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The Chicago Scholars & IES Partnership featured in FOX News
Posted: 12/17/2012
IES Abroad and Chicago Scholars partner to send underrepresented college students abroad for international education helping to create a diverse group of globally-sophisticated professionals for business, educational, technology and the arts...
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Scholar, Lawyer and Rapper
Posted: 12/3/2012
Check out the news coverage (below) on one of Chicago Scholars alumn, Jeff Stephens as they talk about his life as both an attorney and rapper!
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GIVING TO HONOR YOUR FIRM'S CULTURE
Posted: 9/14/2012
Later this month at their Ninth Annual My Hero Awards Luncheon, Lawyers Lend-a-Hand to Youth will honor Freeborn & Peters LLP as Law Firm Partnership of the Year!
In 2008, the midsize Chicago firm was in preliminary talks with a law school, looking to donate $100,000 in honor of the firm's 25th anniversary, when Kathryn Thomas, a partner at the firm, heard a presentation by Chicago Scholars. As Chicago Scholars President Karen Foley relayed in her nomination letter to LLAH, Thomas and her colleagues felt the organization provided a unique opportunity for the firm to do something important for low income, first generation and underserved college bound youth and, by doing so, they would also be honoring the culture of their firm? What a magnificent gift to bestow and how amazing it must have felt to provide help to an organization whose efforts speak to the heart of what their firm stands for.
Additionally, Foley speaks to the value beyond the monetary gift, which is the relationship the organization has forged with Freeborn & Peters? lawyers and staff over the past four years. The attorneys generously make time to mentor and inspire the scholars, passing on the power of a mentor's belief, something that helped many of them grow into the successful lawyers they are today. The take-away message is that a firm doesn't need to be huge to have a huge impact or make a difference. As Foley says of Freeborn & Peters,"They start by respecting the individual person regardless of ethnicity or background and everything they do is built from there.What firm couldn't be successful and make a difference if they took the same approach?"
How does your firm honor its culture through generosity? Let us know so we can give you a cheer!
Posted by Akina on Sep 5, 2012 in Doing Good
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Chicago Scholar Shares Internship Experiences at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Posted: 7/11/2012
What did Isamar Villasenor do this summer? Our Chicago Scholar will join other Northwestern Memorial HealthCare interns to discuss their internship experiences at the organization?s upcoming Intern Poster Session. The event will be held from 2 to 3:30 p.m on July 25,2012.
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TCW 100 WOMEN TO WATCH IN 2012
Posted: 7/3/2012
Chicago Scholars Congratulates President Karen G. Foley A Women to Watch in 2012
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Chicago United's 2011 Ambassador Award
Posted: 4/12/2012
Career Mentoring is paramount to the success of college to workforce transition. Janine Landow-Esser, a partner and chair of the National Diversity Committee for Quarles & Brady LLP and Chicago Scholars Mentor, received Chicago United?s 2011 Ambassador Award for her efforts in support of the Chicago United/Chicago Scholars? Career Mentoring Initiative. For more information about how you can become involved with mentoring, please contact Chicago Scholars at ljamrozy@chicagoscholars.org
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Celebrate Black History Month: Spotlight on The Real McCoy
Posted: 2/6/2012
The Real McCoy
Chicago Scholars celebrates Black History Month and invites you explore the many inventions of African Americans that have contributed to making our country and the world a better place...
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