Help reduce insurance costs and optimize coverage for your organization with a strategic approach to property and casualty claims management. The below video can help you can better manage costs with timely claim resolution and proactive strategies.

The ACBA Member-to-Member (M2M) Referral Guide is an online guide that lists Pittsburgh-region attorneys by practice area and languages spoken. It is updated and sent quarterly to ACBA’s more than 5,000 members and is available 24/7 on the ACBA website.

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.

ACBA members and their families are invited to join the ACBA Community Service Committee for the group’s “Spring Cleaning” event on Saturday, May 17 from 9 a.m. to noon.

The ACBA is partnering with Allegheny CleanWays for a morning of collecting litter and beautification. The group will meet at a parklet in Bloomfield, cleanup litter there, then branch out further into the neighborhood. Note that participation will involving walking and cleaning up litter. Gloves and grabbers will be provided, as well as hats, donuts and refreshments.

All members are invited to the Women in Law Division’s Carol Los Mansmann Award Celebration, which will be held on Wednesday, May 21 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Embassy Suites in the Oliver Building, downtown Pittsburgh. This year’s honoree is Paige Forster; the Mansmann Award is presented annually to an individual “who embodies Judge Mansmann’s values and dedication to advancing and improving women lawyers’ roles in the legal profession. Thank you to Dollar Bank for sponsoring this event. For more information, click below.

The ACBA has announced its ratings for those individuals running for judicial office in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas in the May 20 primary election. For more information or to see the ratings, click below for the news release.

Spring is here, and the ACBA Softball League will soon begin 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 May 2 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.

ACBA members can get a 15 percent discount on books purchased through the American Bar Association's online store, through the "Books for Bars" program. Simply shop online and then use the promo code "ACBARI" to receive the discount. Visit www.ACBA.org/BooksForBars for more.

The “Green Event” scholarship fundraiser – one of the most unique annual events on the ACBA calendar – will feature an evening of food, beverages and networking in the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden on Wednesday, May 21 beginning at 5:30 p.m. The goal of the event is to raise money for the ACBA Environment and Energy Law Section Scholarship Fund.

In addition to breathtaking views of the grounds, the event will feature comments from Keith Kaiser, Executive Director of the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden who will cover the Garden’s mission, environmental history and sustainability efforts. The event also will feature the presentation of a scholarship check to this year’s recipient. Thank you to Title Sponsor Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. and Platinum Sponsor Babst Calland for sponsoring this event.