Interested in having a web chat feature for your website? A limited number of ACBA members can get a free “chat bot” from the ACBA partners at the Fount team at JustAnswer LLC, who have spent more than 12 years building “Pearl,” an intelligent chat system that handles millions of legal conversations every year. For a limited time, ACBA members can receive Pearl completely free as part of Fount’s early-access program. It’s an effortless way to capture more leads, improve client experience, and show that your firm is embracing innovation in the legal space. For more, visit www.ACBA.org/pearl.

The ACBA Health and Wellness Committee is forming a walking team for the annual Pittsburgh Marathon – scheduled for Sunday, May 3 – and all members are encouraged to participate. Participants will walk the 13.1-mile half marathon course. ACBA members get a 50 percent discount off of regular registration prices; members who choose not to walk can participate in other ways, such as in cheering sections along the course.

To register, use the code ACBADSGPM26 at the below link. For more information, email Mary Ann Fiorilli at mfiorilli@acba.org.

If you are considering making a career move this holiday season, be sure to 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 3,000 pageviews 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.

All members are invited to a non-CLE lunch-and-learn – “Orphans’ Court Motions and Petitions Practice” on Wednesday, Jan. 28 at 11:30 a.m. in the Koppers Building Conference Center. Topics will include distinctions between motions and petitions, filing and presentation procedures, and notice requirements, among others. Those in attendance will hear from an experienced Orphans’ Court practitioner as well as the Motions Coordinator.

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.

In this non-CLE program, learn the essential skills needed to respond in an emergency and help save your dog from pain, suffering, or even death. The course will be held Wednesday, Jan. 14 at 12:15 p.m. in the Koppers Building Conference Center. Led by a former Special Prosecutor for Animal Cruelty with extensive experience in animal rescue and triage, attendees will learn practical techniques for stabilizing and treating an animal while quickly seeking veterinary care.

The Dec. 12 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.

ACBA Young Lawyers Division members are invited to participate in a three-on-three basketball tournament, presented by the Pitt Legal Income Sharing Foundation, on Saturday, Jan. 17 at South Side Market House. Get your team of three-or-four players, and hit the court.

In this single-elimination tournament, all teams must have between three and four players (co-ed rosters are encouraged but not required), with only three players on the court at any given time. Players from the same team must wear similar colored shirts. Games are 15-minutes each, or end when one team gets to 25 points. Cost is $50 for teams composed entirely of law students, or $200 per team for other combinations. For additional information, contact Dylan Groff at dlg102@pitt.edu.

The hunger problem in Allegheny County is not expected to wane in the new year. Volunteer attorneys are needed to help with food bag distribution at Our Giving Kitchen in Squirrel Hill on Sunday, Jan. 11 from 12:15 to 1:45 p.m. For more info or to register, email Mya Thomasmeyer at the button below.

In addition to the hard copy edition that is sent to members through the mail, the Dec. 12 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.