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.

If you are considering making a career move this spring, now is the time to start your search. Be sure to check out the ACBA Job Board at jobs.acba.org, the Pittsburgh Legal Community’s top resource for legal job postings that gets more than 3,000 page views each month, the vast majority from Pittsburgh-area legal professionals looking for jobs. For more information, contact Jennifer Pulice, the ACBA’s Director of Legal Employment Services, at jpulice@acba.org.

The ACBA Knowledge Center is the premier resource library for legal professionals. Explore this library of content and resources from the ACBA, as well as experts and providers across the legal industry. These resources include timely, actionable research from the ACBA as well as third-party resources that are designed to be helpful to your organization.

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.

In addition to the hard copy edition that is sent to members through the mail, the April 3 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.

By now, most members of the Pittsburgh Legal Community have heard that the Quatrini Law Group has purchased the former Lidia’s Restaurant building. Members will have the chance to check out the space at the next ACBA Members-Only Happy Hour on Tuesday, April 28 from 5-7 p.m. Admission is $10 in advance or $15 at the door, which includes beverages and appetizers, thanks to the Quatrini Law Group, which is also the event sponsor. No CLE. No Seminar. Just Happy Hour.

Do you have extra documents you're looking to have shredded but are concerned about the confidentiality and security of those documents? The ACBA is inviting members to a free paper-shredding event in the parking lot at Burns White in Pittsburgh's Strip District on Thursday, April 30 from 2-3:30 p.m. 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 a limit of two boxes per person. Thanks to Steel City Shredding and Burns White for sponsoring the event.

Longtime ACBA Executive Director David A. Blaner is retiring on June 30, concluding a long and historic career. The impact he has made on the Pittsburgh Legal Community – from individual members to entire firms – is undeniable. As a way to bid farewell to Dave, the ACBA will be publishing a commemorative edition of the Lawyers Journal newspaper on July 10. This edition will be filled with content on his impact, memories, and coverage of the 2026 Bench-Bar Conference, which doubles as his going away party.

Firms wishing to congratulate Dave on his retirement are invited to purchase an ad in this farewell edition. Advertising commitments are due by June 1, and all artwork must be submitted by June 8.

The National Trial Advocacy College has moved. The comprehensive litigation program and networking event will be held at William and Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Va., from Aug. 8-12. The ACBA Federal Court Section, the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County, and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pa. are awarding scholarships; deadline to apply is Friday, May 1. The trial advocacy college provides intensive hands-on advocacy training, daily presentations and demonstrations by trial lawyers and judges from across the nation, as well as the opportunity to try an entire case before a live jury presided over by an experienced judge.

Applicants should have 3-10 years of legal experience. The full scholarship covers the registration fee, lodging for five nights, two receptions, most meals and daily beverage and snack service. The partial scholarship will cover up to half of the cost of the advocacy course. For more information or to apply, click the buttons below; ACBA members who fit the criteria are strongly encouraged to apply.

Members are invited to participate in the ACBA’s annual Military and Veterans Project – “Operation MVP.” The project is designed to help military personnel and veterans by providing them with care packages and other support; there are two ways to participate.

• Amazon Wish List: Members can purchase items for military personnel and veterans from an Amazon wish list, available here. Needed items include snacks, personal hygiene items, playing cards, games and puzzles.
• In-Person Event:  Help stuff care packages in the Koppers Building Conference Center on Thursday, May 21 from 5 to 7 p.m. Participants can also enjoy happy hour, complete with appetizers, beer and wine. There’s no cost to attend for anyone donating items toward the cause.