Our Executive Director and School Law presenter, Erin D. Gilsbach, Esq., is a nationally-recognized speaker on a wide variety of school law topics.  She has practiced school law for 20 years, where she has exclusively represented schools of all types, including public school districts, public charter schools, parochial schools, and private schools.  Prior to entering private practice, Atty. Gilsbach worked for 3 years at the PA Department of Education’s Office of Chief Counsel, and, prior to that, she taught public high school English.  Voted by her peers as a Rising Star Attorney in SuperLawyers and Philadelphia Magazines for 5 consecutive years, Atty. Gilsbach has served as President of the PA School Boards Association (PSBA) Solicitor’s Association and on the Board of Directors of the National School Boards Association’s (NSBA) Council of School Attorneys (COSA).  She is a frequent presenter for the National Business Institute, PSBA, NSBA, the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the PA Bar Institute, and she has presented at hundreds of schools throughout the country.  She also is a regular presenter for a number of Intermediate Units throughout Pennsylvania.  Each year, Atty. Gilsbach presents on hundreds of school law topics to schools in Pennsylvania and throughout the U.S.  She is able to provide custom trainings for schools seeking to provide school law instruction to their staff members on a specific school law topic.