Caitlin Pletcher serves as Legal Counsel in the Legal and Labor Relations Department. In this position, Caitlin delivers presentations/trainings to NJSBA members, prepares articles on legal topics, researches resolutions submitted for consideration at the Delegate Assembly, and is in the rotation as the “Attorney of the Day.” Caitlin is also part of an ongoing webinar series, “Coffee Talk with Kathy and Caitlin,” where she and Kathy Whalen provide timely updates about the most recent legal decisions posted by the Acting Commissioner of Education and the School Ethics Commission concerning education law.

Prior to joining NJSBA, Caitlin was in private practice, where she represented boards of education and regularly advised administrators and board members on various issues (student/staff discipline, board governance, enrollment/residency, special education, OPMA, OPRA, etc.). Caitlin also worked at the New Jersey Department of Education, where she assisted the 21 County Offices of Education with inquiries from school districts, drafted proposed regulations and amendments, and analyzed requests that required the Commissioner’s approval.