Want to get more involved in the leadership of your local bar association in 2025?

ACBA members are encouraged to ‘run for office’ at the Bar Association. Specifically, the ACBA is seeking candidates for President-Elect and Secretary, as well as members of the Board of Governors and Judiciary Committee. Terms will begin on July 1. Deadline for submission of all candidate applications is 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 14.

The ACBA Women in the Law Division is inviting all members to enjoy lunch with Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Debra Todd on Thursday, Feb. 27 at the Fairmont Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh. The event will feature comments from Justice Todd regarding her career in law, ascent to leadership, and ultimately, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The deadline to register is Thursday, Feb. 20. Click the button below for more.

Sometimes, to get everything you want in a home, you must have it built.

Each year Dollar Bank Private Banking helps affluent clients make their new home dreams come true. Dollar Bank’s Private Banking team is experienced in the new home construction financing process and can provide guidance along with customized financing options to meet your unique needs.

To learn more, contact Melissa Krawczynski at 412-261-8288 or MKrawczynski807@dollarbank.com.

Need to dig through some digital files for a case? Members receive a five percent discount working with bit-x-bit, the ACBA’s endorsed provider for digital forensics services. The ACBA partners at bit-x-bit can also help you with eDiscovery, cybersecurity and incident response, ESI prevention and drive imaging, document review and more. For more information or to get stated, click below.

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.

When most ACBA members think of Seven Springs Mountain Resort, they think of the annual Bench-Bar Conference. But Seven Springs is a resource for attorneys year round, from skiing to dining to live music and more. ACBA members can receive discounted group packages and individual coupons to Seven Springs this month at the below link.

In today’s day and age, when a potential client calls, the expectation is they’ll get a live person or a return call almost instantly. If not, they’ll quickly move on to the next attorney. The ACBA partners at LawyerLine provide a third-party call center where highly trained receptionists field your calls and even perform intake; the goal is for clients/potential clients to feel like they’re talking to your receptionist, not a call center. ACBA members get a discount: enjoy LawyerLine’s gold platform for just $2.25 per minute, reduced from the regular price of $3 per minute.

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 5,000 hits every month. For more information, contact Jennifer Pulice, the ACBA’s Director of Legal Employment Services, at jpulice@acba.org.

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 Allegheny County Bar Foundation is now accepting applications for loans and scholarships for the 2025-2026 academic year. Eligible students can apply for scholarships through the following funds:

• Environment and Energy Law Section Scholarship Fund
• F.C. Grote Fund
• James I. Smith, III Notre Dame Law School Scholarship Fund
• Hon. Carol Los Mansmann Fund
• ACBA Young Lawyers' Division Scholarship Fund
• Daniel B. Dixon Scholarship Fund

New this year: Loans available through the Louis Little Attorneys’ Memorial Fund have increased from $3,000 to $5,000.

To apply online and learn more about each scholarship, click the button below. For questions, please contact Stephanie Selya at 412-402-6674 or sselya@acba.org.