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The ACBA has announced its ratings for those individuals running for judicial office in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas in next week’s primary election. The Tribune-Review/Triblive published a detailed candidate preview article, containing the ACBA ratings. Click the buttons below to read the article and/or to review the ACBA news release.

Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers is an organization exclusively dedicated to helping lawyers, judges, law students and their family members who are at risk as a result of drug use, gambling, depression and other serious mental illnesses. LCL help is available 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. Services include counseling, rehabilitation services and more. For more info, click the link below.

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.

All members are invited to join the ACBA Appellate Practice Committee for an informal, non-CLE discussion with Superior Court Judges Jill Beck and Timika Lane and Commonwealth Court Judge Matthew S. Wolf on Wednesday, May 28 at noon on Zoom. Attendees will learn about the jurists' paths to the bench and how their experiences have shaped their roles as judges on intermediate appellate courts. This is the chance to interact with the judges in an informal setting decidedly less intimidating than oral argument.

The ACBA Softball League is gearing up for another season. The regular season begins in late May and runs through August, with playoffs to follow. The league is open to all attorneys, law students, and full-time employees of law firms. Participants can enter a full team or join as an individual. There are no gender restrictions.

Those interested in joining the league or learning more about it, contact commissioner Bradley Whitecap at bwhitecap@reedsmith.com.

The Kennedy T. Friend Scholarship Fund was established by the will of Kennedy T. Friend, a distinguished member of the ACBA who passed in London, England in 1929. Any child of an attorney who is a member of the bar association, and/or who has their principal practice in Allegheny County, is eligible for this scholarship if they chose to attend Yale University or the University of Paris, France.

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.

Like any career path, to climb the ladder of success in the legal field, you need a specific combination of skills. The below article looks at the skills needed to develop to make it in the legal world. For more on ACBA Legal Employment Services, contact Jennifer Pulice at jpulice@acba.org.

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.