SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY & WEIL FOUNDATION: YEAR IN REVIEW 2025 SIGNATURE INITIATIVES The Weil Legal Innovators (WLI) Program continues to be a defining pillar of Weil’s social responsibility programming and a model for the legal industry. Since its launch in 2019, the Program has supported emerging legal leaders as they spend a full year embedded at nonprofit organizations tackling complex social and legal challenges. Backed by an annual Firm investment of more than $1 million, WLI reflects Weil’s hallmarks of excellence. 18 19 In 2025, Weil welcomed the 2025–2026 class of Weil Legal Innovators, who joined a growing legacy of fellows committed to public service and lasting social impact. Throughout the fellowship year, Innovators work alongside nonprofit partners advancing critical initiatives in areas including human rights, gender equity, criminal justice reform and environmental sustainability, among others. Each Innovator receives a competitive salary, a $10,000 law school scholarship and access to a comprehensive professional development curriculum, along with ongoing mentorship from Weil attorneys and staff. Together, these elements ensure that Innovators emerge from the Program not only prepared for the rigors of law school, but equipped with the skills, perspective and relationships needed to explore and build thoughtful legal careers. A milestone in 2025 was also the launch of the WLI Bridge Program, a peer mentorship initiative designed to strengthen connection, continuity and shared learning across the WLI community. The Bridge Program pairs current Innovators with WLI alumni, creating space for candid conversations, professional insight and lived perspective from those who have previously navigated the fellowship.
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