PLDIC Spring Members Meeting

April 15 from 5:30-7:30 p.m., Energy Innovation Center

Top 5 reasons to attend the PLDIC’s Spring Members Meeting:

Learn from experts on the NFL’s Rooney Rule, Jim Rooney, MSPOD and Prof. N. Jeremi Duru, about how to recruit and retain the best talent for your law firm or organization.
Build your network at one of PLDIC’s biggest events of the year. The spring meeting is a great opportunity to make new connections!
Check out a unique Pittsburgh venue - the Energy Innovation Center is a Pittsburgh based, not-for-profit organization with a mission to engage corporate and community leaders, align workforce development and education, develop and demonstrate technology, and incubate businesses, to support emerging clean and sustainable energy markets. Free parking or just a short walk from downtown.
We will event have a tasty tail-gate themed menu from Bistro To Go Catering, a fun bar from Pittsburgh Mobile Bar, and more draft-themed surprises.
Engage your colleagues in PLDIC’s work – it will take everyone in our Pittsburgh legal community to work together on improving the way we hire, retain, and advance legal professionals. Encourage your colleagues to attend!

PLDIC Disabled Lawyers/Law Students Monthly Drop-In Sessions

Next Monthly Session on March 27 from 12-1 p.m.

This monthly zoom drop in series is for attorneys and law students with disabilities and their allies. It's a no-pressure, safe space to convene, and you can attend as many or as little of them as you would like. You do not need to be part of a PLDIC member organization or to have attended a previous session to attend for any length of time. The drop-in sessions typically take place on the last Friday of the month from 12-1 p.m. and will continue through May. All meetings will take place via Zoom. No agenda; just time for community and conversation.

Save the Series in your Calendar

Pride/Juneteenth Events: Save the Date

More Details Coming Soon!

Pittsburgh Pride Parade

June 7, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Downtown

Pride Night at PNC Park

June 11, 6:30-9:30 p.m., PNC Park

Juneteenth Celebration

June 13, Les Getz Memorial Park (Swissvale), All Day

PLDIC NEWS

PLDIC Welcomes New Member

Houston Harbaugh

Please join the PLDIC in welcoming our newest member organization, Houston Harbaugh, P.C.

Houston Harbaugh, P.C. is highly respected Pittsburgh-based law firm with over 50 years of experience, delivering trusted, cost-effective legal counsel to businesses and individuals across Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, and nationwide. As one of Pittsburgh’s respected firms, they provide comprehensive services in commercial and corporate transactions, business litigation, intellectual property, estate and succession planning, employment law, insurance coverage, oil and gas, healthcare, environmental law, real estate, and complex tort litigation. Its attorneys are accomplished litigators and strategic advisors with a strong track record in the courtroom and in managing sophisticated business transactions. Recognized by U.S. News Best Law Firms®, Best Lawyers®, and Super Lawyers, they combine deep experience with forward-looking insight in emerging areas such as cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, data privacy, trade secret protection, and renewable energy.

“Joining the PLDIC fits with Houston Harbaugh’s goals of hiring and retaining the best and brightest in the legal profession, so that we can provide the best client service possible. Having legal professionals from a variety of diverse backgrounds helps us to better understand our client’s needs and offer creative solutions to their unique legal issues. The PLDIC’s mission fits with our firm’s overall growth strategy,” said Alex W. Thomson, President of Houston Harbaugh P.C.

Since 1975, Houston Harbaugh has provided high-quality, client-driven legal solutions designed to protect, strengthen, and advance its clients’ goals.

RECENT EVENTS

Bridging the Motivation Gap: How to Lead and Motivate Gen Z

March 20, Virtual

The PLDIC kicked off the first day of spring last Friday with a virtual CLE event, "Bridging the Motivation Gap: How to Lead and Motivate Gen Z." Over 55 participants representing 20 PLDIC member organizations learned strategies about how to better understand, motivate, and inspire the youngest generation of legal professionals, Gen Z., from David Lebel, Associate Professor of Business Administration and Director of the Berg Center for Ethics & Leadership at the University of Pittsburgh School of Business. Thanks to PLDIC member organization Babst Calland for sponsoring CLE credit and to Professor Lebel for offering his expertise pro bono. PLDIC members can access the recording on our Member Dashboard.

Watch the Recording and Access Event Resources

PLDIC Trivia Night

March 11, Fox Rothschild

The PLDIC Community Building Committee hosted its fourth annual Trivia Night on March 11 at Fox Rothschild. Fifty attendees representing 13 PLDIC member organizations formed 11 teams who competed to be this year’s trivia champions while enjoying great company and refreshments. Thanks to our event sponsors: member organization Fox Rothschild who provided the venue and bar, and member organization Giant Eagle for sponsoring the food. Thanks to PLDIC Board Chair Aarthi Murty and Steve McHugh for curating and running the trivia! Last but not least, congratulations to this year’s winning team – West Coast Offense! Coming in second was team Mighty Mighty Bosstones/Justice League.

Black History Month Celebration

February 26, August Wilson Center

PLDIC members joined the ACBA's Homer S. Brown Division for the 22nd Annual Black History Month Celebration. Attendees enjoyed food, beverages and networking at the PNC Donor Lounge at the August Wilson Center. During the celebration, the HSBD presented its Spirit Award to Brenda Tate, a retired Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Detective, and its Young Leader Award to Sidnee McDonald, MPA, Esq. of Cozen O'Connor (PLDIC Young Professionals Advisory Board Member, PLDIC 2024 Volunteer of the Year, and PLDIC TALI 2026 Scholar).

Get to Know Young Leader Award Winner Sidnee McDonald

New Jobs: PLDIC Job Board

Assistant Director, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Looking for a new job in the Pittsburgh legal community? Don't forget to 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.