Members are invited to a free one-ethics-credit live webinar CLE – “Stump the Ethics Committee” – on Tuesday, May 12 at noon. The program, which is the latest installment in the Sorg Forum series, will allow members to hear members of the ACBA Professional Ethics Committee answer your professional ethics questions.

Need credits by the end of April? The ACBA is offering a Live Video Replay CLE sale event this Tuesday, April 28 in the Koppers Building. Save $10 per credit on any 12 previously recorded CLE programs – six substantive and six ethics – as the ACBA shows videos of Previously Recorded CLEs all day. Attend one program or several. Credits count as live credits, not distance learning.

Detailed program descriptions are now available for the 62nd Annual ACBA Bench-Bar Conference, which will be held June 18-20 at Seven Springs Mountain Resort. The adults-only, members-only conference features three days of CLEs, networking, fine dining, social activities, sporting events and more. In total, attendees can earn up to eight CLE credits at Bench-Bar. This year’s Bench-Bar also serves as a farewell celebration for ACBA Executive Director David Blaner, who retires on June 30.

Hosting an event of interest to the Pittsburgh Legal Community? Want to celebrate a new hire or promotion at your firm? Have a legal support service that Pittsburgh attorneys would find valuable? You can promote those opportunities – right here in this very spot – by sponsoring an edition of the Sidebar e-newsletter. Sidebar Sponsorships are currently available at half-price; your content can run in any available edition in the next 12 months, but you have to lock in your agreement by Thursday, April 30 to get the deal. Limited spots are available, so act now. For more, contact Jennifer Pulice at jpulice@acba.org or click below.

By now, most members of the Pittsburgh Legal Community have heard that the Quatrini Law Group has purchased the former Lidia's Restaurant building in the Strip District. Members will have the chance to check out the space at the next ACBA Members-Only Happy Hour on Tuesday, April 28 from 5-7 p.m. Admission is $10 in advance or $15 at the door, which includes beverages and appetizers, thanks to the Quatrini Law Group, which is also the event sponsor. No CLE. No Seminar. Just Happy Hour.

Need credits by the end of the month? The ACBA is offering a Live Video Replay CLE sale event on Tuesday, April 28 in the Koppers Building. Save $10 per credit on any 12 previously recorded CLE programs – six substantive and six ethics – as the ACBA shows videos of Previously Recorded CLEs all day. Attend one program or multiple; credits count as live credits, not distance learning. Available programs are below; click here for more.

Substantive Programs

• 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. – Protecting Personal Information in the Digital Age
• 10:05 - 11:05 a.m. – Frightening Legal Issues
• 11:10 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. – Serving Clients at Community Legal Clinics
• 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. – Preparing for Trial as Solo or Small Firm
• 1:20 - 2:20 p.m. – Digital Forensics for Lawyers – What Lies Beneath?
• 2:25 - 3:25 p.m. – Parenting Children with Invisible Disabilities – Educational Accommodations

Ethics Programs

• 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. – Ethics and the Internet
• 10:05 - 11:05 a.m. – Ethical Dilemmas and Impaired Colleagues
• 11:10 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. – My Client Wants Me to Do WHAT!!??
• 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. – Bias, Bots and the Bar – Ethical AI for Attorneys
• 1:20 - 2:20 p.m. – Managing Vicarious Trauma in the Legal Profession
• 2:25 - 3:25 p.m. – Recognizing Ethical Issues and the Limits of Confidentiality

Have you observed or experienced a form of gender bias as an attorney or law student intern? If so, contact the WLD Gender Bias Committee. Duty officers will keep your report confidential and review next step options available. Click the button below for more information.

The Allegheny County Bar Foundation is now accepting applications for loans and scholarships for the 2026-2027 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
• Louis Little Attorneys’ Memorial Fund

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.

Proactive management of your claim history is crucial in today’s insurance market. Understand the data, protect your record, and know when not to file a claim. The below article covers more. For more on the ACBA Insurance program, visit www.ACBA.org/Insurance.

Wellness is crucial, especially for those battling the stresses and challenges that come with the legal profession. To recognize the importance of mental health and well-being in the legal profession, the ACBA has created “Wellness Circles” for members, a vision of ACBA President and cancer survivor Amy Coco.

Currently there are seven Wellness Circles, which are listed below. Members are welcome to suggest ideas for additional Wellness Circles. For more details, FAQs and other information, click the button below.

• Attorneys who Run
• Cancer Survivors
• Parenting Children with Disabilities
• Pickleball
• Sandwich Generation
• Support for Attorneys Battling Mental Health Issues/Addition
• Support for Attorneys with Loved Ones Battling Mental Health Issues/Addiction