Rise Above Scholarship

Scholarship Sponsored by Silberman & Lam LLP

Being part of a team striving towards a shared objective is an exhilarating experience. Employment within a reputable organization fosters crucial values and promotes both social and professional growth. At Silberman & Lam LLP, we champion the rights of the average worker. Our firm specializes in Workers’ Compensation law, adept at pinpointing situations where employers exploit their employees. Regrettably, many individuals are not aware of their rights as employees, which allows supervisors or executives to misuse their work and time.

Consequently, we established the Rise Above Scholarship to gather insights from students nationwide about any comparable experiences that have shaped them. As a firm dealing with workers’ compensation, we anticipate this scholarship will foster meaningful conversations among students, empowering them as employees. We invite individuals to recount an instance when they were exploited as employees, interns, or team members. How did this experience influence your professional interactions with those involved? Has this experience enabled you to identify potential red flags in your current or future employment? How did a challenging professional situation eventually become a positive one, and what lessons did you glean from it?

Who Can Apply?

• The scholarship is accessible to any current high school senior, vocational student, college student, or graduate student who is a legal U.S. resident, living in one of the 50 states or the District of Columbia, and who is enrolled in a vocational program or a two to four-year post-secondary institution.
• Employees of Silberman & Lam LLP, their immediate family members (parent, child, sibling, and spouse), and individuals residing in the same households as these individuals (regardless of their relationship), are not eligible to participate in this competition.
• Applicants for this scholarship must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0 or higher and be in good academic standing.

Submission Guidelines

• Applicants must complete the form below with all required information
• Applicants must submit an essay of 750-1,000 words responding to the prompt: Share an instance when you felt exploited as an employee, intern, or team member. How did this experience impact your professional relationships with those involved? Has this experience enabled you to spot potential red flags in your current or future employment? How did a challenging professional situation eventually become a positive one, and what lessons did you glean from it?
• Please be aware that all essays will be scrutinized for AI writing. If AI-generated writing is detected in the essay, the application will be disqualified.
• Applicants must submit a professional resume detailing their professional and academic experiences.
• Applicants must submit a transcript from their current school. First-year college students, graduate students, or individuals who have recently transferred schools may submit an unofficial transcript from their current institution, along with the most recent official transcript from their previous school. High school students may submit proof of acceptance to their college or university.
• Preference will be given to students either from or attending secondary school in the state.

The Rise Above Scholarship recipient will be selected in the month following the scholarship deadline.

For all queries related to the scholarship, please use this contact form. We regret that we cannot respond to scholarship inquiries via phone, email, or any other contact forms listed on this website.