Verbum Dei: Community Outreach

October 1, 2004

This fall, Murchison & Cumming, LLP joined more than forty companies, including 17 law firms, participating in Verbum Dei's Corporate Work Study Program. Verbum Dei is an all-boys college preparatory school in Watts. The annual tuition costs are often more than the local residents can afford and the school faced low enrollment numbers and the possibility of having to close its doors. In 2002, the school started asking local companies to employ its students to help offset tuition costs.

The firm welcomed four students from Verbum Dei who each work one full day a week for the entire school year. The students have the opportunity to gain valuable job experience as they learn how the legal system works.

All four students share the responsibility of one full-time file clerk and the money they earn goes directly to each student's tuition account.

Verbum Dei High School ("Word of God" in Latin) is an all-male, Archdiocesan four-year college preparatory for boys located in the heart of Watts in South Los Angeles. The school is operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles and managed by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). It was founded in 1962 by Bishop Joseph Francis of the Society of the Divine Word Missionaries to provide young men from Watts and surrounding areas a quality education. The school offers a comprehensive college preparatory education and is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

 

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