It’s important for lawyers to spend as much time as possible practicing law. But those management and administrative tasks that come with running a practice can drain a lot of time. The ACBA’s Practice Management Center can help. Available at the button below, the Practice Management Center contains articles, tips and other resources to help you manage your practice efficiently.

Want a fun night out, tasting local cuisine and featured wines from throughout the region, all while supporting a good cause? This year’s BLI Class Project – “412 Restaurants to the Rescue” – is for you. The event will be held on Monday, March 30 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Hotel Monaco, and it will benefit 412 Food Rescue, a nonprofit with a two-fold mission: to prevent food waste and to fight hunger in Southwestern Pennsylvania.

Enjoy a Chef’s Tasting featuring cuisine from a variety local chefs, as well as featured wines. The event also will feature raffles and a presentation from 412 Food Rescue. Proceeds from the event will go to 412 Food Rescue through the Allegheny County Bar Foundation, and all leftover food will be re-purposed to serve those dealing with food insecurity in the area. Thank you to Title Sponsor Gismondi & Associates for sponsoring this event.

Accurate property valuations can help you avoid coverage gaps and keep your assets fully protected. The below, new interactive case study from the ACBA Insurance Partners at USI help clients reassess their portfolios, correct overstated building values, and save on premiums. For more on the ACBA Insurance Program, visit www.ACBA.org/Insurance.

The St. Thomas More Society of Pittsburgh is conducting its annual Franklyn E. Conflenti Lenten Speaker Series, and the speakers for this year’s sessions have been announced. The sessions will be held at noon on Tuesdays from Feb. 24 through March 24 at the offices of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney. The sessions are free and are open to all members and guests; lunch is available for $10. For more information, the list of speakers and specific topics, or to register, click the button below or contact ACBA member Moira Cain-Mannix at cain-mannix@marcus-shapira.com or 412-338-3344.

ACBA members are invited to celebrate International Women’s Day a few days early on Thursday, March 5 from 5-7 p.m. in the Union Trust Building. During this non-CLE discussion, hear from a panel of accomplished women judges who will share candid insights into their professional journeys, the challenges they have navigated and the strategies that helped shape their leadership paths. Networking reception will immediately follow. Thank you to Title Sponsors E.L.K. Independent Medical Expert Network and Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney for sponsoring the event.

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.

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 Feb. 20 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 Pennsylvania Statewide High School Mock Trial Competition – presented by the ACBA and the Pa. Bar Association – is underway, and additional dates have been opened for volunteer participation for an elimination round to get to the final eight teams, a semi-final round for those eight teams, and finals that will determine the two teams which will represent Allegheny County at the state competition. ACBA members are asked to volunteer to be a scoring juror or a presiding judge for the competition. Volunteers do not need to be a litigation attorney to participate, and prior experience is not needed. Volunteers need to arrive at the City-County Building by 4:45 p.m. With enough volunteers on Feb. 26 and March 3, volunteers will only be needed to judge one trial (4:45 p.m. to 7 p.m.) rather than the typical back-to-back trials.

• Thursday, Feb. 26 – Elimination round
• Tuesday, March 3 – Semifinals
• Thursday, March 5 – Finals

For additional information, contact Julie Brennan at jbrennan@pionlaw.com.

Far too many people in Allegheny County are struggling with hunger. The ACBF Attorneys Against Hunger program is aiming to help.

Volunteers attorneys are needed at Pittsburgh Community Food Bank – 1 N. Linden St. in Duquesne — on Saturday, March 14 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information or to register, email Mya Thomasmeyer at mthomasmeyer@acba.org. For more on the Attorneys Against Hunger Program, click here.