"At the end of the day, whatever a person's religion, race, color, creed, ethnicity or sexual orientation may be, we want them to have a chance to succeed … become a partner … even run this firm.  That's the purpose of our global diversity initiative."
—Robert C. Treuhold
Partner
Paris Office

Supporting young people in achieving academic and professional excellence is an imperative at Shearman & Sterling.  Through our administrative summer internship program, we work with a series of exceptional schools and nonprofit organizations to introduce high school students to the legal profession through part-time and summer employment at the firm.  The following is a representative list of some of the programs the firm aids:

• Thurgood Marshall Summer Law Internship Program:  Finding paying jobs in a variety of legal environments for inner-city high school students.
  
  
• "I Have a Dream" Foundation:  Inspiring and motivating junior high school students to achieve the highest level of education, both personally and academically.
  
  
• Legal Outreach:  Working with the New York City Board of Education to provide law-related educational programs for junior high school students from underserved communities.
  
  
• Prep For Prep:  Providing summer jobs for participants in this innovative program that prepares minority students for independent schools.
  
  
• YES Commission (Mayor's Commission on Youth Empowerment Services):  Supplying job training and positions for New York City youth, regardless of income or educational background.
  
  
• Academy of Finance:  Providing summer jobs to high school students enrolled in finance courses, including accounting, economics and securities.
  
  
• Federation Employment Guidelines Services (FEGS):  Giving high school students the opportunity to acquire skills, work habits and attitudes that will lead to greater employability upon graduation.
  
  
• East New York Family Academy:  Assistance in finding summer employment for high school students from low-income neighborhoods.  The academy also provides students with rigorous academic and technical training.
  
  
• The Joseph A. Forgione Development School for Youth (DSY) Program:  Training young people, ages 16 to 21, to perform as leaders in corporate environments through a three-month leadership program, one of those being the All Stars Project, Inc.