Sonnenschein Scholars Named for 2006
May 23, 2006
(CHICAGO, May 23, 2006)—Law firm Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP today announced that 50 students representing 25 leading U.S. law schools have been selected as Sonnenschein Scholars for 2006. Each student will receive a $4000 summer stipend to help underwrite their work with a public interest agency of their choice.
Sonnenschein established the Sonnenschein Scholars public-service program this year as a centerpiece of its centennial celebration. Over the next five years, two first-year law students from each of the participating law schools will be named annually.
“We can think of no better way to commemorate our 100th anniversary than by providing future lawyers the opportunity to take on their first pro bono projects,” said Duane C. Quaini, Sonnenschein chairman. “Our firm--and the legal profession as a whole--has a long history of public service, and we look forward to such outstanding individuals as this year’s Sonnenschein Scholars to carry on the tradition.”
The 2006 Sonnenschein Scholars have chosen a wide variety of public interest agencies to work with this summer. They range from the Cabrini Green Legal Aid Clinic in Chicago, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund in Los Angeles and the Children’s Law Center in Washington, D.C. to the Brennan Center Poverty Program in New York, the Mental Health Advocacy Project in San Jose, Calif., and the Public Interest Legal Advocacy Project in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
“We created the Sonnenschein Scholars program to make it possible for deserving students to pursue their commitment to public service, whether their dream may be to represent abused women and children, fight discrimination, or advocate on behalf immigrant rights,” said Jerome T. Wolf, a Sonnenschein partner spearheading the effort. “All of our Scholars are eagerly anticipating the practical experience that they will gain this summer, and we look forward to learning how they were able to make a difference in the communities in which they served.”
The 25 participating law schools are:
- East Coast -- Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Cornell, Fordham, University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown, Howard, George Washington, University of North Carolina
- Midwest -- Chicago, DePaul, Northwestern, Michigan, Saint Louis University, Washington University, University of Missouri-Columbia, University of Missouri-Kansas City, University of Kansas
- West Coast -- UCLA, USC, Loyola Los Angeles, University of California Hastings, University of California Berkeley, Stanford
Sonnenschein, with more than 700 attorneys and other professionals in nine U.S. cities and a global reach, serves the legal needs of many of the world’s largest and best-known businesses, nonprofits and individuals. For more information, visit www.sonnenschein.com.
Media Contact:
Linda Butler
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
(312) 876-3453
LButler@sonnenschein.com
