Partners in Education

Since 1986, Bradley Arant has participated in the Birmingham Board of Education's Partners in Education program. This program is a partnership between Birmingham public schools and area businesses. For almost twenty years, our firm's adopted school was Powell Elementary School, which was located in downtown Birmingham and served the Metropolitan Gardens public housing community. In 2002, as a part of a school system reorganization, Powell School closed. Currently, Bradley Arant partners with the Glen Iris School which is also located downtown and operates out of the former Phillips High School building. Our relationship with Powell and Glen Iris Schools has proven very rewarding for the firm, the school, and the students. Many of our lawyers and staff volunteer to serve as tutors for individual students. Other areas of the firm's involvement with the schools include donating and purchasing materials and equipment, providing free copy service for teachers at the school, providing readers for Reading Day programs, providing speakers for Geography Day programs, participating in Awards Day programs, and assisting in the publication of the school newspaper.