This program is eligible for 1 hour of CLE credit in 60-minute states. In 50-minute states, this program is eligible for 1.2 hours of CLE credit. Credit hours are estimated and are subject to each state’s approval and credit rounding rules.
Overview
Navigating Pennsylvania's Election Law: The Post-2024 Legal Landscape.
The 2024 election cycle introduced significant legal developments in Pennsylvania's electoral landscape. From legislative changes to court rulings, the legal framework governing elections has evolved.
This seminar offers legal professionals an in-depth analysis of these changes and their implications for future elections.
Key topics include:
- Litigation over the ability for voters to "cure" their mail ballots, either through curing procedures or by casting provisional ballots.
- How Pennsylvania's election code drives the types of election cases Pennsylvania courts hear.
- Where election law currently stands in key areas – a topic with many unanswered questions of law despite copious amounts of 2024 election litigation.
Co-sponsored with Keep Our Republic. Founded in 2020, Keep Our Republic is a non-partisan civic action organization dedicated to protecting a republic of laws and strengthening the checks and balances of our democratic electoral system.
Recorded in June 2025.
Faculty
Hon. Thomas W. Corbett, Jr.
Hon. Tom Corbet is counsel with Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC. His primary areas of practice include government relations, energy law, business crime, corporate compliance and internal investigations. Corbett has a long and distinguished career serving the citizens of the commonwealth. He was sworn in as the governor of Pennsylvania on January 18th, 2011, and before then served as an assistant district attorney, assistant U.S. attorney, U.S. attorney, chair of the Pennsylvania Commission of Crime and Delinquency, and Pennsylvania attorney general. Corbett has also served as a key advisor to U.S. presidents and governors. His administration focused on private sector job growth, tort reform and education. He is a Distinguished Lecturer for Duquesne University School of Law. Corbett received his undergraduate degree from Lebanon Valley College and his law degree from St. Mary’s University School of Law. Corbett served his country as a member of the Pennsylvania National Guard 28th Infantry Division from 1971 until 1984, rising from private to captain.
Hon. Robert J. Cindrich (Ret.)
Judge Cindrich was appointed by President Bill Clinton and unanimously confirmed by the Senate to serve as District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Previously, he served in the Army Reserve, worked as both a Public Defender and Assistant District Attorney in Allegheny County. From 1978-1981, he was US Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania. He served as a U.S. District Court Judge from 1994-2004 and then as Chief Legal Counsel to University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He presently serves on the Pennsylvania Advisory Council for Keep Our Republic and has his own consulting firm in Zelienople.
Sterling Knoche, Esq.
Before joining Keep Our Republic, Knoche worked in private practice as a civil litigator in Wisconsin. While in law school, Knoche performed directed research for the State Democracy Research initiative. He also worked for several clinics and for his work was the recipient of the Friends of the Remington Center Endowment for outstanding commitment to social justice ideals.
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