Federal Government Resources

• American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) Public interest law firm and educational organization dedicated to defending and advancing religious liberty, the sanctity of human life, and the two-parent, marriage-bound family.
• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) The nation's foremost advocate of individual rights - litigating, legislating, and educating the public on a broad array of issues affecting individual freedom in the United States.
• Center for Individual Rights Defends individual rights, with particular emphasis on freedom of speech and religion, civil rights, and restoring local autonomy.
• Institute for Justice (IJ) Litigates for individual liberty, free market solutions, and limited government.
• Judicial Watch A non-partisan, non-profit conservative foundation based in Washington, D.C., was established to serve as an ethical and legal "watchdog" over the government and judicial systems to promote political and legal reform.
• Landmark Legal Foundation A national public interest law firm that uses the law to advance conservative principles and policies through the judicial system, government and public forums.
• Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) A national nonprofit organization whose mission is to protect and promote the civil rights of Latinos living in the United States.
• National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium Works to advance the legal and civil rights of Asian Pacific Americans through litigation, public education and public policy.
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) One of the oldest and largest civil rights organization in the United States. The principal objective of the NAACP is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of minority group citizens of the United States.
• National Lawyers Guild Information on organization that works to maintain and protect civil rights and liberties; information on its activities, publications, and membership standards.
• National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Information from National Resources Defense Council, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the world's natural resources and ensuring a safe and healthy environment; includes links to documents on energy efficiency under the air/energy program.
• Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Provides information about NARF, a non-profit organization that provides legal representation and technical assistance to Indian tribes, organizations and individuals nationwide; includes links to case updates and NARF justice newsletter.
• NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund Pursues equality for women and girls in the workplace, the schools, the family and the courts, through litigation, education, and public information programs.
• Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) Fights in the courts for individual rights and economic freedoms, such as the concepts of private property rights, less government, and the free enterprise system.
• Probono.net A virtual community of public interest lawyers in New York City that bridges the private, legal services, public interest and academic sectors of the profession and serves as a model for similar networks in other legal communities.
• Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Dedicated to providing free legal help to reporters and news organizations.
• Southeastern Legal Foundation An Atlanta-based public interest law firm which advocates limited government, individual economic freedom, and the free enterprise system in the courts of law an public opinion.
• Southern Poverty Law Center Provides information about the center including its intelligence project, legal action, teaching tolerance and how to help.
• The Pro Bono Institute A non-profit policy, research, and technical assistance center which offers online access to its products and services to its member law firms and to the broader legal community. PBI also runs the Law Firm Pro Bono Project and ABA Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge.
• Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) Advocates free-enterprise principles, limited government, property rights, and reform of the civil and criminal justice system.

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