Focusing on giving back to the community and recruiting top talent are differentiators for Nationwide but doing both at the same time is helping its legal team stay at the top of its class.
Nationwide is seeing positive outcomes on multiple fronts by partnering with local high schools as well as law students at the collegiate level to provide valuable, challenging legal experiences for select students.
On November 7, Nationwide hosted 70 high school students in Columbus, Ohio, where the legal team provided workshops, a career fair, a networking lunch and key messaging from guest speakers. This event was part celebration, part learning that came at the end of a six-week sprint for the students.
Each year, in partnership with Street Law, Inc., the Legal Diversity Pipeline Program helps educate students on important legal matters, such as contracts, first amendment rights, employment law, torts and professionalism in the workplace.
Aaron Stamper teaches a Global Issues class at Columbus International High School and has participated in the Street Law program offered through Nationwide for nine years. “Street Law gives our students an introduction to law, and they get to see people who look and sound like them, and they begin to think this can happen for me,” said Stamper. “This is a window into a world they didn’t know existed.”
Since beginning our partnership with Street Law in 2012, Nationwide has helped educate nearly 700 students at local public schools. Each year, 80...
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