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PLDIC Family Picnic - this weekend!
August 30 from 12-3 p.m., Mellon Park Shelter
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It's not too late to join us for the Community Building Committee’s annual PLDIC Family Picnic this Sunday, August 30 at Mellon Park Shelter, which has a playground and spray park. Feel free to bring family and friends! This event is open to everyone including nonmembers. If you haven’t been to a PLDIC event before or are just starting law school in Pittsburgh, the picnic a great, casual opportunity to meet new friends and colleagues in the Pittsburgh legal community. Stop by anytime between 12 and 3 p.m.!
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The PLDIC AI Inclusiveness Challenge
Challenge runs September 24-October 15
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Whether you like it or not, AI is here to stay. Studies show that women and other marginalized groups in the legal profession are adopting AI at lower rates, are being penalized when they disclose that they use AI, and are more skeptical about current AI tools because of their inherent biases. The PLDIC wants the Pittsburgh legal community to be educated about AI so that no one in our profession is left behind and so that a diverse range of legal professionals are qualified to make decisions about AI adoption and implementation.
Utilizing an updated and curated version of the ABA’s Commission on Women’s 21 Days of AI: A Grit and Growth Mindset Challenge, the PLDIC is offering a cohort-based opportunity comprised of three week-long modules that explore AI’s capabilities, roles that AI can fill in your workflow, and case studies for elevating leadership skills.
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Kickoff Meeting
September 24 from 12-1:30 p.m., Zoom
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To participate in the Challenge, please register for the Kickoff Meeting, where we will introduce the Challenge parameters, preview some of the modules, introduce the cohort-leaders and form cohorts, and give each cohort time to meet with their leader in a breakout room. Cohorts will determine their own meeting cadence and structure, but the goal is to have a weekly check-in for the whole cohort and office hours with the cohort-leader for more specific questions. Please sign up by Monday, September 21 so that you can be placed into a cohort prior to the Kickoff.
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Save the date for the in-person wrap meeting and CLE on October 22 from 4-5:30 p.m. at Babst Calland! The Challenge will culminate in a wrap meeting where cohorts will share their takeaways and we will hear from Gabrielle Kohlmeier, one of the ABA Challenge Co-Chairs, about how to apply the lessons learned during the program in your workplaces. The meeting will be followed by a networking reception. The wrap meeting/CLE is open to everyone regardless of participation in the Challenge! More details coming soon.
| | New Member Appointed to YPAB | Please join the PLDIC in congratulating the newly appointed member of the Young Professionals Advisory Board (YPAB): Jaquan Williams, Fox Rothschild LLP. YPAB members are attorneys who have practiced for 10 or less years and are employed by a PLDIC member organization. Members serve a three-year term and provide advice and suggestions to PLDIC committees and working groups on issues of particular interest to new attorneys to help inform the development of programming and resources. | TALI Scholar Applications Open! | |
Applications for The Advanced Leadership Institute's 2027 National Executive Leadership Academy and Excellence in Leadership Program are now open through October 15.
In collaboration with TALI, the PLDIC has two annual scholarship opportunities for PLDIC member employees - the National Executive Leadership Academy and for the Emerging Leaders Program.
| | Looking for a new job in the Pittsburgh legal community? Sign up for job alerts so you get notified when the type of job that you're looking for in the Pittsburgh legal community becomes available. Interested in submitting new jobs to the PLDIC Job Board on behalf of your organization? PLDIC member organizations can submit a request to become a job board manager. | | Legal Career Pathways Program Events | | Casa San Jose at Leech Tishman - August 4 | | |
On August 4, PLDIC member Leech Tishman once again opened its offices to approximately 25 Casa San José teen campers. The teens received a tour of the firm office, participated in a candy debate, and heard from a panel of Leech Tishman attorneys including Molly Bleech, Julia Wu, Bridget Synan, Michelle A. Ross, Esq., and Rebeca Himena Miller-Sekinger. Special thanks to Mala Mason and Rebeca Himena Sekinger for organizing such a wonderful event for the teens. We were also joined by PLDIC volunteers Daniel Conlon, Tucker Arensberg, P.C.; Mollie Rosenzweig, Edgar Snyder & Associates; and Graciela Rodarte, University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
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PLDIC Mentor/Mentee Meet-Up
July 29 at Social House 7
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This casual gathering was hosted for the PLDIC's 2026 Mentoring Program participants. The 2026 Mentoring Program matched over 40 pairs of mentors and mentees!
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Mentors/mentees – it's time to sign up for the PLDIC's 2027 Mentoring Program! The time commitment is what you make of it – but we encourage pairs to try to meet virtually or in person approximately once a month.
If you are interested in being a mentor, fill out this form.
Law students, if you would like to be matched with a mentor, fill out this form.
Matches will be made in January 2027.
| | OTHER EVENTS, NEWS & RESOURCES | | |
September 16, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
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August 27, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Barco Law Building (Pitt Law); hybrid option available
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Offered through PLDIC partner Casa San José
The CII Pro Bono Project is designed to train volunteer attorneys in various areas of immigration law so they can provide high-quality pro bono legal services to immigrant communities. Volunteer orientations occur every two weeks. If you are interested in being a volunteer, either contact CSJ at legaltr@casasanjose.org or sign up for an orientation on the Training Calendar. The orientation is called “CII Pro Bono Project Orientation” and takes about 45 minutes.
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September 5, 12-8 p.m., Tall Trees Amphitheatre Tall Trees Amphitheatre
Monroeville
Featuring a performance from the Honorable Warren Watson
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