Human Rights First is an advocacy organization based in New York City and Washington, DC. Areas of concern include: international justice and the ICC, international humanitarian law, international refugee policy, campaigns against torture and support of refugees and asylum-seekers in the US. Its website provides information on the aims of the organisation and its activities. It includes news alerts, press releases and papers.
Unbound is a freely available online journal published by students and professors at Harvard Law School. The journal is provided in full-text and is described as being a place for "left legal intellectual discussion". There are feature articles and book reviews with subjects such as the role of social justice in US legal education and the concepts of 'right' and 'left' in international law covered in the first issue. Articles can be viewed in PDF and the site also carries details of the editorial board and submission guidelines.
Online guide to key websites and resources dealing with wrongful conviction in the United States written by Ken Strutin who is Director of Legal Information Services at the New York State Defenders Association. The guide gives details of current awareness sites which collect news stories relating to people who have been released from prison following the discovery of new evidence, a list of innocence projects and pro bono attorneys. There is a list of links to commissions set up to investigate miscarriages of justice and websites featuring collections of case profiles.
A compilation of Web-based research guides and sources dealing with state legislative history produced by Jennifer Bryan who is Documents Librarian at the Indiana University School of Law Library in the United States. The guide is made freely available and lists sources alphabetically by state providing links to the original documents.
These reports are compiled annually by the United States Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. They provide assessments of the current state of human rights as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This covers: individual, civil, political, and worker rights. Topics covered include: summary of human rights legislation, assessments of democracy and womens rights. Reports are available from 1999 onwards.
Website of the Guam Bar Association- the organisation with responsibility for regulating the practice of law in Guam. The site gives details of officers and committees of the Bar and there is a searchable directory of members and lawyer referral service. Rules and by-laws of the Guam Bar can be viewed in full on the site along with links to other Guam legal websites.
Website of Scribes (the American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects) which describes itself as a "national society of judges, lawyers, law professors, legal publishers, legal writers, and legal editors who are dedicated to improving legal writing across the profession". The site gives information on the history and activities of Scribes, contact details for officers of the Society, committees and an online copy of the constitution.
Online guide to subscription databases focusing on legal research in the United States, written by Mary Rumsey, Foreign, Comparative & International Law Librarian at the University of Minnesota. The guide was last updated in 2010. It is on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School at the New York University School of Law. The guide presents an introduction to the main vendors of United States legal information including LexisNexis, Westlaw, Loislaw and Versuslaw.
Website of the Institute for Energy Law (IEL) a division of the Center for American and International Law. The IEL is aimed at lawyers and professionals in all areas of domestic and international energy law and is "committed to continuing education for professionals in the energy industry". The site includes information about how to join, a list of current members, and details of its Advisory Board and its activities.
The Energy Law Journal is a legal journal published by the Energy Bar Association (EBA), an international not-for profit association of energy law practitioners and professionals. The journal aims to provide a forum for debate and research into all aspects of energy law and the energy industries. Contributors to the journal include practitioners, academics and federal judges. The journal is published twice a year and can be viewed online back to 1980. There are articles, committee reports, book reviews and case commentaries.
