A little bit about what your neutral is doing in the classroom. Sheryl Axelrod has spent countless hours giving back to the community, including to children in particular. This year, she is teaching 7th graders at the DePaul Catholic School once a month. For the October 25, 2023 session, we were joined by Judge Stella Tsai and Dañiela […]
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Check out Sheryl Axelrod’s latest article published by the American Bar Association in its Business Law Section publication, Business Law Today. The piece covers a wide array of the benefits of arbitration over traditional courtroom litigation, “Why Arbitrate? Why Not? The Benefits of Arbitrating Commercial Disputes.” Ms. Axelrod, the President & CEO of The Axelrod
A little bit about what your neutral is doing in the classroom. Sheryl Axelrod has spent countless hours giving back to the community, including to children in particular. This year, she is teaching 7th graders at the DePaul Catholic School once a month. For the October 25, 2023 session, we were joined by Judge Stella Tsai and Dañiela
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On December 13, 2022, Sheryl Axelrod, Jane Kespradit, and in-house counsel, Jeffrey Hutton, will be presented the 1-hour NAPABA webinar, “Diversity: It Makes for Stronger Litigation Teams.” Jeff will moderate this for-1-CLE credit webinar, in which Sheryl, Jane, and Jeff explained why diverse litigation teams stand to perform better than traditional, homogenous teams and other exciting
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Sheryl Axelrod presented on, “Unspoken Competitive Advantages at Trial: Non-Verbal Communication, Likeability, and Diversity in the Courtroom” at the The Litigation Counsel of America (LCA) Renaissance Symposium at The Harvard Club of New York City on Dec. 2, 2022. The LCA is a by-invitation and vetting only organization of the top less than one-half of
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
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
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
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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Litigation Counsel of America and the Diversity Law Institute were proud to present the COMPLIMENTARY, professional development webinar, “Women, Leadership, and the Law: A Discussion with Women Leaders on Rising in the Profession.” The program was is open to all lawyers, and featured LCA Senior Fellow and Firm Partner Sheryl Axelrod, Danielle Corcione of Chiesa