ACBA Disaster Legal Assistance Manual for Volunteer Attorneys, 2011

Nov. 5, 2011: In Pittsburgh, Pro Bono Rocks!
Pro Bono Rocks! returns to Pittsburgh with a Battle of the Attorney Bands. Get more information, including a link for ticket purchase.

The Pittsburgh Pro Bono Partnership's Annual Breakfast Meeting, Oct. 18, 2011
This year's program focuses on the pro bono programs of corporate legal departments and includes a panel of in-house attorneys from Alcoa, CBS, FedEx Ground, UPMC and others. Find out more.

ACBA Pro Bono Center e-newsletter of Oct. 12, 2011

ACBA Pro Bono Achievement Award Winners Honored at Fellows Grand Reception, Sept. 27, 2011
The Allegheny County Bar Association has announced the winners of the 2011 ACBA Pro Bono Achievement awards. Click here for information on the reception honoring the award winners. The awards and recipients are: Lorraine M. Bittner Public Interest Attorney Award - Eleanor Grainy, Esq. (to be awarded posthumously); Jane F. Hepting Individual Pro Bono Award - Frederick A. Miller, Esq.; Organization Pro Bono Award - FedEx Ground; Special Service Pro Bono Award - Jason E. Hazlewood, Esq.; Special Service Pro Bono Award - Thomas J. Ward, Esq.

Lunch and Learn About Pro Bono
The Pro Bono Center of the Allegheny County Bar Foundation held an informative session about pro bono programs and volunteer opportunities in Allegheny County with Pro Bono Coordinator Barbara Griffin on Sept. 16, 2011. Click here for information, as posted to PAprobono.net.

Law and Process of Refugee Adjustment of Status Applications, April 29, 2011

Allegheny County Bar Foundation Pro Bono Center Forms, 2011
    Survey Assessing Need for a Legal Clinic
    Application for Services

Allegheny County Bar Foundation Pro Bono Center e-newsletter

Allegheny County Bar Foundation Grants, 2011

2010 National Pro Bono Week Allegheny County ‘Thanks a Latte’
Allegheny County Bar Foundation pro bono guru Barbara Griffin celebrated National Pro Bono Week by honoring volunteers at various legal aid sites with coffee and other goodies, all part of her "Thanks A Latte" effort.

Allegheny County Bar Association Pro Bono Achievement Award Winners Honored at Fellows Grand Reception, Sept. 27, 2010

18th Annual Allegheny County Bar Association Golf Tournament, July 26, 2010
Allegheny County Bar Foundation Accepting Pro Bono Achievement Award Nominations, June 2010

2010 Pro Bono Celebration of Volunteers Program; PBA News Release; Awards Photos from the Event, May 19, 2010

Letter of Aug. 3, 2009, Thanking the ACBA for Assistance through the Residents Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Program

Pittsburgh NLSA’s Older & Wiser Program Wins 2010 Emil Gumpert Award
The Pittsburgh Neighborhood Legal Services Association’s Older & Wiser program is the winner of the 2010 Emil Gumpert Award of $50,000 funded by a grant from the Foundation of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Find out more about the award. Read about the award in the "The Journal of the Allegheny County Bar Association."

ACBA Volunteer Appreciation Event in Pittsburgh May 19, 2010
The Allegheny County Bar Association Public Service Committee will thank and recognize volunteers who provided pro bono services to low-income clients in the past year through ACBA Pro Bono Center member organizations and projects. The law firm of Reed Smith is graciously providing the venue for this event, which is free to volunteers. Event information: Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 5-7 p.m., Reed Smith Centre, 3 PNC Plaza, 225 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh. Join us on the outdoor terrace of the new Reed Smith Centre. The event will feature great food, spectacular city views, live music, door prizes, and more. The Pennsylvania Bar Association Pro Bono Office will present the 2010 PBA Pro Bono Awards to Pittsburgh-area winners.

2010 ABA Award Goes to Pittsburgh Pro Bono Partnership
The American Bar Association has selected the Pittsburgh Pro Bono Partnership as a recipient of a John Minor Wisdom Public Service and Professionalism Award for 2010. Click here for the ABA announcement.

Pro Bono Rocks! Raises More Than $6,400
The Allegheny County Bar Foundation hosted Pro Bono Rocks! on Nov. 6, 2009. It was a fun event that raised much-needed funds to maintain programs providing free legal services to low-income residents of area communities. Over 185 guests walked the red carpet past "screaming fans" to enjoy the music and moves of "Who's Bad: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band." Special kudos to the members of the Pro Bono Rocks Steering Committee (Aaron Asher, Ellen Doyle, Ron Jones, Barbara Payne, Melaine Rothey, Jeff Weimer, Regina Wilson, Michelle Yarbrough) and to our sponsors: Reed Smith L.L.P.; USI Affinity; Dickie McCamey & Chilcote P.C.; Goehring Rutter & Boehm; Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti; and Thorp Reed & Armstrong, L.L.P.

Allegheny County Pro Bono Award Winners
PBA Zone Governor Hal Coffey, PBA Legal Services to the Public Committee Vice Chair Iva Munk and PBA Pro Bono Coordinator David Trevaskis made a special presentation before the Allegheny County Bar Association's Public Interest Committee to honor Pittsburgh based Pro Bono Award winners on Nov. 16, 2009. Click here for photos of the award winners. Photos by Drew Hardman; reprint permission granted by the Allegheny County Bar Association.

October 2009 is Pro Bono Month in Allegheny County
The Allegheny County Bar Association has taken the American Bar Association's National Pro Bono Celebration from a one week highlighting of pro bono to a month full of meetings, trainings and events, all designed to encourage, increase and support attorney participation in the provision of free legal services to low-income individuals and families. To add to the fun, several firms including Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti and Reed Smith are hosting "dress-down days," when attorneys and staff members may make a donation to the Allegheny County Bar Foundation and wear jeans or other casual attire to work. Then the ACBA will wrap up the month with Pro Bono Rocks! on Nov. 6 at the Hard Rock Cafe.

Pro Bono Partnership’s Wills Project Assists Local Low-Income Residents, ACBA 'Journal,' April 10, 2009
Bar Leadership Initiative Class Serves the Public on Pro Bono Day, ACBA 'Journal,' March 27, 2009
Attorney Form for Programs Not Covered by ACBA Insurance, 2009

Oliver Receives 2008 Jane F. Hepting Pro Bono Award
Lindsay Oliver, an attorney in the Pittsburgh office of Cohen & Grigsby, has received the 2008 Jane F. Hepting Individual Pro Bono Award from the Allegheny County Bar Foundation for her pro bono representation of indigent clients at a low-income legal aid clinic sponsored by Christian Legal Aid of Pittsburgh. The award honors her commitment to public service. "This honor speaks volumes about Lindsay’s dedication, character and compassion for serving others," said Jack Elliott, president and CEO of Cohen & Grigsby. "Lindsay’s efforts are a clear example of the culture of giving that we support at the firm. Oliver is an associate in the firm’s business practice group, focusing on financial transactions that include commercial lending, leasing arrangements and structured finance. She received her J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, her M.B.A. from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and her B.S. in finance from the University of Pittsburgh.

Pro Se Help, 2008
The Pro Se Clinic is staffed by students the from the Duquesne University and University of Pittsburgh law schools who are supervised by experienced, volunteer family-law attorneys who are members of the Allegheny County bar Association's Family Law Section. The clinic run by a full-time family law attorney who is a court employee. The program, which provides advice and assistance but not direct representation, sees about 2,700 clients per year. The program director is Barbara Payne, barbara.payne@court.allegheny.pa.us.

Limited Appearance Praecipe for a Custody Conciliation (Form), January 2008
Custody Conciliation Limited Retainer Agreement (Form), January 2008
ACBA Pro Bono Resolution 2007
2007 ACBA LRAP Program Overview
2007 ACBA LRAP Program Application
Maureen Kelly Receives Susan B. Anthony Award, Feb. 20, 2007
Racunas Receives Pitt Law's Distinguished Alumni Award, Oct. 21, 2006
Comments by Vincent J. Grogan, National Adoption Day Forum, Nov. 15, 2006
ACBA Disaster Legal Assistance Manual for Volunteer Attorneys
Article on the Disaster Legal Assistance Manual, August 2006
Pro Bono Partnership
Pittsburgh Corporate Pro Bono
Allegheny County Bar Foundation Presents Public Service Award for Pro Bono Legal Assistance
County Bar Contact Information
Lawyers on Loan Program
New Immigration Asylum Project
Formation of an ACBA Military and Veterans Affairs Committee
PBA Pro Bono Award
Pro Bono Award Presentation
Katrina Aid
PBA & ACBA Collaborate to Advance Pro Bono Work
Allegheny County Pro Bono Center e-newsletter Archive
KDKA Military and Veterans Legal Advice Day
ACBA Pro Bono Resolution 1990