Legal Associations & Organizations

• Academy of Legal Studies in Business An academic-professional organization for professors of business legal studies.
• Agency for the Protection of Programs European organization for software authors and developers in Information Technology.
• Alliance for Justice Provides information about the alliance including its text index, non-profit advocacy project, foundation institute initiative, judicial selection project, first Monday, publications, members and resources.
• American Association for Paralegal Education
• American Association of Bank Directors
• American Association of Domain Names Legal information regarding the rights of domain name owners
• American Association of Franchisees and Dealers Features directory of franchise lawyers.
• American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
• American Board of Certification
• American Civil Liberties Union
• American College of Real Estate Lawyers Public home page of American College of Real Estate Lawyers, an invitation only organization; contains member roster and info about group; access to member home page; numerous links to other real estate and general legal sites .
• American College of Trust & Estate Counsel Home page of association for estate and trust counsel; links to member page; public links to sites pertaining to estate and trust area.
• American Judges Association
• American Judicature Society Works to maintain the independence and integrity of the courts and increase public understanding of the justice system.
• American Law and Economics Association
• American Law Institute Searchable site that provides information about the American Law Institute (ALI); includes links to ALI library and publications catalog.
• American Library Association
  • Office for Intellectual Freedom Implements ALA intellectual freedom policies and educates librarians and the public on the importance of intellectual freedom.
• American Prepaid Legal Services Institute A professional trade organization representing the legal services plan industry and affiliated with the American Bar Association.
• American Pro Se Association
• American Society of International Law
• American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics
• American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) Home Page
• Americans for Effective Law Enforcement (AELE) Non-profit organization created to support professional law enforcement. Includes library of 18,000 case summaries on police liability, private security law, and jail litigation.
• Animal Legal Defense Fund
• Asia Pacific Legal Institute Non-profit devoted to cooperation and exchange of international trade and intellectual property between the United States and East Asia.
• Associacion Espanola de Derecho Sanitario
• Association for Children for Enforcement of Support (ACES) Provides information on ACES, its services, members and history; includes links to Library of Congress - legislative information, problems/solutions and accomplishments of ACES.
• Association for Continuing Legal Education Association of providers of continuing legal education, primarily in U.S. and Canada; links to conferences, publications, affiliated groups, member services.
• Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
• Association of Legal Administrators
• Atlantic Legal Foundation Public interest foundation that advocates the principles of free enterprise, the rights of individuals and limited government. Also works to promote and protect good science in the courtroom and to challenge burdensome governmental regulations.
• California Association of Photocopiers and Process Servers
• California Mobile Notary Association
• Canadian Environmental Law Association
• Canadian Law and Economics Association
• Center for Democracy and Technology
• Chartered Instituted of Arbitrators
• Children's Protection and Advocacy Coalition
• Communications and Media Law Association An association of professionals and students practicing or interested in communications law and policy.
• Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
• Criminal Justice Legal Foundation Non-profit organization supporting balance between victims and criminals.
• Delta Theta Phi
• Einstein Institute for Science, Health and the Courts (EINSHAC) Mission to provide the judicial branch with knowledge tools related to civil and criminal justice proceedings involving evidence from the genetic sciences and from new discoveries and technologies in the environmental and neurosciences.
• Electronic Frontier Foundation Provides information about the EFF and its services and online publications; includes hot topics as well as links to affiliated organizations.
• Electronic Privacy Information Center Provides information about electronic privacy issues.
• European Association of Law and Economics
• European Law Moot Court Society Information on the European Law Moot Court Competition and the European Law Moot Court Society.
• European Law Students' Association
• Fathers' Rights and Equality Exchange Provides information about the exchange including consult with an attorney online, bookstore and information about the Web site.
• Federal Magistrate Judges Association Provides information about the Federal Magistrate Judges Association including links to the Federal Courts Law Review, electronic bank for application of law clerks, links to the Bulletin newsletter of the association and Internet links to related sites.
• Federation of Insurance & Corporate Counsel
• Forensic Consultants Association Orange County
• Fully Informed Jury Association Mission is to inform all Americans about their rights, powers and responsibilties when serving as trial jurors.
• Future Lawyers Alliance Network (FLAN)
• HALT An Organization of Americans for Legal Reform.
• Home School Legal Defense Association
• Human Rights Research and Education Centre At the University of Ottowa.
• Indian Law Resource Center Provides legal advocacy for the protection of indigenous peoples' rights, cultures and traditional lands. Information on law reform, human rights, land rights, environmental protection, and sovereignty and self-governance.
• Institute for Criminal Justice Education (ICJE)
• Intellectual Property Owners
• Inter-American Institute on Human Rights Instituto Interamerican de Derechos Humanos.
• Interlaw An international association of independent law firms.
• Interlegal Association of European law firms.
• International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
• International Lawyers Network Global networks of full service law firms.
• International Process Servers Association
• Kansas Paralegal Association
• Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.
• LawNet, Inc. A volunteer network of technology users in the legal industry.
• Legal Assistant Management Association Information on group and its activities, publications, seminars, and membership; access to member services; links to publications, affiliated organizations.
• Legal Justice Reform Network Site calling for the reform of the legal system; limited details of planned federal class action suits; judicial victims forum; do it yourself legal forms; legal system horror stories.
• Legal Secretaries International Inc.
• Liberty Counsel A non-profit civil liberties education and legal defense organization established to preserve religious freedom.
• Libralex A Europa-wide association of independent law firms.
• Litigation Support Vendors Association
• Louisiana Notary Association
• Marques The association of European brand owners.
• Media Access Project A non-profit public interest organization promoting the public's right to speak and receive information.
• National Association for Rights Protection & Advocacy
• National Association of Enrolled Agents
• National Association of Financial and Estate Planning
• National Association of Forensic Economics
• National Association of Guardians ad Litem
• National Association of Legal Assistants Includes information about the paralegal career field and NALA's programs and services; also includes link to related Web sites.
• National Association of Legal Search Consultants
• National Association of Legal Secretaries
• National Association of Patent Practitioners Information on group and its activities, publications, seminars, and membership; access to member services; links to publications, patent law rules, regulations and laws; can request a member roster.
• National Association of Secretaries of State
• National Association of Signing Agents
• National Board of Trial Advocacy Association of paralegals in the Rocky Mountain states of Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming.
• National Court Reporters Association From Verbatim Reporters Center.
• National Federation of Paralegal Associations Information on organization, its activities, publications, legislation, training, and membership; chat room for members only; some links to sites of interest to members.
• National Legal Aid and Defender Association Provides information and resources pertaining to equal access to justice; includes links to civil legal services, in the news, and publications.
• National Legal Video Association
• National Notary Association Includes news, action programs, events calendar, training seminars and more.
• National Organization of Legal Services Workers (NOLSW), UAW Local 2320, AFL-CIO
• National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives--Home Page
• National Paralegal Association Provides services to paralegal students, paralegals, paralegal schools and firms offering services to the profession.
• National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc.
• National Whistleblower Center
• NCRA Online - The National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) Web site Information on court reporters group, its activities, publications, legislation, and membership; access to member services, mentoring services; find-a-reporter service.
• NCREIF (National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries) Home page of the organization with latest news, legislation affecting the profession, seminars, and access to member services.
• NOBC - National Organization for Bar Counsel Non-profit organization which enforces ethical rules which regulate the professional conduct of attorneys in North America and Australia; news, membership information, legal links and cases.
• Online Ombuds Office A "place" to resolve disputes using online tools or to resolve disputes arising out of online activities.
• Pacific Southwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business Southwestern United States subdivision of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB).
• Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity
• Practising Law Institute
• Professional Bail Agents of the United States Features resource lists, code of ethics, member information and more.
• Public Law Research Institute
• Public Utility Law Project (PULP) Non-profit organization dedicated to providing legal service to residential, low-income, utility customers. Site includes a library with comments and briefs on issues affecting low income energy and telecommunications consumers in New York.
• Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation A non-profit legal organization dedicated to the study of the legal systems and issues affecting mineral and water resources.
• Rocky Mountain Paralegal Association Member information and legal links.
• Sigma Delta Kappa Law Fraternity
• Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, Inc.
• Society of International Law (Singapore)
• Southern California Mediation Association Features newsletter, professional standards, job opportunities and more.
• Swiss Arbitration Association
• Taxpayers Against Fraud, The False Claims Act Legal Center Nonprofit organization combating fraud against the Federal Government through use of the federal False Claims Act and whistleblower lawsuits; explains the Act, the organization; links to legal resources.
• Texas Association of Licensed Investigators Articles from past issues of The Texas Investigator, discussion forums, and membership information.
• The Commonwealth Legal Education Association
• The Constitution Society
• The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates Nonprofit organization to improve the quality and increase the quantity of legal resources for parents of children with disabilities.
• The Internet and Computer Law Association at the University of Florida.
• The Law Society A pre-law association.
• Treatment Advocacy Center Includes law articles, analysis, statutes, and cases on mental illness.
• Tri-County Paralegal Association Provides information about the Tri-County Paralegal Association, its member services and publications; includes links to missing and exploited children services and local information.
• Water Keeper Alliance Umbrella group for local water resource keeper organizations in the United States and Canada.
• Western Society of Criminology

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