The Essex County Bar Association is the oldest, continuously run county bar association in the United States. Founded in 1806, we are an organization of attorneys, judges, court clerks, paralegals and legal administrators with a common goal of furthering access to justice for all throughout Essex County.
If you are a law student, attorney, judge, court personnel or legal administrator, we invite you to learn about all that the Essex County Bar Association has to offer both to the community and its members.
If you have been admitted to practice within the past year, you can receive a free one-year membership. Your free membership runs for the current fiscal year (September through August) and includes participation in your Lawyer Referral Service! (Liability Insurance is required to participate.)
The Essex County Bar Association (ECBA) is an organization of pioneers with a rich history that reaches back to 1685. In the years that followed, the Essex County Bar Association commenced to carve its place in history with notable members whose names included Choate, Endicott, Parsons, Saltonstall, and Sewall. These great men paved the way for their descendants to form our organization.
The purposes of the Essex County Bar Association, as stated in our bylaws, include: