More Than 70 High School Seniors Pitched Innovative Business Ideas to Industry Mentors

More than 70 high school seniors from underserved communities spent last weekend developing entrepreneurial skills and pitching innovative business ideas at Blank Rome’s 26th Adopt-A-Center event, held Saturday, Sept. 20, at the firm’s Los Angeles office.

For the second consecutive year, Blank Rome partnered with C5LA, a local nonprofit focused on youth leadership, to provide students with hands-on experience in business development. The daylong program paired the teens with more than 50 mentors and business advisors from a wide range of industries.

Working in teams, students collaborated to design and refine business plans, then presented their concepts in a Shark Tank–style competition before a pane

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