Advancing professionalism among our members while serving our community.

The Highlands County Bar Association serves attorneys and other legal professionals in Florida's heartland with promotion and advancement of professionalism, networking, continuing legal education, and opportunities to serve our community.

Our objectives are to maintain the high ideals of the legal profession and to support activities that encourage respect and appreciation of the law, the legal profession, and the administration of justice.

From this website you can submit an application for our local Bar, find a lawyer for your particular problem, or learn about upcoming HCBA events.

Interested in joining? Click HERE.

JANETTE SEAMANS BRANHAM

MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

The Janette Seamans Branham Memorial Scholarship, sponsored by the Highlands County Bar Association, provides a full tuition scholarship to South Florida State College for up to 2 years, and is open to graduating high school seniors of Highlands County, Florida.

Applications for the 2025 Scholarship are due

no later than Friday, March 7, 2025.

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2025 LAW DAY STUDENT

ESSAY AND POSTER CONTEST PACKET

The Highlands County Bar Association celebrates Law Day every year. The 2025 Law Day theme is: "The Constitution's Promise: Out of Many, One."

Find the contest packets here.

Our local program includes student essay and poster contests, and opportunities for a local attorney or judge to speak with students in classrooms around Highlands County. Contest winners will be recognized during our Law Day 2025 Children's Program event.

Submissions are due March 7, 2025 by 4:30PM.

Winning posters will be displayed on the front windows of the Highlands County Government Center.