Legal Links -> Other National Organizations

ABA Division for Legal Services The Division provides staff support for 14 ABA committees and commissions, which promote access to justice for all and improvements in the delivery of legal services.

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

Children's Defense Fund CDF educates the nation about the needs of children and encourages preventive investment before they get sick or into trouble, drop out of school, or suffer family breakdown.

Community Action Partnership The Community Action Partnership was established in 1972 as the National Association of Community Action Agencies (NACAA) and is the national organization representing the interests of the 1,000 Community Action Agencies (CAAs) working to fight poverty at the local level.

Electronic Policy Network Policy news from over 100 member organizations

NAACP.org

NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund NOW Legal Defense pursues equality for women and girls in the workplace, the schools, the family and the courts, through litigation, education, and public information programs.

National Association of Child Advocacy The National Association of Child Advocates (NACA) is the only national organization devoted to building the capacity of state and local child advocacy organizations. Founded in 1984, NACA is a nationwide network of child advocacy organizations working at the increasingly critical level of America's statehouses, county commissions, and city councils.

National Association of Public Interest Law NAPIL (now called Equal Justice Works) is engaged in organizing, training and supporting public service-minded law students, and is the national leader in creating summer and postgraduate public interest jobs.

National Center for Children in Poverty Research and policy organization

National Institute for Trial Advocacy NITA's mission is to provide the best possible training in legal advocacy skills and techniques for resolving legal disputes and to foster professionally responsible behavior emphasizing ethics, candor, civility, and judicial economy.

Practising Law Institute Practising Law Institute (PLI) is a non-profit continuing legal education organization.

Pro Bono Institute he Pro Bono Institute, housed at Georgetown University Law Center, is mandated to explore and identify new approaches to -- and resources for -- the provision of legal services to the poor, disadvantaged, and other individuals or groups unable to secure legal assistance to address critical problems.

SSI Coalition SSIC seeks to assure that low-income older adults, children and adults with disabilities lead secure and dignified lives. SSIC advocates for policies that promote economic security and provide health coverage. Has fact sheets and issue papers.

Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Founded in 1982, TLPJ utilizes a nationwide network of more than 2,700 outstanding trial lawyers to pursue precedent-setting and socially significant litigation. It has a wide-ranging litigation docket in the areas of consumer rights, environmental protection, toxic torts, worker safety, civil rights and liberties, and access to the courts.