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Organizations

Legal organizations, such as bar associations, associations of lawyers and other legal professionals engaged in a specific practice area of law. Generally, organizations in this category offer professional support, networking, education and membership to other legal professionals as opposed to providing legal services directly to the public.

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Please submit only legal organizations web sites to this category. If appropriate, please submit to the most appropriate sub-category. Sites for law firms and lawyers will NOT be listed in this category, but should be submitted to the most appropriate sub-category in Society/Law/Attorneys_and_Law_Firms/. Non-English language sites should be submitted to the most appropriate subcategory within World/, as only English language sites can be listed here.

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Administration

This category contains sites about legal administration and administrators organizations.

Advocacy

Legal organizations related to advocacy, whether advocacy for groups such children or the elderly, or groups as broad as plaintiffs or defendants in lawsuits.

Please submit only legal organizations offering advocacy to this category. If appropriate, please submit to the most appropriate sub-category. Law firms should NOT be submitted here, but should be submitted to the appropriate sub-category in Society/Law/Attorneys_and_Law_Firms/ or in Regional/. Non-English sites should be submitted to the appropriate category within World/. Finally, non-legal advocacy organization sites should be submitted to Society/Organizations/Advocacy/.

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Agricultural Law

Organisations with a particular interest in the application of Law in Agriculture.

Please submit only sites representing Organisations with a particular interest in the application of Law in Agriculture. Law firms should list in: Society/Law/Services/Lawyers_and_Law_Firms/

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Associations offering membership to individuals or firms providing alternate dispute resolution (ADR), including mediation, arbitration, and negotiation.

Please submit sites for professional ADR organizations to this category.

Please do not submit sites for businesses that provide ADR services to this category; such sites should be submitted to Society/Law/Consultants_and_Services/Dispute_Resolution/Service_Providers/ or one of its subcategories. Informational ADR sites should be submitted to Society: Law: Legal Information: Alternative Dispute Resolution.

Arts and Culture

Legal organizations devoted to art and culture.

Christian Law

Legal organizations, such as bar associations, associations of lawyers and other legal professionals engaged in the area of Christian law. Generally, organizations in this category offer professional support and membership to other legal professionals as opposed to providing legal services directly to the public.

Please submit sites for Christian law organizations to this category. Please submit all sites for individual attorneys and law firms to the appropriate subcategory within Society/Law/Attorneys_and_Law_Firms/ or in Regional/. Non-English sites should be submitted to the appropriate subcategory within World/, as only English sites can be listed in this category.

Civil Liberties

Legal organizations focused on protecting civil liberties. Civil liberties are freedoms guaranteed to citizens in the constitution of the country or state. For instance, in the United States, the Bill of Rights guarantees certain freedoms to its citizens. The organizations in this category seek to protect these guaranteed freedoms.

Please submit organizations primarily concerned with civil liberties to this category. However, please note that law firms and lawyers who practice in this area should be submitted to Society/Law/Attorneys_and_Law_Firms/Public_Interest/.

Community Service

Community service organizations composed of legal professionals.

Court Reporters

Sites in this category are for professional organizations for court reporters. Organizations listed here do not offer court reporting services although their members probably do, rather, these organizations tend to focus on education, professional promotion, certification, and networking of their members.

Please submit sites for court reporting professional organizations to this category. Please do not submit sites for individual court reporters and reporting firms to this category as they will not be listed here. Submit such sites to Society/Law/Consultants/Law_Practice_Support/Court_Reporters/.

Criminal Defense

Organizations of criminal defense attorneys and allied professionals. Also, non-profit organizations that work to help defendants.

Please submit organizations of criminal defense attorneys and allied professionals to this category. Associations in this category tend to be non-profit organizations with the goals of education, networking, lobbying, or defending the accused. Lawyers and law firms that provide criminal defense should be submitted to Society/Law/Attorneys_and_Law_Firms/Criminal_Defense/ as they will not be listed in this category. Non English language sites should only be submitted to the appropriate category within World/.

Disabilities Law

Organizations for legal professionals, focusing on disabilities law.

Education

Legal organizations primarily concerned with education law issues are in this category.

Please submit legal organizations primarily concerned with education law to this category.

Please note that law firms and lawyers should NOT be submitted here, but should be submitted to the appropriate sub-category in Society/Law/Services/Lawyers_and_Law_Firms/. Law student organizations should be submitted to a category such as Reference/Education/Colleges_and_Universities/Post_Graduate_Education/Law_School/Organizations/. Non-English language sites should be submitted to the appropriate category within World/.

Elder Law

Organizations devoted to elder law.

Employment Law

Here you will find non-profit and membership organizations devoted to employment law. Employment law covers nearly all areas of the employer-employee relationship, including hiring, termination, wages, hours, equal employment opportunity (discrimination), and human resource policy and practice.

"Organizations" denotes non-profit organizations or membership organizations, generally founded for networking, education, and support of its members.

Lawyers, law firms, and litigation services should not be submitted to this category as they will not be listed here. Instead, sites for lawyers and law firms should be submitted to the most appropriate geographic category in http://dmoz.org/Society/Law/Services/Lawyers_and_Law_Firms/Labor_and_Employment_Law/

Family Law

Legal organizations focused on domestic or family law, including divorce, child custody, and adoptions.

Please submit legal organizations focused on domestic or family law, including divorce, child custody, and adoptions to this category. "Organizations" denotes membership organizations, generally founded for networking, education, and support of its members.

Lawyers and law firms should not be submitted to this category as they will not be listed here. Instead, sites for lawyers and law firms should be submitted to the most appropriate category in Society/Law/Attorneys_and_Law_Firms/Family_Law/.

Immigration

Membership organizations for lawyers and other legal professionals employed in the immigration field.

Please submit sites for membership organizations specializing in immigration law to this category. Please submit informational or consulting, immigration organizations to Society/Law/Legal_Information/Immigration/ or one of its subcategories. Law firms with an immigration practice should be submitted to Society/Law/Attorneys_and_Law_Firms/Immigration, and self-help immigration sites should be submitted to Society/Law/Self-Help/Do-It-Yourself_Kits/Immigration.

Indigenous Peoples Law

Organizations devoted to the subject of Indigenous Peoples Law.

Intellectual Property

Law-oriented professional societies for intellectual property.

This is primarily, but not solely, intended to include organizations of lawyers and others involved in the legal profession such as legal academicians, judges and others. Sites that are not legally oriented may be indexed in Business: International Business and Trade: Associations.

Legal Aid

Organizations that provide support to: public interest law firms, pro bono legal programs, and legal service providers serving poor and indigent clients.

Please add only organization sites to this category.

Public service law firms, legal service organizations, and pro bono legal service providers, and legal service providers serving poor and indigent clients should submit their sites here.

Litigation

Organizations devoted to litigation and related subjects.

Maritime and Admiralty

Membership organizations of lawyers and allied law professionals engaged in the practice of maritime and admiralty law. Organizations listed here do not engage directly in practicing admiralty and maritime law (although their members may); rather, the main purpose of these organizations tend to be networking, lobbying, education and promotion of the practice of such law.

Please submit sites for maritime and admiralty organizations to this category. Please do not submit sites of law firms or lawyers practicing maritime and admiralty law here; such sites should be submitted to the most appropriate category within Society/Law/Attorneys_and_Law_Firms/Maritime_and_Admiralty_Law/ as they will not be listed here.

Medical-Legal

Medical-Legal organizations, such as nurse-paralegal associations, associations of lawyers who practice in the medical malpractice field, and organizations of medical illustrationists are in this category. Generally, organizations in this category offer professional support and membership to other legal professionals as opposed to providing their services directly to the public.

Please submit only medical-legal organizations to this category. If appropriate, please submit to the most appropriate sub-category. Law firms and lawyers practicing in the field of medical malpractice should NOT be submitted here, but should be submitted to the appropriate sub-category in Society/Law/Attorneys_and_Law_Firms/Malpractice/. Non-English sites should be submitted to the appropriate category within World/. Sites about physicians, practices, hospitals, alleged claims, types of medical malpractice, etc. also will NOT be listed here.

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Notaries

Professional associations and other organizations of notaries.

This category is for organizations of notaries only. Do not submit sites for individual notaries here.

Paralegals

This category contains sites for professional associations for paralegals (also known as legal assistants) in North America. Although there is no single generally accepted definition of the terms "legal assistant" and "paralegal", generally, those individuals perform substantive legal work under the supervision of an attorney, that in the absence of the paralegal/legal assistant, would be performed by the attorney. Paralegals and legal assistants are generally qualified through education and/or experience to perform these tasks.

Please submit only paralegal organizations to this category. If appropriate, please submit to the most appropriate sub-category. Paralegal firms and individual paralegals offering their services to the public should NOT be submitted here, but should be submitted to Society/Law/Consultants_and_Services/ or Society/Law/Self-Help/Paralegal_Services/. Non-English sites should be submitted to the appropriate category within World/.

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Technology

This category contains organizations promoting technology in the legal field, or legal organizations concerned with the legal ramifications of technology. Organizations in this category tend to be nonprofit entities concerned primarily with networking, education and promotion of their members, as opposed to entities providing legal technology services.

Please submit sites for legal technology organizations to this category. Please note that "organizations" as used here does not include law firms or attorneys practicing in this area of law. Please submit sites for law firms and individual attorneys to Society/Law/Attorneys_and_Law_Firms/Intellectual_Property/ or the most appropriate category within Society/Law/Attorneys_and_Law_Firms/. Companies providing technical support for law firms may best belong in Society/Law/Consultants/.

Trusts and Estates

Legal organizations, such as bar associations, associations of lawyers and other legal professionals engaged in the estate planning, probate, and trusts. Generally, organizations in this category offer professional support and membership to other legal professionals as opposed to providing legal services directly to the public.

Please submit only legal organizations concerning trusts and estates to this category. Sites for law firms and lawyers should NOT be submitted here, but should be submitted to the appropriate sub-category in Society/Law/Attorneys_and_Law_Firms/Estate_Planning_and_Probate/. Non-English language sites should be submitted to the appropriate subcategory within World/.

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