If your firm is looking to hire an attorney at any stage of their career, or a paralegal, legal secretary or support staff, be sure to check out the ACBA Job Board. Posting is a cost-effective way to market your position to the Pittsburgh Legal Community; with more than 5,000 visits every month, the ACBA Job Board is the top resource for local legal job searches. For more information, contact Jennifer Pulice, the ACBA’s Director of Legal Employment Services, at jpulice@acba.org.

Recent antitrust cases and the impact of Title IX have sparked transformative shifts in the traditional “amateur” model of college athletics. As part of the Zittrain Forum on Law and Public Policy, the Allegheny County Bar Foundation will present a 2.5-substantive credit CLE on the topic “Game Changers: How Court Decisions are Revolutionizing College Sports” on Thursday, May 15 at the Rivers Club beginning at 8:30 a.m.

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 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 April 18 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.

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.

The ACBA is inviting members to a free paper-shredding event in the parking lot at the Burns White Center at 48 26th St. in Pittsburgh’s Strip District. Thanks to the ACBA partners at Steel City Shredding, members can bring up to two boxes of papers to be shredded – right in front of your eyes – by Steel City Shredding's mobile shredding truck. There’s no cost for members, thanks to Burns White and Steel City Shredding, the event sponsors.

In addition to the hard copy edition that is sent to members through the mail, the April 18 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.

All members are invited to join the Hispanic Attorneys Committee at the ACBA Cinco de Mayo Celebration on Thursday, May 1 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the ACBA offices. The event will feature a brief salsa dancing lesson from Cross Body Movement, followed by mingling and networking with authentic food and drinks.

Need credits by the end of the month? The ACBA is offering a Live Video Replay CLE sale event on Friday, April 25 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. – Constitutional Law and Attorney Disciplinary Defense

10:05 - 11:05 a.m. – ChatGPT, Generative AI and Legal Technology

11:10 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. – Immigration and Criminal Law Intersections

12:15 - 1:15 p.m. – Mediation: How to Set Yourself Up for Success

1:20 - 2:20 p.m. – Cybersecurity for Attorneys

2:25 - 3:25 p.m. – PFAs and Neighbor Disputes

Ethics Programs

9:00 - 10:00 a.m. – Making AI Work at Work

10:05 - 11:05 a.m. – Intergenerational Diversity in the Workplace

11:10 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. – Virtual Isolation

12:15 - 1:15 p.m. – Managing Difficult Clients and Colleagues

1:20 - 2:20 p.m. – Tips for Better Fee Agreements

2:25 - 3:25 p.m. – The Disciplinary Process