In today's volatile business landscape, from continual layoffs, to changes in management, to working more with less support, resilience is the most important and critical capability for employees at all levels. The below article covers more. For more on ACBA Legal Employment Services, contact Jennifer Pulice at jpulice@acba.org.

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.

While lawyers may be adept at assisting clients to plan carefully for death or catastrophic events, the ever-increasing digital world brings another item to the planning process: online and digital accounts.

Without the right planning, families and other beneficiaries can end up completely locked out of loved ones’ digital life (and associated assets). For example, when access to email, banking, utilities, and cloud accounts is lost, survivors face delayed bill payments, frozen assets, lingering subscriptions and significant emotional strain. Too often, service providers refuse to help without credentials, even when a death certificate is provided.

The key takeaway for attorneys is that digital assets are no longer optional in estate planning. Email access is especially critical because it often controls password resets for everything else. The good news is that practical solutions are available: encourage clients to inventory key accounts, use a secure password manager with legacy access, designate a trusted digital contact, and activate built‑in legacy tools offered by major platforms.

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 Allegheny County Bar and has an active practice in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, is eligible for this scholarship if they choose to attend Yale University or the successor schools of the University of Paris.

In June 2025, the Allegheny County Bar Association Women in the Law Division conducted a survey of practicing lawyers in Allegheny County to gather information about career paths and day-to-day workplace experiences, including the impact of gender on those experiences. This survey was conducted by an independent research firm. The findings and interpretations presented in the report reflect the firm’s analysis of the data collected. The results of the survey were released in April 2026, and are now publicly available.

The first-ever ACBA Resource Guide has been published, and is being mailed to all ACBA members. Sponsored by AmeriServ Wealth & Capital Management, the Resource Guide is a modernized replacement of the former ACBA Legal Directory. It contains the hard copy versions of two of the ACBA’s most popular resources: the Expert and Vendor Guide (the hub of vetted business partners, divided by business category), and the Member-to-Member Practice Area Guide (the former Fields of Practice listings, containing listings of members by practice area). An electronic version is available below. Look for the hard copy edition in the mail.

Members are invited to a free one-ethics-credit live webinar CLE – “Stump the Ethics Committee” – on Tuesday, May 12 at noon. The program, which is the latest installment in the Sorg Forum series, will allow members to hear members of the ACBA Professional Ethics Committee answer your professional ethics questions.

Need credits by the end of April? The ACBA is offering a Live Video Replay CLE sale event this Tuesday, April 28 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 several. Credits count as live credits, not distance learning.

Detailed program descriptions are now available 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 CLEs, networking, fine dining, social activities, sporting events and more. In total, attendees can earn up to eight CLE credits at Bench-Bar. This year’s Bench-Bar also serves as a farewell celebration for ACBA Executive Director David Blaner, who retires on June 30.

By now, most members of the Pittsburgh Legal Community have heard that the Quatrini Law Group has purchased the former Lidia's Restaurant building in the Strip District. 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.