Irvine Law Firms Provide Project SELF Summer Internships to OC Youth
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
IRVINE, CA—Twenty premier Irvine law firms are providing the opportunity for OC youth to work alongside lawyers, learn office skills, and be exposed to professional career fields through the Project SELF (Summer Employment in Law Firm) program, which provides low-to-middle income high school juniors with a hands-on summer internship.
The paid, eight-week internship will begin Tuesday, June 24, 2014.
Participating Irvine law firms include:
· Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP, one of the leading real estate law firms with over 220 attorneys in California. Interns: Sabrina Olea of Valley High School and Denise Ramirez of Segerstrom High School.
· Fisher & Phillips LLP, named among the 2013 “Best Law Firms” by U.S. News – Best Lawyers. Project Self collaborator OC-ALA’s 2013 Board President Connie Jedrzejewski is the firm’s Office Administrator. Intern: Ulises Salazar of Godinez High School.
· Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, an international firm named as one of the “Top 100 Law Firms for Diversity” by MultiCultural Law Magazine in 2012. Firm partner Collie James IV is the 2013 Orange County Bar Foundation Board President. Intern: Cynthia Alvarez of Segerstrom High School.
Interns will participate in two program-related field trips. The first is a Career Day at the University of California, Irvine on July 10, 2014, featuring a welcome from the Founding Dean of UCI School of Law, Erwin Chemerinsky, a tour of the law school, and a career day panel. The second is a tour of the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District in Santa Ana on July 22, 2014.
Since its inception in 1995, 795 students have participated in the Project SELF program. This program is for students attending high schools within the city of Santa Ana. A total of 135 applications are accepted and undergo the rigorous selection process initiated in local Santa Ana high schools and include written and in-person applications. This year’s group of participating students is the largest in the history of Project SELF.
For media inquiries contact Annie Rivera, Publicist at 714-365-4170 or AnnieRivera@Feltenmedia.com
ABOUT PROJECT SELF: Project SELF (Summer Employment in Law Firm) provides low-to-middle income Santa Ana high school juniors with the opportunity to have an eight-week, paid summer internship at a law firm or law-related business while gaining valuable educational and work experience. The program is a collaboration between two non-profits: the Orange County Bar Foundation (OCBF) and the Orange County Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators (OC-ALA). Additionally, the Orange County Bar Association (OCBA) assisted in Project SELF’s inception in 1995 and has continued to support the program. Since its inception, 795 students have participated in Project SELF. The annual Project SELF Recognition Dinner will be held Wednesday, August 6, 2014 at the Chuck Jones Center by 24 Carrots located at 3321 Hyland Avenue, Costa Mesa, CA. http://www.ocbarfoundation.org/programs/project_self.html
ABOUT ORANGE COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION: OCBF is a non-profit organization strengthening Orange County youth and families through our unique, award-winning programs including numerous health and education programs specifically designed and implemented to be gender specific. All programs are culturally appropriate and sensitive for the target population to be served. http://www.ocbarfoundation.org/
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ABOUT ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER OF THE ASSOCIATION OF LEGAL ADMINISTRATORS (OC-ALA): OC-ALA is a membership association that provides educational and networking opportunities to improve the quality and competency of legal administrators. OC-ALA has more than 145 members in the Orange County area and is a chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators, which consists of over 10,000 members worldwide. http://www.orangecountyala.org/
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ALL 2014 PARTICIPATING PROJECT SELF LAW FIRMS AND LAW-RELATED BUSINESSES INCLUDE:
Costa Mesa:
· Greenberg Gross LLP
· Latham & Watkins LLP
· Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
· Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
· Michael Maguire & Associates
· Paul Hastings LLP
· Rutan & Tucker, LLP
· Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
· Snell & Wilmer LLP
· Woodruff, Spradlin & Smart
Huntington Beach:
· Plager Schack LLP
Irvine:
· Advanced Depositions
· Advanced Discovery
· Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
· Brown Rudnick LLP
· Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger LLP
· Crowell & Moring LLP
· Dorsey & Whitney LLP
· Fisher & Phillips LLP
· Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
· Haynes and Boone, LLP
· Jones Day
· Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
· Malcolm Cisneros, A Law Corporation
· McDermott Will & Emery
· Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
· Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
· Palmieri, Tyler, Wiener, Wilhelm & Waldron LLP
· Payne & Fears LLP
· Samuels, Green & Steel, LLP
· Troutman Sanders
· Wesierski & Zurek LLP
Newport Beach:
· Bisnar Chase, LLP
· Cresa Orange County
· Hittelman Law Group
· Irell & Manella LLP
· Minyard Morris, LLP
· Newmeyer & Dillion LLP
· O’Melveny & Myers LLP
· Orange County Bar Association
· Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro Davis, Inc.
· Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, PC
· Travers Realty Corporation
· Wright, Finlay & Zak, LLP
Orange:
· Amezcua Moll & Associates, PC
Santa Ana:
· AlvaradoSmith, APC
· First Legal Support Services
· Green & Hall
· Legal Aid Society of Orange County
· Orange County Bar Foundation
· Rizio & Nelson
· Traut Firm
· Watten, Discoe, Bassett & McMains
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