If you firm is looking to hire an attorney, paralegal, legal secretary or support staff, check out the ACBA Job Board at jobs.acba.org. The Pittsburgh Legal Community’s top resource for legal job postings, the ACBA Job Board gets more than 5,000 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.

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 of 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.

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In addition to the hard copy edition that is sent to members through the mail, the March 20 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.

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.

Submit a completed application online using the link below by Thursday, April 30. For more information on the ACBF, visit www.acbf.org or click here to view the ACBF Gratitude Report.

It will be here before you know it. The 62nd ACBA Bench-Bar Conference is June 18-20 at Seven Springs Mountain Resort, and additional details will be shared in the weeks ahead. The conference, which also will serve as a farewell to Executive Director David Blaner as he prepares for retirement, will feature a full slate of CLEs, sporting events, fine dining, drinks, networking and more. Registration will open next month.

If your firm will be sending at least one attorney to the ACBA Bench-Bar Conference this year, consider sponsoring the conference. Sponsorships at the Gold level and above include at least one conference admission (a $665 value), as well as branding throughout the conference and beyond. For more information, click below or email Brian Knavish at bknavish@acba.org.

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 final session of the St. Thomas More Society of Pittsburgh’s annual Franklyn E. Conflenti Lenten Speaker Series is Tuesday, March 24, at 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.

The Allegheny County Bar Association Annual Meeting will be held on Thursday, April 9, at noon in the Koppers Building Conference Center, as well as on Zoom. The purpose of the meeting is to give the report of the ACBA Nominating Committee, to accept nominations from the floor and to select ballot positions for the Bar Association elections. All members of the Bar Association are invited to attend.

For more information, including the slate of nominations, click below.