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Lawyers Committee for Human Rights  
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American Civil Liberties Union
International Association of Democratic Lawyers  
National Organization of Legal Services Workers  
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 
National Coalition to Protect Political Freedom  
Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute (MCLI) Asian American Legal Defense Fund Center for Constitutional Rights
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice This national, progressive, public interest law firm offers cutting-edge legal briefs and news on human rights, civil rights, consumer protection and environmental preservation, plus a free, online database of 2,300 contacts for public interest advocates, sorted by 35 focus areas.

International Human Rights

Center for Justice and Accountability Peacenet's human rights information page,
Human rights treaties and related documents,
DIANA web siteincludes women's human rights resources.
United Nations
United Nations Geneva home page
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights South Africa Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Derechos Human Rights "the first internet based human rights organization"  Defining the Crime of Aggression for the International Criminal Court

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Political Research Associates Directory of Human Rights Organizations on the Net
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Montgomery Securities and Painewebbber v. Dannenberg

Other Internet Sites Related To Criminal Justice

Prison Industrial Complex Research Site
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The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Law: Law Schools and Libraries
U.S. House of Representatives - Law Library - Business, finance, economic, consumer protection laws
Welcome to Legal Pad
Yahoo - Government: Law: Federal
THOMAS -- U.S. Congress on the Internet

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Housing Resources

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General Law Resources

W3 Lawyer - Lots of links to law related stuff
Table of Law Topics from Cornell Law
FindLaw: Internet Legal Resources
Social Law Library, Boston, Massachusetts
Consumer Information Center Links- lots of fed. agency links
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Government Printing Office Access Databases
Tenant Net Home Page
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Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator

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The National Association for Public Interest Law Online
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
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Food Research and Action Center
Western New York Law Center
Bazelon Center: What We Do
Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Web Site
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Voting

Center for Voting and Democracy is an organization that works on voting system reform, including proportional   representation and voting systems used to settle voting rights cases  like cumulative voting and limited voting.

Other Interesting Sites

International Katrina Tribunal: Peoples' Hurricane Relief Fund/Oversight Committee is calling on justice seeking people throughout the world to stand in solidarity with us on Wednesday, August 29th in support of these actions and demand that the US government be made accountable for the crimes it perpetrated against the marginalized and oppressed peoples of the Gulf Coast – people African descent, Indigenous Peoples, migrants, and the poor - during and after Hurricane Katrina. Find out more at their website.

Famous American Trials  in depth coverage of a number of trials, including the Scottsboro case, the Chicago Seven, the Rosenbergs, the Amistad trials and the Scopes trials. Racetalks Initiatives is a research and public education project initiated by University of Pennsylvania Law Professors Lani Guinier and Susan Sturm. Racetalks is an ongoing interdisciplinary project that seeks to develop new paradigms for linking racial and gender justice to the project of building more inclusive institutions. The "Alger Hiss Story" recreates one of the most important legal cases in this country's history, often cited as a turning point in 20th century American thinking.

Free the Cuban Five! Center for Guerrilla Law: articles on race and the law, progressive law practice. Security for Activists from the Public Eye website American Immigration Law Foundation: AILF has compiled a clearinghouse of resources about the immigration aspects of the September 11 terrorist attack on America. American Friends Service Committee: Justice Visions website offers two publications on hate violence American Muslim Council (AMC)

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)

American Immigration Lawyers Association

The Center for National Security Studies works for control of the FBI and  CIA and to prevent violations of civil liberties in the United States.

Council on American Islamic Relations

Human Rights Watch, Washington, DC National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) has news articles, analyses of bills, and commentary to keep you informed as to the current status of changes in law that affect criminal defense lawyers and all Americans.

Political Research Associates watches the right wing People's Law Resource Center,  founded in 2003, is a nonprofit organization working for economic and social justice and providing legal information, advocacy, and representation, in service to our communities in the Washington, DC area. PSLawNet has a September 11th Disaster Relief Legal Network, an online resource for law students and lawyers looking to get involved with the relief efforts following the tragic events of September 11, 2001.  San Francisco Town Hall Committee Against Hate and War