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National Center for Law and Economic Justice

The National Center for Law and Economic Justice (formerly the Welfare Law Center) helps those on low incomes to access the benefits to which they are entitled through litigation, advocacy and policy analysis. Its website gives details of its recent cases, advocacy, and support work with grassroots groups. News and other information is provided on key issues, including civil rights, racial justice, disability rights, food stamps and health care. There is also a blog and an archive of NCLEJ newsletters.

Public Interest Law Initiative

The Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) is an American NGO concerned with promoting access to justice in Illinois. It runs a pro bono initiative, student internship programmes and graduate fellowship programmes to encourage participation in the field of pro bono legal advice. Its website has information about its activities and events and provides links and guidance for the public, pro bono volunteers, law firms, corporations and others.

American Immigration Lawyers Association

The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) is an organisation for attorneys and academics in the field of immigration law. Its website provides immigration news and AILA policy briefs, continuing legal education, information about AILA publications, including the AILA Journal, and videos. There is also a blog, Think Immigration, and a state-by-state guide to ethics and professional conduct for lawyers.

Lambda Legal

Lambda Legal is a US legal and educational advocacy organisation representing lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and people with HIV who are fighting discrimination. The site provides information relating to Lambda's work and background to legal issues concerning lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. There is also background information to key issues Lambda is concerned with including employment rights, marriage and family law, youth, HIV, rights of transgender people, fair and impartial courts and immigration.

Harvard Law and Policy Review

Website of the Harvard Law and Policy Review, the journal of the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS), run by students at Harvard Law School.T he whole series is available on an open access basis, 2007 onwards. The website also provides details of the editorial staff, the board of advisers and submissions policy.  The ACS is an educational organisation of lawyers, law students, scholars, judges and policymakers concerned with promoting progressive law and policy in the United States. 

American Constitution Society for Law and Policy

The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS) is a non-profit, educational organisation of lawyers, law students, scholars, judges and policymakers concerned with promoting progressive law and policy in the United States. Its website includes organisational information and news and a blog, together with details of ACS research projects. Briefings, reports, articles and other publications are available; other resources include videos of ACS events.

Justia Regulation Tracker

Website providing access to US federal and state regulations. Allows users to search the Federal Register, in which federal regulations are published, or to browse it by federal department / agency. Also provides links to US state regulations and to the websites of federal agencies. Justia is a California-based legal media and technology company providing free access to online legal materials and other value added services. 

Justia Dockets and Filings

This free resource is provided by Justia, a US legal media and technology company. It is a searchable database of documents relating to cases filed in the United States federal district courts and federal courts of appeal, from 2004 onwards. Cases can be searched by party name, court, date or lawsuit type. They can also be browsed by state, type and as a continuous listing arranged by date. Further information about the cases can be accessed using a link to PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records), for payment is required.

US Supreme Court Center

Free database of US Supreme Court decisions from the 1790s onwards, provided by Justia, a US legal media and technology company. Cases can be searched by keyword or browsed by volume / year.  The site also includes a brief history of the US Supreme Court, a list of current Supreme Court justices and details of previous justices from 1793 onwards.  

Justia

Justia provides free access to US and Latin American legal material, primarily for the general public. It has introductory guides to areas of US law including personal injury, family, estate planning, real estate, intellectual property, employment law, criminal law, business law, bankruptcy and immigration. There are links to US federal and state case law, codes and regulations, as well as to law blogs, legal forms and US government information.

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