When is the last time you got a quote on your LPL insurance? The discount members can get on LPL through the ACBA Insurance Program – powered by USI – is often greater than the cost of ACBA membership. For more, visit www.ACBA.org/Insurance.

ACBA members with law school debt are encouraged to explore the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation’s Loan Repayment Assistance Program. The program is available to help attorneys at IOLTA-funded legal services organizations. The 2025 Loan Repayment Assistance Program application period is open on the WebGrants Portal, and the deadline to apply is Wednesday, Oct. 15.

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. Please note that the ACBA does not endorse third-party content.

The Lawyer Referral Service (LRS) is a service designed to help Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania residents find the right lawyers for their specific types of legal matters. Each year, thousands of clients call the ACBA looking for an attorney, and the ACBA refers those cases to LRS panel attorneys. ACBA members may join the Lawyer Referral Service panel for a nominal fee – “test drive” the service for six months for just $150 – and have referrals sent directly to you from the bar association. Call 412-261-5555 for more information or download the application below.

The ACBA Probate and Trust Law Section is presenting non-CLE skills training session – “Will Drafting and Execution Basics” – on Tuesday, Oct. 21 at noon in the Koppers Building. The program, open to all members, will cover the basics of drafting a last will and testament, as well as will execution procedures. Experienced practitioners will guide attendees through a step-by-step overview of the process of determining what the client needs, drafting the will, and having the document executed.

All members are invited to join the ACBA Young Lawyers Division for the Esquire Open pickleball tournament on Thursday, Oct. 9 at the Rivers Club in downtown Pittsburgh from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. No prior pickleball experience is required. 

Amid talk of a potential-recession, the below article covers how to help mitigate the chances your legal career is impacted. For more on ACBA Legal Employment Services, contact Jennifer Pulice at jpulice@acba.org.

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 Sept. 19 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.

In addition to the hard copy edition that is sent to members through the mail, the Sept. 19 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.