The ACBA Young Lawyers Division isn’t so young anymore. All members are invited to join the YLD as it celebrates its 60th anniversary on Wednesday, April 2 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the historic Koppers Building lobby. The event will feature a reception, recognizing the last 60 years of the YLD. Additionally, the event, sponsored by Title Sponsor Compass Rose Financial, will raise funds for the YLD Scholarship Fund, which helps law students defer the cost of law school. Whether you’re a current or former YLD member, this event is for you.

Your staff and clients rely on you to keep their information safe. That’s why data security is a top priority for the ACBA Partners at LawPay. With features like military-grade encryption, you and your clients can rest assured that data is protected. However, you may have questions about other areas of data security, such as cloud computing or how to ensure your data stays safe in (and out) of LawPay. Download LawPay’s free e-book to find the answers you need to enhance cybersecurity and give your team and clients peace of mind.

Checked out the Attorney Resources page on the ACBA website lately? This page contains everything from links to health and wellness services to a compilation of ACBA publications to practice management services and more. Bookmark the ACBA Attorney Resources page today and ensure you’re getting access to all of the resources that come with your membership.

ACBA members and their guests are invited to join the Arts and the Law Committee for a night at the Opera on Tuesday, March 25 beginning at 6 p.m. at the Benedum Center. Thanks to the sponsorship of the Pittsburgh Opera and Fort Pitt Capital, tickets are just $25 (regular price $93) and that includes food and beverages in a private networking space prior to the show.

The performance is “Madama Butterfly” a groundbreaking new production created by an all-Japanese and Japanese American creative team, that transports the audience to a fantastical realm where reality and dreams intersect. Click here for more on the show. (If you can’t make it to ACBA Night, check out LGBTQ+/Ally Night on Saturday, March 22; click here for more.)

When is the last time you got a quote on your LPL insurance? The discount members can get on getting LPL through the ACBA Insurance Program – powered by USI – is often greater than the cost of ACBA membership. For more, visit www.ACBA.org/Insurance.

The ACBA Judiciary Committee will meet at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 4 at the ACBA Headquarters in the Koppers Building to consider candidates seeking ratings for the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. The Judiciary Committee will interview Amanda Green-Hawkins, Elizabeth Hughes and Daniel Miller.

Written comments from ACBA members are invited and shall be received and maintained as confidential by the Committee. Written comments should be sent to David A. Blaner, Executive Director, ACBA, by email to dblaner@acba.org by Friday, Feb. 28 at 4 p.m.

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Thousands of people reach out to the ACBA each year looking for a referral to an attorney, and it’s through the Lawyer Referral Service that the ACBA facilitates these referrals.

Curious about joining the LRS but want to give it a test drive first? The ACBA now offers a six-month trial deal; rather than signing up for a year at the standard $300 rate, attorneys can sign up for six months for $175. After those six months are up, attorneys can join for a year at the regular price or simply walk away.

Panel attorneys agree to give the potential client a free 30-minute consultation. If it’s a fit, the client then hires the attorney at their regular rate, and the attorney agrees to pay the ACBA a 15 percent referral fee. The LRS generates hundreds of lucrative referrals per year back to ACBA members. For more, contact attorney Whitney Hughes, Director of the ACBA Lawyer Referral Service, at the button below.

The Pittsburgh Legal Journal – the official legal journal of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas containing trial lists, legal notices, sheriff sales and more – is published five days per week and is available only to subscribers. It is delivered via email as an easy-to-print, 8.5x11-inch pdf. For an informational video on the PLJ, click here.

The Feb. 21 edition of Pittsburgh Legal Journal Opinions is available online. The Pittsburgh Legal Journal publishes timely, precedent-setting, full-text opinions from various divisions of the Court of Common Pleas. Opinions that appeared in past editions are available in a searchable database here; members must be logged in to the ACBA website to access this database.

Is your firm or legal department looking to hire an attorney, legal secretary or paralegal? The ACBA Job Board is the Pittsburgh Legal Community's top job-search resource, with some 5,000 hits every month. For more information, contact Jennifer Pulice, the ACBA’s Director of Legal Employment Services, at jpulice@acba.org.