Welcome to the Bar Association
of Erie County

As President of the Bar Association and on behalf of our Board of Directors and our talented staff, I welcome you to our Web site. This updated site is intended to serve as a portal to the vast quantity of information and services the Association has for our membership and the public. As you go through these pages, you will have access to all that we offer. Feel free to contact us through this site.

We represent the attorneys of Erie County. We are very proud of that and we stand ready to serve not only our  members but the public at large. Thank you for visiting us.
                                                                                                                                                        Scott M. Schwartz, President
                                                                                                                                          

"A Terrible Melancholy: Depression in the Legal Profession" 

"A Terrible Melancholy: Depression in the Legal Profession," an original documentary film produced by Buffalo attorney Daniel T. Lukasik and the first of its kind in the nation, was recently completed and is now being widely distributed, beginning in Erie County. The film is currently being sent to area law firms and attorneys can receive .5 CLE credits in "Ethics & Professionalism" for viewing it.

The 30-minute documentary was made possible by generous grants from the Erie County Bar Foundation, the New York Lawyer Assistance Trust and the Margaret B. Wendt Foundation.

To view the film now, click here. If you wish to receive CLE credit for viewing it, please contact the Bar Association's CLE Department at 852-8687, as you will need to request a hard copy of the DVD, along with the accompanying hand-out materials.

For further information about the film and the work of the Foundation, please click on the Erie County Bar Foundation tab at left.