participating member
that, in the event another absence occurs, he/she will be dropped
from the rolls and all dues will be forfeited."
In June or July of each year, the Inn will contact all members to
renew their membership. At this time, members are asked to complete
a Membership Renewal Form and pay dues for the fiscal year.
McMahon Inn Mentoring
One of the primary purposes of the McMahon
Inn of Court isto provide mentoring opportunities for
its members. This is done in a number of ways:
planned activities within each pupillage group (lunches, program
meetings & other excursions), availability of each member's
phone number and e-mail address, socializing and networking prior
to meetings and through a number of socials (some of which
include your family). The Inn is also in the process of
developing a list of practice areas and the members who practice
within each area for contact and mentoring on specific
issues.
If you have any ideas about what would be helpful to you or
others to develop processes by which you might be mentored or might
mentor others, please contact Jim George.
McMahon Inn Pupillage Team & Programs
Programs, presented by the pupillage groups, are often the
backbone of the Inn. The McMahon Inn holds 6 to 7 program meetings
per year, usually in the months of September, October, December,
February, March, April & May.
Programs are meant to be both eductional and entertaining. They
are usually presented in the form of a play or small vignettes with
discussion of the law in between the vignettes or at the end of the
play. Substantial supporting materials are provided to enhance the
discussions and for your use after the program. The programs are
one hour in length and earn continuing legal education (CLE) credit
from the Louisiana State Bar Association. The Inn tries to present
at least one program that will earn an Ethics credit and one
program that will earn a Professionalism credit each year.
Excellent canned programs are available from the national Inns of
Court but we encourage our pupillage groups to meet and interact
with each other to come up with a creative and entertaining program
on their own. The McMahon Inn has won a national award for one of
our previous programs and at least two of the programs have "gone
on the road" being presented at numerous local and state bar
functions!