Need temporary conference room facilities downtown for a mediation, deposition or client meeting? Practice in the suburbs but have an occasional need for office space when you have a court date downtown? Legal professionals can rent conference rooms in ACBA headquarters – located in the Koppers Building in downtown Pittsburgh – on a daily or short-term basis for as little as $50 for members. For more, contact Barb Brumbaugh at bbrumbaugh@acba.org.

Organizations must take stronger measures to protect themselves when working with vendors and other third-party contractors. The below interactive guide from the ACBA partners at USI covers three crucial steps to safeguard your organization against liabilities and financial losses. For more on the ACBA Insurance Program, visit www.ACBA.org/Insurance.

The ACBA is inviting members to a free paper-shredding event on Wednesday, June 4 from 2-3:30 p.m. in the parking lot at Parkway Center (875 Greentree Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15220). Thanks to the ACBA partners the Professional Services Marketing Association of Pittsburgh and Steel City Shredding, members can bring up to five boxes of papers to be shredded – right in front of your eyes – by Steel City Shredding's mobile shredding truck.

Get ready to hit the links (and the bocce court) at Westmoreland Country Club. The annual ACBA Golf and Bocce Tournament – one of the Pittsburgh Legal Community’s biggest events of the summer – will be held on Monday, July 28 and feature an 18-hole championship golf tournament, as well as a bocce competition suitable for players at all skill levels.

Registration for all attendees includes food, beverages, skill contests and access to a silent auction and other exciting prizes. It is a great afternoon of networking and fun while raising money for two great organizations, as it supports the Allegheny County Bar Foundation and Neighborhood Legal Services. Thank you to Golf Tournament Sponsor UPMC for sponsoring.

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 May 30 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.

Cybercriminals continue to attempt to ensnare victims by exploiting emotions, using false urgency (“Act Now, or Lose Something”), fear (“Something Bad Will Happen”), curiosity (“You Won’t Believe This!”), trust and authority (“This is Someone You Know”) and more.

They use these exploits for phishing, spearphishing (targeted phishing), smishing (SMS text phishing), vishing (voice phishing), and the latest, deepfake videos. Understanding these emotional exploits and constantly keeping them in mind are important steps for protection.

Think Before You Connect or Act. See the article below.

You've heard the question before: "What do you do?" Queries like this could lead to your next job or client, but only if you're prepared to deliver a good elevator pitch. The below article covers more. For more on ACBA Legal Employment Services, contact Jennifer Pulice at jpulice@acba.org.

ACBA Pride Night at PNC Park is Friday, June 6. All members are invited to join the ACBA LGBTQ+ Rights Committee to cheer on the Pirates as they take on the Philadelphia Phillies. Tickets are in the all-you-can-eat seats, so come hungry.

ACBA Members are encouraged to participate in the annual elections, which opened earlier this month and close at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 4.

Eligible members can cast ballots to elect the association’s next President-Elect, Secretary, division leaders, and new members of both the Board of Governors and the Judiciary Committee. This year, the ACBA elections will run concurrently with the retention referendum that occurs every two years; ACBA members are asked to vote as to whether or not judges should be retained in their positions. Members in the active and honorary membership classes as of April 1, 2025, are eligible to vote.

As in recent years, voting will be conducted exclusively online. On May 19, eligible members should have received an email containing instructions and unique login credentials. Members who do not receive the voting email should reach out to Jennifer Pulice at jpulice@acba.org.