We have exciting news as we start the school year: Legal Prep has been selected as a 2024 Invest For Kids grant recipient!?We are thrilled to be recognized for this honor and proud to be one of eight Chicago-based nonprofit organizations chosen this year. This award recognizes Legal Prep's innovative, legal-themed curriculum, which?cultivates compassion, self-motivation, advocacy, and reflection in our students, so they graduate not only with the skills to succeed in college, but also to become advocates for themselves and their community.?The grant will allow us to expand our?programming, so that more students in Chicago's underserved communities have access to?a high-quality, college-prep experience that rivals the opportunities found in private and selective enrollment schools. Look for updates throughout the year on how this grant is making a difference for our students and their families on Chicago's West Side! On behalf of our students, staff, volunteers and?supporters, we sincerely thank?Invest For Kids and congratulate the other 2024 grantees: ATLAS Fellows, Camp for All Kids, Chicago Eco House, College Possible Chicago, Great Lakes Academy Charter School, Ingenuity - Chicago, and MetroSquash.?? ? Together, we are educating the next generation of lawyers and leaders.
Legal Prep Charter Academy
非盈利组织
Chicago，IL 566 位关注者
Winner of Building Hope’s 2023 Impact Award, we offer a legal-themed, college-prep education on Chicago’s west side.
关于我们
The mission of Legal Prep is to use its unique law themed curriculum and culture of high expectations to cultivate compassion, self-motivation, and reflection in young adults who will be prepared to succeed at outstanding four-year colleges and universities. Legal Prep strives to be the premier open-enrollment high school on the West Side of Chicago and an exemplar for the entire country. Our students will use their academic and civic education to grow in their professional careers, be advocates for disadvantaged communities, and positively impact our society.
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https://www.legalprep.org
Legal Prep Charter Academy的外部链接
- 所属行业
- 非盈利组织
- 规模
- 11-50 人
- 总部
- Chicago，IL
- 类型
- 教育机构
- 创立
- 2012
- 领域
- education、law-themed、college-prep和social emotional learning
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4319 W Washington Blvd.
US，IL，Chicago，60624
Legal Prep Charter Academy员工
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Thanks to our law program partners for another great session, and welcome to our newest partner in the negotiations program, K&L Gates!
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Thank you to Rachel Enav, Kristopher Keys, Alejandro Ortega, and Alexandria Pollard, Esq. for guest teaching in our dual-credit law class. Our students enjoyed exploring the concept of punishments under the law.
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Congratulations, Judge Williams. You are a leader and inspiration to our Wildcat community!
Hon. Ann Claire Williams (Ret.) received?The American Lawyer?Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony in New York. In her acceptance remarks, she said her work is far from finished: "I will continue to dream big, work hard, stand up, give back, and never give up my commitment to making equal justice under law a living, breathing reality for people here and people in Africa." Read more about her and her accomplishments here: ?https://lnkd.in/eJ3MQxMC #WomenInLaw
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We are looking forward to having Polaris students join us next fall as freshmen! Any 8th grader living in Chicago can apply through GoCPS. We are a free, open-enrollment high school.
?? A huge thank you to the amazing teachers, staff, and students Legal Prep Charter Academy for welcoming our Class of 2025 as explorers at your unique high school! We're grateful for the opportunity to experience Chicago’s first and only legal-themed high school, where critical thinking, problem-solving, advocacy, and communication skills come to life. Your dedication to preparing students for college and beyond is truly inspiring! ?? ?? ?Un enorme agradecimiento a los increíbles maestros, personal y estudiantes de Legal Prep por dar la bienvenida a nuestra Clase de 2025 como exploradores en su único instituto! Estamos agradecidos por la oportunidad de experimentar la primera y única escuela secundaria de Chicago con un enfoque en el derecho, donde cobran vida las habilidades de pensamiento crítico, resolución de problemas, defensa y comunicación. ?Su dedicación para preparar a los estudiantes para la universidad y más allá es realmente inspiradora! ??
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What an amazing event. We are honored to be one of the organizations supported by Invest For Kids.
??Yesterday was our big day... the 16th Annual Invest for Kids Conference! ?? We're thrilled to share that the conference was a resounding success! With a packed house and incredible speakers, the energy in the room was nothing short of electric. Thanks to the amazing support of our attendees and sponsors, we raised a record $1.8 million (and counting!) on behalf of our 2024 grantees and initiatives that support Chicago youth. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who participated, volunteered, and contributed. ?? More to come soon!
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Thanks to Jonathan Safron, Randi Cigelnik, Emma N. and Melissa Almazan for volunteering at the Invest For Kids conference today!
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Our Law Program is off to a great start with many returning partners, as well as new volunteers from JPMorganChase and Molson Coors GBS joining our mock trial program. Thank you everyone for a great first session. We look forward to returning next month. If your company or law firm is interested in participating in our monthly program, please contact: [email protected].
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We are excited to be a recipient of an Invest For Kids 2024 grant. We look forward to seeing everyone at the October 22 Invest for Kids Conference.
Our next 2024 grantee spotlight goes to Legal Prep Charter Academy! Legal Prep Charter Academy is a free, open-enrollment public charter high school located in West Garfield Park. The school began as the vision of two lawyers who recognized that the lack of equal access to outstanding educational opportunities at the high school level was contributing to the lack of diverse lawyers and set out to fix the problem. With the support and encouragement of the legal and business communities, their dream became a reality. In the fall of 2012, Legal Prep opened its doors with the mission of providing a high-quality, legal-themed, college-prep experience to students in underserved communities that rivals the opportunities found in private and selective enrollment schools. Legal Prep’s curriculum cultivates compassion, self-motivation, advocacy, and reflection in students, so they graduate not only with the skills to succeed in college but also become advocates for themselves and their community. All students take a substantive law class each year, where they develop critical thinking, as well as in-depth reading and analytical skills. In addition, students participate in a unique experiential learning program. Students are paired with law firms and corporations throughout the city, where they take monthly field trips to learn negotiation and oral advocacy skills, as well as professionalism and career options. Students also have the opportunity to participate in clerkships, summer enrichment programs, and college exploration trips. By providing students with the opportunity to see themselves in the role of lawyer, engineer, and business entrepreneur, Legal Prep and its supporters are changing the way students see their future and the trajectory of their lives. Get your tickets today to the Invest For Kids Conference on Oct 22nd to support Legal Prep Charter Academy and other grantees: https://bit.ly/ifk2024
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Thank you to everyone who joined us for Pars for Progress today. With a break in the heat and the rain, today was a great day to golf, network with old and new friends, and support our mission of educating the next generation of lawyers and leaders on Chicago’s west side. Congrats to our winning team!
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