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Sheryl Axelrod Honored to Serve on The Forum of Executive Women 

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Sheryl Axelrod serves in The Forum of Executive Women and especially, in two committees in which she is active: the Women in Leadership Committee and the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. This photo is from a recent meeting of the former, the Women in Leadership Committee, which is chaired by Melissa Ludwig and Doneene Damon.    Topics the amazing women in this […]

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Sheryl Axelrod Moderated The Forum of Executive Women’s Male Champions for Women Presentation

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Sheryl Axelrod had the pleasure of moderating The Forum of Executive Women‘s Male Champions for Women presentation on October 20, 2022.   Last year, the Forum launched the Male Champions for Women program, which explored how men can support women obtaining and serving in leadership positions. Sheryl conceived of the Male Champions for Women concept as an extension of

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Sheryl Axelrod’s Article, “The Underrepresentation of Women at the Highest Levels of the Legal Profession,” Was Published by the American Bar Association’s Award-Winning Law Practice Today e-Magazine

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Sheryl Axelrod’s sobering, data-driven piece, “Despite All the Profession Has to Gain from our Greater Inclusion: The Under-Representation of Women at the Highest Levels of the Legal Profession,” was published by the American Bar Association’s award-winning Law Practice Today e-magazine.  You can read it for free here. As she discusses in it, the legal profession is in crisis, with

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The Axelrod Firm Sponsored The Hispanic Bar Association of PA Legal Education Fund’s Annual Scholarship Reception

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The Axelrod Firm is proud to have sponsored The Hispanic Bar Association of PA Legal Education Fund’s stunning Annual Scholarship Reception at Franklin’s View. Sheryl Axelrod had a wonderful time catching up with Judge Nelson A. Diaz (in whose name one of the amazing students won a scholarship), Sara Manzano-Diaz, Tony Gay, Marc Zucker, Jennifer

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Sheryl Attends the Firm-Sponsored NAMWOLF Annual Meeting in Chicago

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The Axelrod Firm was proud to again sponsor #NAMWOLF, this time at its September 2022 Annual Meeting in Chicago. Thank you to everyone responsible for making the Annual Meeting a success! From the individual conversations to the group conversations, from the tennis to the sunset cruise, from the panels to the speeches to the meals

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Lisa Savitt Spoke at the 6th Meeting of the LAWASIA Human Right Lawyers’ Network on “An Update on the Supreme Court Decision, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization”

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On August 20, 2022 , Lisa Savitt gave a presentation to the 6th Meeting of the LAWASIA Human Right Lawyers’ Network on “An Update on the Supreme Court Decision, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.” LawAsia  is a regional association of lawyers, judges, jurists and legal organizations, which advocates for the interests and concerns of the Asia Pacific legal profession.

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Sheryl Axelrod was Presented with an Award for 6+ Years of Service with the National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations GOOD Guys Program

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Sheryl Axelrod presented at the National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations’ GOOD Guys: Chicago Leaders Edition program at the NCWBA’s 2022 Women’s Bar Leadership Summit on August 4, 2022.    After introductory remarks by Teresa Beck and prior to the GOOD Guys panel, Sheryl presented on, “Rewards of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging.”     During this event, Sheryl was honored with a GOOD Guys

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Sheryl Axelrod Brings the Judges Pro Tempore in the Commerce Program to the Philadelphia Bar Association Women in the Profession Committee

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There are few women serving as mediators and arbitrators, and even fewer women of color. The Commerce Program judges have actively called upon those who serve as Judges Pro Tempore in the Commerce Program to try to expand the diversity of their ranks. On August 2, 2022, the Philadelphia Bar Association Women in the Profession

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Sheryl Axelrod Presents a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion CLE

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Sheryl Axelrod presented  the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion CLE at the New York State Bar Association’s Real Property Law Section’s Summer Meeting at The Ritz-Carlton in Philadelphia. Her 50-minute presentation was entitled, “From passive inequality watchers to inclusion builders: what disenfranchisement teaches us about how to be positive change makers.” During it, Sheryl discussed the

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