Introduction and Overview
The Midland County Bar Association's mission is to diligently serve its members and the general public by providing education and public service projects aimed at increasing awareness and knowledge of the American legal system and the administration of justice in federal and Texas courts and agencies.
The Midland County Bar Association is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization that provides educational programs for both legal professionals and the general public as well as staffing a number of public service projects in Midland. MCBA along with the State Bar of Texas hosts the Annual West Texas Bench Bar Conference in Ruidoso, New Mexico. MCBA also works with the Ector County Bar Association to sponsor the Annual West Texas Seminar, which provides high quality and low cost continuing legal education programming for the greater Permian Basin. MCBA also works the State Bar of Texas and other agencies to help support the local legal aid and pro bono legal services programs.
MCBA supports community cleanup and sponsors a portion of the Garden City Highway just outside Midland. MCBA also sponsors a Law Day Celebration annually in May that includes the Law Day Luncheon and the Law Day Essay Contest, which is open to all area high school students. MCBA and others award more than $3,000.00 in college scholarships to the Law Day Essay Contest winners.
MCBA partners with the Ector County Bar Association as well as the Ector County and Midland County Young Lawyers Associations to host social events for the local bar members.
MCBA is comprised of more than 150 attorneys and judges as members along with several paralegals, law students, court staff, and legal professionals as associate members. Members of the public interested in the law or the legal profession also are encouraged to join as associate members.