Allegheny County Bar Association
founded 1870
The ACBA was chartered on February 28, 1870. The original name of the association was the Pittsburgh Law Association; this was later changed to the Allegheny County Bar Association on May 5, 1882. John H. Hampton composed much of the original legislation to create the organization, and John H. Kerr later introduced this legislation into the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Senator Thomas Howard then carried the bill through the Senate before being signed by Governor John W. Geary on February 28, 1870. The organization has remained active since its inception with only brief periods of inactivity from 1872-1882 and again in 1883.
The ACBA publishes The Lawyers Journal, a bi-weekly journal, and the Pittsburgh Legal Journal, a daily publication. The Pittsburgh Legal Journal is billed as the third oldest legal journal in the world.