Sharing ideas and expertise
Formed in 1963 as a department of PSBA, the Pennsylvania School Board Solicitors Association (PSBSA) is among the nation’s largest and most active state associations of school attorneys. First organized to improve legal services for school boards, PSBSA accomplishes this through conferences and publications, providing a venue for solicitors to share ideas and expertise and keeping members informed of case law, legislation and issues in education law impacting public schools.
PSBSA is a collegial group of professionals with an uncommon tradition of willingness to share expertise, experience and useful materials, whether during seminars, in ad hoc issue-specific working groups, in articles written for PSBA publications, via email discussions or on the telephone. Members particularly value their ability to consult with PSBA staff about issues they encounter, getting a head start on analysis and research, learning about approaches used in similar situations in other school districts, receiving mailed, faxed or emailed sample forms or documents from PSBA reference files, or simply brainstorming strategies and testing theories or arguments.
Current PSBSA members
View the School Law EDition and upcoming events.
Call for Proposals: 2026 School Solicitors Symposium
PSBA and the PA School Board Solicitors Association (PSBSA) invite proposals for presentations at the annual School Solicitors Symposium, which will be held July 16–17, 2026, at the Nittany Lion Inn in State College. All proposals will be discussed by the PSBSA Board of Directors and selections made for the two-day seminar.
Upcoming Events
2026 Spring Legal Roundup
Mark your calendar for PSBA’s 2026 Spring Legal Roundup on March 20, 2026, from 12:00–3:30 p.m. This live virtual event is your chance to catch up on the latest developments in school law in an engaging and interactive format. With two short breaks built in, the three-hour program is designed to keep you informed without feeling overwhelmed.
Attorneys can earn up to three substantive CLE credits, and school board administrators and directors are warmly invited to join the conversation. Registrants will receive digital program materials and their event link ahead of time in the Know Before You Go (KBYG) email, making it easy to follow along from wherever you are. The KBYG email will be sent the day prior to the event.
You’ll hear directly from PSBA’s experienced legal team as they share practical insights and updates you won’t want to miss.
School Solicitor Monthly Exchange
Join PSBA’s Legal team on the second Wednesday of each month from 12:30 – 1:15 p.m. for an open forum where school solicitors across Pennsylvania can connect and discuss current legal challenges and emerging issues.
To participate, email legalservices@psba.org.
Become a member to utilize benefits
Under current bylaws, membership is open to individual attorneys or firms who serve as the appointed solicitor for a school district board of directors or the board of another public school entity that is eligible for PSBA membership, such as an intermediate unit, career and technical center, or community college.
PSBSA sponsors CLE events each year focused on topics of special significance to the practice of school law, with a lineup of highly regarded speakers featuring Pennsylvania’s best-known experts in various areas of school law practice. Annual events include:
- Spring Legal Roundup: This annual school law update, presented by PSBA’s Legal team, is held virtually in the spring and offers 3 hours of substantive CLE credit.
- School Solicitors Symposium: This day-and-a-half program held in person each July usually offers 7.5 hours of PA CLE credit (6.5 substantive hours and one ethics hour).
- School Law Workshop: This is a full-day program held in conjunction with the PASA-PSBA School Leadership Conference in the fall. This program usually offers 5.5 substantive hours of CLE credit.
- PSBSA members also receive member rates for PSBA conferences and programs.
PSBSA offers a series of recorded CLE webinars on numerous current topics affecting school law practice, available on demand, as well as additional live CLEs delivered virtually.
The School Solicitors Monthly Exchange is a complimentary networking session for members that provides a convenient, regular opportunity for solicitors to gather virtually to brainstorm and compare notes on school law issues they are dealing with.
PSBSA members recieve newsletters specific to their role as a school solicitor as well as general news from PSBA to help attorneys stay apprised of current public education affairs. PSBSA members receive:
- The biweekly School Law EDition (SLE) newsletter, which includes summaries of and links to the complete text of cases and arbitration decisions as well as supplementary information on other important school law issues.
- PSBA’s Morning Brief, which provides curated timely education-related news and success stories.
- PSBA Works for You, which provides products, services and resources related to a solicitor’s role in education.
- Ad hoc email alerts on issues and important developments in school law.
- State and federal legislative newsletters, along with legislative alerts, to provide members with timely and relevant updates on important legislative issues and other news impacting public education.
Online access to the PSBA School Leader Bulletin, an award-winning magazine, including “It’s the Law,” a column written by PSBA General Counsel Michael I. Levin, Esq., discussing legal concepts and problems of significance to local school district governance.
PSBSA members receive a member discount on the Pennsylvania School Law Handbook and A Practical Guide to the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act.
These publications can be ordered here on the PSBSA resources page.
PSBSA members are able to post open positions to Career Gateway, a job board specifically for educational roles in Pennsylvania.
Membership options
Individual solicitor/attorney membership
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This membership applies to the attorney. If you change firms, please inform PSBA so we can continue to deliver membership benefits to you with the correct contact information. Please note that in the event of a PSBSA membership vote, the individual attorney maintains one vote.
Law firm membership
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This option is recommended for firms of four or more attorneys. You must clearly list the attorneys who should receive benefits and update PSBA throughout the year if you wish to add or remove an attorney from those who will receive membership benefits. In the event of a PSBSA membership vote, the law firm maintains one vote.
PSBSA officers and board
2026 officers
- Brian F. Boland, Esq.
PSBSA President
Kozloff Stoudt
Wyomissing/Berks Co. - Peter Amuso, Esq.
PSBSA President-Elect
Clarke, Gallagher, Barbiero, Amuso & Glassman Law
Ft. Washington/Montgomery Co. & Trevose/Bucks Co. - Jocelyn P. Kramer, Esq.
Secretary
Weiss Burkardt Kramer LLC
Pittsburgh/Allegheny Co. - Christina L. Lane, Esq.
PSBSA Immediate Past President
MBM Law
Pittsburgh/Allegheny Co.
Ex-officio members
- Nathan G. Mains
PSBA Chief Executive Officer - Michael I. Levin, Esq.
PSBA General Counsel - Carmen J. Bloom, Esq.
PSBA Chief Legal Officer
Sectional directors
Please hover over the map below to view information about each sectional director.
Jennifer E. Gornall, Esq.
Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett
Jennifer L. Dambeck, Esq.
Beard Legal Group PC
Casandra K. Blaney, Esq.
Sweet Stevens Katz & Williams LLP
Christopher Bambach, Esq.
Sweet Stevens Katz & Williams
Megan M. Turnbull, Esq.
Weiss Burkardt Kramer
Ryan Thomas, Esq.
MBM Law
Krisha A. DiMascio, Esq.
MBM Law
Ronald N. Repak, Esq.
Dillon McCandless King Coulter & Graham, LLP
Michael W. Lewis, Esq.
Saxton & Stump
Jonathan Huerta, Esq.
King Spry Herman Freund & Faul
Leigh E. Dalton, Esq.
Saxton & Stump
Justin O’Donoghue, Esq.
Wisler Pearlstine LLP