The Allegheny County Bar Foundation is accepting Board of Trustee applications to fill three open seats. Interested applicants (including non-attorneys) are encouraged to apply. Trustees serve for a period of three years. This term will begin on July 1. The foundation board meets a minimum of six times per year on the first Wednesday of alternating months. Meetings begin at noon at ACBA Headquarters.

Trustees must be a Fellows GIVE member of the Bar Foundation or willing to become one upon appointment to the board and should have a proven track record of public service and/or participation with a nonprofit board  or other charitable activities.

Deadline to apply is Thursday, April 30.

In the below video message, ACBA President Amy Coco recaps the ACBA’s April 7 Board of Governors meeting. She covers the Board accepting the report of the Nominating Committee and the creation of an ad-hoc committee to examine how the ACBA Judiciary Committee is formed. Additionally, she discusses the approval of a Civil Litigation Rules Committee’s submission of public comments regarding a proposed rules change; the releasing of the WLD’s survey results and a change to the WLD by-laws; the approval of the Bench-Bar Conference schedule of events; the upcoming Members-Only Happy Hour and more.

Registration is now open for the 62nd Annual ACBA Bench-Bar Conference, which will be held June 18-20 at Seven Springs Mountain Resort. The adults-only, members-only conference features three days of networking, fine dining, social activities, sporting events and more. Additional program details will be announced in the days ahead.

This year’s Bench-Bar also serves as a farewell celebration for ACBA Executive Director David Blaner, who retires on June 30. Note that Bench-Bar registration does not include lodging; those reservations can be made directly from the Bench-Bar website.

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The Allegheny County Bar Foundation is now accepting applications for loans and scholarships for the 2026-2027 academic year. Eligible students can apply for scholarships through the following funds:

• Environment and Energy Law Section Scholarship Fund
• F.C. Grote Fund
• James I. Smith, III Notre Dame Law School Scholarship Fund
• Hon. Carol Los Mansmann Fund
• ACBA Young Lawyers Division Scholarship Fund
• Daniel B. Dixon Scholarship Fund
• Louis Little Attorneys’ Memorial Fund

To apply online and learn more about each scholarship, click the button below. For questions, please contact Stephanie Selya at 412-402-6674 or sselya@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.

Need to dig through some digital files for a case? Members receive a five percent discount working with bit-x-bit, the ACBA’s endorsed provider for digital forensics services. The ACBA partners at bit-x-bit can also help you with eDiscovery, cybersecurity and incident response, ESI prevention and drive imaging, document review and more. For more information or to get started, click below.

Cases in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Civil Division with an amount in controversy up to $50,000 go to mandatory arbitration. All members are invited to a free non-CLE skills training program on the topic – “Arguing in Arbitration: Tips for Success in Mandatory Civil Arbitration” – on Monday, April 13 from 12 to 1:30 p.m. in the Koppers Building Conference Center.

Participants will gain a clear, step-by-step overview of case initiation, hearing-day procedures, discovery parameters, evidentiary considerations and post-award practice. The program will highlight key differences among counties, common procedural pitfalls, and address ethical considerations in arbitration. Experienced arbitration practitioners will share real-world insights on presenting persuasive cases within the time and structural constraints unique to arbitration.

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.

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