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.

Volunteers are needed to help prepare dinner for guests of the Family House on Wednesday, April 8 from 3-7 p.m. Family House is a nonprofit organization in Shadyside that provides safe and affordable lodging for patients and their families who travel to Pittsburgh for medical care. Volunteers must arrive by 3 p.m. and they will be helping prepare and serve dinner for 70-90 guests at Family House. The menu and ingredients will be prepared by the Community Service Committee. No cooking experience is necessary.

The Allegheny County Bar Foundation is now accepting applications for loans and scholarships for the 2026-2027 academic year. Eligible students can apply for scholarships through the following funds:

• Environment and Energy Law Section Scholarship Fund
• F.C. Grote Fund
• James I. Smith, III Notre Dame Law School Scholarship Fund
• Hon. Carol Los Mansmann Fund
• ACBA Young Lawyers Division Scholarship Fund
• Daniel B. Dixon Scholarship Fund
• Louis Little Attorneys’ Memorial Fund

To apply online and learn more about each scholarship, click the button below. For questions, please contact Stephanie Selya at 412-402-6674 or sselya@acba.org.

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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. Thank you to Title Sponsor Gismondi & Associates for sponsoring this event.

Having strong liability coverage — and the right limits — can be the difference between fully protecting your assets and significant financial loss. For more, see the article below. For more on the ACBA Insurance Program, visit www.ACBA.org/Insurance.

The March 20 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.