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Raising the Bar on Legal and Community Service - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Welcome to the new Allegheny County Bar Association website!

The Allegheny County Bar Association (ACBA) is a professional organization with more than 6,600 member lawyers, judges, magisterial district justices, legal administrators, and paralegals. Our members work to improve the profession, the communities in which they live, and the administration of justice in society.

ACBA News and Events

  • The ACBA Judiciary Committee is interviewing candidates interested in receiving a rating for the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas or any other court of the Commonwealth of Pa. or U.S. Federal Court. Click here for the instructions and the application.
  • ACBA Nominating Committee soliciting candidates
    The Nominating Committee of the bar association is seeking candidates for President-Elect, Treasurer (two-year term), five (5) Governor positions (three-year terms), and eight (8) Judiciary Committee positions (three-year terms). Terms are to begin July 1, 2010. For more information, click here. To download an application form, click here.
  • YLD to sponsor 2nd Annual Comedy Night to benefit the Allegheny County Bar Foundation. The event will be held at the Improv at the Waterfront from 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 1, 2010 and is open to all members of the ACBA, their family, friends, and office staff. For more information, sponsorship forms, and ticket purchase forms, click here.
  • Click here to read the latest issue of the PLJ Opinions.
  • Allegheny County Bar Association’s Young Lawyers to help high school students avoid E-Trouble. To read more click here.
  • Click here to print a copy of the ACBA and the Living Will and Healthcare Power of Attorney forms.
  • Please click here to order copies of Living Will and Healthcare Power of Attorney forms.