Elsa B. Schulz

Associate

Overview

Elsa joins Benesch as a Labor & Employment associate.

Elsa has experience as a Judicial extern to Judge Franklin Valderrama and Judge Allen Walker in the Circuit Court of Cook County, as well as experience as a law clerk specializing in Family Law.

Credentials

Education

University of Chicago, 2015, B.A., International Studies and Psychology

Dean’s list
F. Champion Ward International Research Grant Recipient

Chicago-Kent College of Law, 2022, J.D.

Law Review
Honors Scholar
CALI awards
- Torts
- Constitutional Law
- Secured Transactions

magna cum laude

Clerkships and Bar Admissions

Illinois

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