Applications are now being accepted for the PBA Bar Leadership Institute Class of 2025-2026
We are seeking applications for the PBA Bar Leadership Institute program for the 2025 - 2026 bar year. Approximately 10 individuals will be selected for this year's class.
The criteria for inclusion in the class is a demonstration of leadership ability in some capacity, a willingness to make the time commitment to the ten-month program and age 40 years or younger or have practiced five years or less. Membership in the PBA is required, however, prior active participation in the PBA is not a criteria.
Please help us to select the very best bar leadership class possible by sharing this information with qualified candidates or submitting an application if you meet the eligibility criteria.
Bar Leadership Institute Overview
Candidate Application Form
Reference Form (to be forwarded and completed by your references)
The application packet is due by May 13, 2025. Candidates will be notified of their selection in June.
If you have questions please contact Susan Etter, PBA Director of County Bar Services and Special Projects
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 800-932-0311 ext. 2256
PBA Bar Leadership Institute Class of 2024-25
Front row, from left: Sean Perez, Luke Weber, Lewis “Tony” Sebia, William E. Hutcheson III, Jamie Cook, Nicole Durso, Yinet Pérez Vega, Merideth Ketterer, Natalie Sheer
Back row: Krystal Edwards, Gabriel Montemuro, Philip Seaver-Hall, Rachel King, BLI Co-chair Jonathan Koltash, Adrianne McClendon, PBA Executive Director Matt Holliday, BLI Co-chair Tyesha MIley, PBA President Nancy Conrad, PBA Director of County Bar Services & Special Projects Susan Etter
Read the news release on the following 12 participants named to the 2023-24 Bar Leadership Institute (BLI) class.
The new BLI class members include:
Blair County
Krystal T. Edwards, Beard Legal Group PC, Altoona
Bucks County
Nicole M. Durso, Stark & Stark, PC, Yardley
Gabriel T. Montemuro, Antheil Maslow & MacMinn LLP, Doylestown
Dauphin County
Adrianne Rachelle McClendon, Pennsylvania Department of State, Harrisburg
Natalie E. Sheer, Legislative Reference Bureau of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg
Erie County
Philip J. Seaver-Hall, Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett PC, Erie
Lancaster County
Luke T. Weber, Barley Snyder LLP, Lancaster
Montgomery County
Merideth Ketterer, Heckscher, Teillon, Terrill & Sager PC, West Conshohocken
Northampton County
William E. Hutcheson III, Florio Perrucci Steinhardt Cappelli & Tipton LLC
Philadelphia County
Rachel King, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Philadelphia
Sean M. Perez, Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, Philadelphia
Tioga County
Jamie L. Cook, Stephen J. Banik & Associates, Wellsboro
York County
Yinet Pérez Vega, MidPenn Legal Services, York
Resources for BLI Members