All members are invited to join the ACBA Hispanic Attorneys Committee in celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month on Wednesday, Oct. 1 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the ACBA offices. Enjoy Mexican food from La Palapa, as well as cultural music and beverages, while enjoying networking and camaraderie.

The highlight of this annual event is the presentation of the El Sol Award, which is awarded annually to an individual who has helped the committee advance the Hispanic community at large. This year’s recipient is ACBA member Gilda Arroyo. For details, click below.

If back-to-school season makes you interested in exploring opportunities, but 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 2,500 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.

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.

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The ACBA is running a Back-to-School CLE Sale through the entire month of September. View cle.acba.org and use promo code SCHOOL25 to save $10 on any of more than 115 of the ACBA’s Previously Recorded CLEs. These distance-learning courses are available for Pennsylvania and West Virginia credit.

The ACBF Lawyers’ Fund Fellowship, the John A. Meehan Citizenship Institute Fund, and the John P. Gismondi Certified Law Student Fellowship are now accepting applications for the ACBF’s Law Student Summer Fellowship Program, which awards summer fellowships to second-year law students for work at participating public interest organizations that offer free legal services to residents of Allegheny County with low incomes.

All applicants must meet all eligibility criteria and have completed their second year of law school and must be eligible to be certified to appear in court pursuant to Pa. Bar Admission Rule 321. The program will run from May 25 to July 31, 2026. The deadline to apply is Sunday, Nov. 2.

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.

The Allegheny County Bar Foundation will recognize several individuals and a noteworthy pro bono project with its 2025 Pro Bono Achievement Awards. The awards will be presented at the ACBF’s annual Fall Foundation Reception on Thursday, Sept. 25, at 5:30 p.m. at Hotel Monaco. Enjoy an evening of cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and volunteer recognition in celebration of the work of the ACBF and its 45th Anniversary.

The ACBA is presenting a free one-ethics-credit CLE – “[Dis]honesty in the Practice of Law: Working with Truth, Suspicion and Hallucinations” on Thursday, Oct. 23 at noon on Zoom. The latest the ACBA Sorg Forum Series, the seminar will cover the ethics of handling clients who lie, prevaricate, attempt to use you to commit fraud, and the technology that does the same.

All members are invited to a judicial retention election campaign fundraiser tonight – Thursday, Sept. 18 – from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Omni William Penn Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh. Organized by the ACBA Judicial Excellence Committee (PAC), the event is designed to support the retention election campaign for the following Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Judges:

• Hon. Alan D. Hertzberg – Civil Division
• Hon. Beth A. Lazzara – Criminal Division
• Hon. Jennifer McCrady – Family Division
• Hon. Hugh F. McGough – Orphans’ Court
• Hon. Dan D. Regan – Civil Division
• Hon. Dwayne D. Woodruff – Family Division

During the ACBA’s annual elections this spring, members of the ACBA overwhelming voted to recommend these six judges for retention. These judges will face the electorate in a yes-no referendum during the Pa. general election on Tuesday, Nov. 4. This event is designed to raise funds for the campaign to keep these qualified judges on the bench.