Need credits by end of the month? The ACBA is offering a Live Video Replay CLE sale event on Tuesday, Dec. 16 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. These are some of the most popular programs from the past year. Attend one program or several. Credits count as live credits, not distance learning.

Experiencing a Financial Hardship? Did you know there is a fund that could help? The Allegheny County Bar Foundation Lawyers’ Fund can provide confidential, need-based financial assistance to area lawyers and their families. Funds may be available to help those struggling to make ends meet, manage student loan debt, cover funeral expenses of a loved one, pay for substance abuse counseling and more. Contact ACBA Executive Director David Blaner at 412-402-6620 or click 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 Nov. 28 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.

In addition to the hard copy edition that is sent to members through the mail, the Nov. 28 edition of the Lawyers Journal — the ACBA’s flagship publication featuring substantive legal articles and stories of interest to the legal community — is available digitally on the ACBA website and at the button below.

For the first time, the ACBA Insurance Program, powered by its endorsed broker USI Affinity and MassMutual, is offering members Group Whole Life Insurance benefit, a rarity for any trade association, but the deadline to submit an application is Wednesday, Dec. 10.

This program is not only exclusive to ACBA members, but it’s never been offered by other association groups and not currently offered outside of Pennsylvania, making it a truly rare and valuable opportunity.

This new benefit provides up to $250,000 of permanent Whole Life coverage per enrollment, every 6 months, up to an aggregate of $1,000,000 with guaranteed cash value accumulation, annual dividends, and you get it with simplified underwriting – no exams, just three questions asked. To get started, contact Mark LeFever at mark.lefever@usi.com.

The ACBA Health and Wellness Committee is forming a walking team for the annual Pittsburgh Marathon – scheduled for Sunday, May 3 – and all members are encouraged to participate. Participants will walk the 13.1-mile half marathon course. ACBA members get a 50 percent discount off of regular registration prices; members who choose not to walk can participate in other ways, such as in cheering sections along the course.

To register, use the code ACBADSGPM26 at the below link. For more information, email Mary Ann Fiorilli at mfiorilli@acba.org.

All members are invited to help make the holidays special for underprivileged children through the annual ACBA Young Lawyers Division Children’s Gift Drive and Holiday Party, which provides holiday gifts to hundreds of underprivileged children in area shelters and programs. Here’s how you can help:

• Stocking Stuffers – You can help stuff stockings for the children this Saturday, Dec. 6 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Koppers Building Conference Center. Click here to register. 
• Monetary Donations – The Children’s Gift Drive also accepts monetary donations to cover expenses such as dry cleaning for the Santa suits, cookie trays, juice boxes and other stocking stuffer items. To contribute, email acbayldtoydrive@gmail.com for more information.

The holiday season is here, and ACBA members are invited to celebrate with their fellow members. Join in the celebration as numerous Committees, Divisions and Sections are hosting holiday parties throughout the season.

Dec. 4 – Sole and Small Firm Practitioners Section – 5 p.m. – Aspen

Dec. 5 – Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section – 5 p.m. – Westin (Follows Bankruptcy Symposium)

Dec. 9 – Family Law Section – 5 p.m. – Aspen

Dec. 9 – Young Lawyers Division – 5 p.m. – PA Market

Dec. 10 – Criminal Litigation Section – 4:30 p.m. – Mitchell’s Pub

Dec. 10 – Probate and Trust Law Section – 5 p.m. – Embassy Suites (Follows a CLE)

Dec. 10 – Workers’ Compensation Section – 5 p.m. – Rivers Club (Follows a CLE)

Dec. 11 – Taxation Section – 5 p.m. – Engineers’ Society of Western Pa. (Follows a CLE)

Dec. 11 – Women in the Law Division – 5 p.m. – Roost

Dec. 17 – Civil Litigation Section – 5 p.m. – Embassy Suites

Dec. 18 – Homer S. Brown Division – 6 p.m. – Emerald City

Jan. 15 – Real Property/Corporate, Banking and Business Law Sections – 5 p.m. – Tequila Cowboy

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