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. The Barristers Association of Philadelphia is dedicated to the advancement of Black […]
At the last in-person NAMWOLF Annual Meeting, The Axelrod Firm collected 68 signed book plates, to be inserted into coloring books we purchased to send to Colores United in Deming, New Mexico for #immigrants separated from family members at the border. We asked the attorneys who visited our booth to write a short, inspiring note
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The Axelrod Firm is proud to announce that Sheryl Axelrod has been selected as one of Goodera’s #10KforRacialEquality Ambassadors! Check out Goodera’s campaign at: https://lnkd.in/dAYWQDs. #Excellence#Advocacy#Advocates#WomanLawyer#WomanLeader#DiversityChampion#RacialEquality
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We’re hiring! We are looking for a temporary Executive Administrative Assistant to the President of the Firm and Firm Paralegal to work remotely full-time for 12 weeks starting in December 2020 while the person currently in that position is out on leave. There is a possibility, depending on our needs and the performance and capability
On September, 16, 2020, Sheryl Axelrod of The Axelrod Firm moderated an exceptional group of panelists in the Plenary Session she organized for The Forum of Executive Women‘s #LeadershipSymposium entitled, “Leveraging Our Positions to Disrupt Bias and Build More Equitable Pathways to Success:” Kisha Hortman Hawthorne, Ph.D., Eileen M. Letts, and Melissa Pang. These distinguished panelists powerfully explained how two or more biases
Thank you to the nearly 1,000 participants in the SHRM webcast at which The Axelrod Firm‘s President, Sheryl Axelrod, and her fellow panelists, Brandi M. B., Heather Hersh, Jameel Rush, PHR, SHRM-CP, and moderator Charity Hughes, PhD, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, spoke on, “Work, Racism and Uncomfortable Conversations: How HR Can Foster a Culture of Inclusion and Allyship” on August 6, 2020. We appreciate your
A Child for All (ACFA), a U.S. non-profit with operations in Mali, West Africa, brought in 7 more vulnerable children who had been living on the streets of the capital, Bamako. 5 of the children, ages 3 to 5 years old, are pictured here. Lisa Savitt is Chair of the Board of ACFA which brings
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Firm President Sheryl L. Axelrod is a past President of the Temple Law Alumni Association (TLAA) and serves on its Service Committee. On April 3, 2019, she visited the James G. Blaine School for scholars from pre-K through the 8th grade, with fellow TLAA Service Committee members Judges Sheila Woods-Skipper, Sandra Moss, and Glynnis Hill,
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is the world’s largest HR professional society, representing 300,000 members in more than 165 countries. On March 20, 2019, Sheryl trained SHRM professionals on how to level the playing field and create a safe workplace for women and minorities. She spoke at the Philadelphia SHRM Symposium on, “Sensitivity Training, Unconscious Bias, Micro-Aggressions and Creating a
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Firm President Sheryl Axelrod is a past President of the Temple Law Alumni Association (TLAA) and serves on its Service Committee. On April 3, 2019, she visited the James G. Blaine School for scholars from pre-K through the 8th grade, with fellow TLAA Service Committee members Judges Sheila Woods-Skipper, Sandra Moss, and Glynnis Hill, and