High 5 Partners

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Scholarship Chicago High 5

CHICAGO – January 23, 2006   – Chief Legal Officers from major corporations around the country reaffirmed their commitment to diversity in the legal profession by inciting a “Call to Action.” Scholarship Chicago ’s High 5 initiative is a response to help create a more diverse and well-prepared workforce for future careers including the field of law.
Here are the facts:
Sholarship Chicago is dedicated to helping college-bound youth from every neighborhood within the city of Chicago to achieve their dreams through education. We provide our scholars with scholarship money, monthly college-readiness workshops, adult and peer mentors, and summer internships. By joining the High 5 initiative your firm will financially help 5 scholars by investing $11,000 per year for 5 years. $5,000 will go to college readiness preparation during the scholars’ senior year in high school, and $50,000 will go to college scholarships over 4 years. Chicago law firms Goldberg Kohn and Winston & Strawn are leading the way by committing to the High 5 initiative and investing in the youth of tomorrow.

"As one part of our firm's diversity initiative, we wanted to diminish obstacles that typically cause under-representation of certain minority groups in the legal profession. Becoming a High 5 sponsor allows us to greatly increase the educational and work opportunities of underprivileged high school and college students and that, in turn, will create a more diverse workforce in the legal field," said David Chizewer, a principal and member of the management committee at Goldberg Kohn.

Similar initiatives are taking place within the financial and public service sectors.

•Deloitte
•Ernst and Young
•Goldberg Kohn
•Mesirow Financial
•Nuveen Investments
•People’s Energy
•Winston & Strawn
•Individual Donors|
To join the High 5 Initiative please contact Molly Moran 312.917.8132.

To learn More about the High 5 Initiative please visit www.scholarshipchicago.org.