To serve our members and the community and to promote the honour, interests and dignity of the legal profession in Frontenac County by; representing and advocating on behalf of its members; supporting and organizing legal education and promoting professional development, ethics, and civility in the practice of law; providing specialized library services to its members; encouraging the highest professional standards, and fostering collegiality among its members; promoting and improving access to legal services for residents of Frontenac County; Advancing the fair and effective administration of justice including communication and cooperation among the Bench, the Law Society, and the community.
Athens Public Library was organized around 1890 and was originally housed in a former bakery. Then in 1911 after being closed for a few years was reopened by the Women's Institute and was housed in the lower Town Hall building on Main Street. In 1973 the