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PLDIC SURVEY

Our 2026 Survey is LIVE!

Help Us Build a Better Roadmap for the PLDIC's Future

The PLDIC is taking a close look at the impact we have on the Pittsburgh legal community — and we need your input! Please take our short survey (less than five minutes) about what you value most about the PLDIC and how we can better serve your organization and our community. Your answers will shape our priorities for the next chapter of PLDIC's work.This survey is open to everyone, members and nonmembers. Thank you for your participation!

UPCOMING EVENTS

CLE: From AI Experimentation to Organizational Evolution
October 22 from 4-5:30 p.m., Babst Calland

AI transformation is not primarily a technology challenge. It is a change challenge. As change persists, have you built up the muscle to lead through continuous change?

All legal professionals are invited to join the PLDIC for our upcoming CLE event, "From AI Experimentation to Organizational Evolution," on Thursday, October 22 from 4-5:30 p.m. at Babst Calland.

Gabrielle Kohlmeier, co-creator and chair of the America Bar Association’s 21 Days of AI: Grit & Growth Mindset Challenge, will lead this capstone session that draws together the lessons of the Challenge to examine how legal professionals can build the human and organizational capabilities needed to navigate continuing technological change.

Using three interconnected concepts – change capacity, change agency, and change discipline, the session will help participants recognize how curiosity, experimentation, reflection, professional judgment, feedback, and repeated practice can create durable change muscle. Participants will explore how to move beyond episodic AI experimentation toward an intentional practice of learning, deciding, adapting, and acting as tools, expectations, and professional rules continue to evolve.

This session will offer 1.0 PA CLE Credit, sponsored by Babst Calland.

Please note that this event is a wrap meeting for our AI Inclusiveness Challenge and will be followed by a networking reception. Anyone is welcome to attend regardless of Challenge participation.

2026 PLDIC Annual Members Meeting
November 19 from 5-7 p.m. at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney

Mark your calendars for the 2026 PLDIC Annual Members Meeting on Thursday, November 19 from 5-7 p.m. at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC. As we approach 10 years of persistence, our meeting theme will be "Impact in Action." More details coming soon.

PLDIC at the Law Schools
Find us in October at Penn State Dickinson Law and Pitt Law

The PLDIC regularly visits local law schools to speak with students and share advice about networking, interviews, mentoring, and more. Look for us at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University, and Penn State Dickinson Law during the 2026-27 school year. In October, attend our Power of Networking Panels:

• Penn State Dickinson Law on October 13 from 5-6 p.m.: contact Assistant Director of Career Services Brenda Smith Porter to register/learn more.
• Pitt Law on October 22 from 12-1:30 p.m.: contact Assistant Dean for Professional Development Kellie Ware to register/learn more.

If you are an alum looking for a way to give back and would like to participate in a Power of Networking panel, please contact Ena. 

Law students, have you spotted us at an event yet? On September 29, the PLDIC was at Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University for their Tuesday Table Talk series (thanks to YPAB member Derrick L. Maultsby, Jr. for joining us), and on September 23, we were at University of Pittsburgh School of Law for Panther Power Hour! Check out our event calendar to see where we'll be next - please come say hi and learn about all the ways that the PLDIC can support you in your law school journey.

TALI Scholar Applications Due October 15

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.

PLDIC Job Board

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.

Assistant District Attorney - Allegheny County District Attorney

Susan Yohe Scholar Meet & Greet

September 9

On September 9, the PLDIC hosted the fifth Susan Yohe Scholar Meet & Greet to welcome new scholars Muhammed (Tarik) Kose, University of Pittsburgh School of Law; and Ayan Patel, Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University, to the Pittsburgh legal community!

PLDIC Board and YPAB, the Deans and admissions staff from Pitt Law and Duquesne Kline, previous scholars, and PLDIC leadership were in attendance to meet and honor the scholars. Thank you to PLDIC member Duquesne Light Company for their continued sponsorship of this scholarship. Additional thank you to PLDIC member Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote for providing the event space. Learn more about the scholars.

PLDIC Family Picnic

August 30

It was a beautiful afternoon for the Community Building Committee's fourth annual PLDIC Family Picnic at Mellon Park! Fifty people in the local legal community and their families and guests enjoyed a delicous menu from a diverse-owned local catering company (+ a wide array of sides and desserts contributed by picnic-goers), caught up with old friends, and met new contacts in the Pittsburgh area.

The Community Building Committee develops and implements programs and initiatives to provide opportunities for lawyers interested in fostering a more diverse and inclusive legal community to develop a sense of community with other similarly engaged lawyers and other professionals in the area. Learn more about this committee and our other two committees (Recruitment and Retention), and reach out to the committee chairs for more info or to join.

Seeking Mentors for our 2027 Mentoring Program!

ISO mentors 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, please fill out this form.

Matches will be made in January 2027.

Member/Partner Events

THRIVE: TALI's Leadership Development Conference

October 1
Pittsburgh

Navigating the Legal Landscape for Inclusion

October 15 from 2:30-3:30 p.m.

LinkedIn

ACBA's Diverse Law Student Reception

October 15 from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote

Member/Partner Opportrunities

Collaborative for Immigrant Impact (CII) Pro Bono Project

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.