Dr. Rachel Krol

Biography

Rachel Krol is an attorney, consultant, and educator based in Philadelphia. Her teaching and research primarily focus on negotiation, conflict resolution, dispute systems design, and group facilitation. She teaches Negotiation courses at Penn Carey Law and the Wharton School. Additionally, Rachel serves as an advisor for the Cambridge Family Enterprise Group, where she assists family-owned businesses in their efforts to grow, unify, and sustain their enterprises across generations. Previously, Rachel was the Assistant Director of the Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program at Harvard Law School, where she taught courses on negotiation and dispute systems design and supervised teams of clinical students. She has helped client organizations build capacity for effective conflict management. Rachel has a rich background in enhancing negotiation skills across diverse settings, including executive education at Harvard and conducting workshops for Israeli and Palestinian teenagers through the organization Seeds of Peace. Rachel is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Columbia University and has practiced at law firms such as Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP and Ahmad Zaffarese LLC, providing legal advice on matters related to mergers and acquisitions, securities regulation, corporate finance, and civil litigation.

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