In addition to the hard copy edition that is sent to members through the mail, the Oct. 17 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.

One of the most significant days of the year in the Pittsburgh Legal Community is Monday.

The ACBA’s annual 50/60 Year Practitioners Awards Ceremony – which is when the ACBA pauses to honor those who pioneered the way in the profession – will be held on Oct. 27 at Hotel Monaco beginning at 5 p.m.. During the event, the ACBA will honor those pioneering members of the Pittsburgh Legal Community who have achieved the milestone of practicing law for 50 or 60 years. The full list of 2025 honorees as well as registration information is available at the button below.

With Election Day approaching, the ACBA Judicial Excellence Committee (PAC) is asking you to help keep qualified judges on the bench.

While many members of the community may not fully understand the importance of retention elections, attorneys typically do understand the vital importance of keeping qualified judges on the bench. That’s why ACBA members are being asked to “Get out the Vote” and encourage your contacts to VOTE YES in this election.

The ACBA has launched a web page – www.ACBA.org/VoteYes – containing resources for members to use in spreading the word. On this page are templates for social media posts, emails, text messages, hand cards and more.

The Fount team at JustAnswer LLC has spent over 12 years building “Pearl,” an intelligent chat system that handles millions of legal conversations every year.  Fount is now bringing this proven technology directly to law firms. By embedding Pearl on your firm’s website, you can automatically engage visitors, qualify leads, and streamline intake, all without moving a muscle.

For a limited time, members of the Allegheny County Bar Association can receive Pearl completely free as part of our 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.

In today’s volatile business landscape, from continual layoffs, to changes in management, to working more work with less support, resilience is the most important and critical capability for employees at all levels. The below article covers why employers need to abandon behavioral tests, self-awareness tests and the like in the current landscape. For more on ACBA Legal Employment Services, contact Jennifer Pulice at jpulice@acba.org.

Wonder if your decisions, legal advice or other professional actions are ethical? ACBA members can get confidential consultation on their legal actions and/or potential actions through the bar association’s Professional Ethics Hotline.

Through the hotline, members of the ACBA Professional Ethics Committee are available to give their opinion on the proper interpretation of the Code of Judicial Conduct and/or Rules of Professional Conduct. They are available to address ethics questions from any ACBA member, but they advise only about the member's own conduct; they will not give opinions about the conduct of other lawyers or judicial officials.

The ACBA 50/60 Year Practitioners Awards Ceremony is when the Pittsburgh Legal Community stops to recognize those pioneers who have paved the way in the profession. The event will be held on Monday, Oct. 27 at Hotel Monaco. Attorneys, firms, friends and families can congratulate honorees by purchasing an ad to show your appreciation.

Ads will appear in:

• The program booklet
• The ACBA Lawyers Journal
• ACBA social media channels

Including an ad in the ACBA Lawyers Journal ensures that all 5,000 members will see your message of congratulations, not only those members in attendance at the event.

Cost is $500 per ad. Graphic design assistance is available. For details, contact Jennifer Pulice at jpulice@acba.org.

For the full list of on honorees and additional details, click below.

ACBA members can save 15 percent off the newest American Bar Association book releases at Shop ABA with the discount code, ACBARI.

The ABA’s Science & Technology Law Section just published Demystifying AI through Due Diligence and Data Management: A Governance Guide. This book is written for lawyers, consultants, entrepreneurs, business leaders, and everyone else looking to understand what questions to ask to identity and manage the risks associated with AI technologies and applications. The book draws from researching publications from leading academic institutions such as MIT and Stanford, as well as books written by legal scholars and mathematicians, non-profit organizations focused on information security and AI, and private-sector technology companies such as IBM, OpenAI, Meta, and Google, among others. Additional new releases include:

• The Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work-Product Doctrine, Seventh Edition
• Defense of Justice: Transformational Tales from the Trenches
• A Legal Strategist's Guide to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Practice, Fifth Edition
• The Lawyer's Guide to Relocation: From File to Trial

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.

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 stated, click below.