North Reading Native Wins Keches Law Group Scholarship Essay Contest

Aspiring Nurse Awarded $2,500 Toward College Tuition

Milton, Massachusetts (August 22, 2023) — Keches Law Group is proud to announce that North Reading resident Molly Harrington has been selected as the winner of the law firm’s annual scholarship essay contest.

Now in its fifth year, the scholarship program provides crucial funds to students pursuing higher education. This year’s contest was open to family members of current and former union members, and entrants were required to write an essay sharing their perspectives on whether the American education system offers enough exposure to careers in the skilled trades.

Harrington, the daughter of a Local 537 pipefitter and an aspiring nurse, focused her essay on the contributions of skilled trade workers. Keches Law Group is proud to recognize Harrington for her insightful, impassioned essay that drew from her father’s personal experience.

“As a society, we hold the responsibility of educating ourselves on trade careers to properly educate the next generation of trade workers because without them, many of the luxuries we take for granted would not exist,” she wrote in her essay.

Harrington will be awarded $2,500 toward her tuition at Middlesex Community College, where she plans to study nursing.

“This scholarship will aid me in paying for nursing school by allowing me to focus on my academics rather than worrying about the cost of attendance,” she said. “I hope to give my total attention to such a demanding career path in order to give the care that patients deserve.”

Keches Law Group is proud of its longstanding commitment to bettering the communities it serves, particularly through supporting organized labor and fighting for union members who have been injured on the job and their families.

“As the proud daughter of a pipefitter, Molly’s impassioned support of the trades made it easy to support her,” said Sean Flaherty, Managing Partner of Keches Law Group. “Our annual scholarship essay contest continues to serve as a testament to our unwavering commitment to empowering the students in our communities.”

To learn more about Keches Law Group’s scholarship program, click here.

ABOUT KECHES LAW GROUP
Keches Law Group is one of the largest and most well-respected personal injury and workers’ compensation law firms in Massachusetts. Since opening in 1986, the group has recovered more than $2 billion for their clients and has supported unions and fights for the rights of people injured on the job throughout the greater Boston area, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut. Other practice areas include social security disability, employment law, class action, medical malpractice, and more. Keches Law Group also prioritizes community involvement and charitable causes through their non-profit organization, Keches Cares. For more information, visit the Keches Law website or follow them on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.