US National Legal Organizations Online Resources

American Bar Association (ABA)

American Bar Association Service Center
541 N. Fairbanks Ct
Chicago, IL 60611

American Bar Association
740 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005-1019
Contact Information

ABA Sections & Divisions:

• Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice
• Antitrust Law
• Business Law
• Criminal Justice
• Dispute Resolution
• Family Law
• General Practice, Solo & Small Firm
• Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division
• Health Law
• Individual Rights and Responsibilities
• Intellectual Property Law
• International Law and Practice
• Judicial Division
• Labor and Employment Law
• Law Practice Management

• Law Student Division
• Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
• Legal Services
• Litigation
• Natural Resources, Energy, and Environmental Law
• Public Contract Law
• Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law
• Real Property, Probate and Trust Law
• Science and Technology
• Senior Lawyers Division
• State and Local Government Law
• Taxation
• Tort and Insurance Practice
• Young Lawyers Division

• ABA Forums:
  • Affordable Housing and Community Development
  • Air and Space Law
  • Communications Law
  • Construction Industry
  • Entertainment and Sports Industries
  • Franchising

• ABA Features:
  • ABA Journal
  • ABA News
  • ABA Center for CLE
  • ABA Network Lawyer Locator

Other National Legal Organizations

• Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB)
• ALI-ABA Committee on Continuing Professional Education – Offers a curriculum of post-admission CLE, course materials, video and audio tapes, satellite broadcasts, books, electronic publications, plus much more.
• Alliance for Justice – Association of environmental, civil rights, mental health, women’s, children’s and consumer advocacy organizations
• American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys – Provides estate planners with the tools to build a successful law practice.
• American Board of Certification – Nonprofit organization serving the public to improve the quality of the bankruptcy and creditors’ rights law bars.
• American Board of Trial Advocates
• American Civil Liberties Union
• American College of Forensic Examiners
• American College of Family Trial Lawyers
• American College of Trial Lawyers
• American College of Trust & Estate Counsel
• American Corporate Counsel Association
• American Immigration Lawyers Association
• American Intellectual Property Law Association
• American Inns of Court
  • Louis M. Welsh Chapter – Hosted by MegaLaw.com.
• The American Judges Association
• American Judicature Society
• American Law and Economics Association – Dedicated to the advancement of economic understanding of law and related areas of public policy and regulation.
• American Law Institute
• American Prepaid Legal Services Institute
• American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics (ASLME)
• Association of Attorney-Mediators
• Association of Federal Defense Attorneys
• Association of Healthcare Medical Lawyers – Attorneys that reduce your medical bills on a 100% contingency basis.
• American Pro Se Association
• American Society of Corporate Secretaries
• American Society of International Law
• American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics
• Animal Legal Defense Fund
• Asia Pacific Legal Institute – Nonprofit organization dedicated to the cooperation, education and exchange of legal professionals between the United States and Asia.
• ASIL Internet Group in International Environmental Law
• Association of American Law Schools
• Association for Continuing Legal Education
• Association of Legal Administrators
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• Atlantic Legal Foundation
• Black Entertainment & Sports Lawyers Association
• Center for Democracy and Technology
• Christian Legal Society
• Communications and Media Law Association
• The Commonwealth Legal Education Association
• The Computer Law Association
• The Corporate Bar
• Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
• The Constitution Society
• The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates
• Cyberlaw Association
• CyberSpace Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute – Preeminent national membership organization for defense, insurance, and corporate counsel.
• Delta Theta Phi
• Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Electronic Privacy Information Center
• Education Law Association
• Federal Bar Association (FBA)
• Federal Communications Bar Association
• Federal Magistrate Judges Association
• Federation of Insurance & Corporate Counsel
• Fully Informed Jury Association
• Future Lawyers Alliance Network (FLAN)
• Greek American Lawyers Association
• HALT
• Hellenic Bar Association
• Hispanic National Bar Association
• Home School Legal Defense Association – Protects the constitutional right of parents to direct the education of their children, site provides extensive on-line resources to the home school community.
• HomeBase
• Intellectual Property Owners
• Interlegal
• International Association of Legal Administrators
• International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
• International Lawyers Network
• The Internet and Computer Law Association
• International Pension and Employee Benefits Lawyers Association (IPEBLA)
• Job 22 – Serving refugees and displaced persons with free, impartial legal advice to all citizens regardless of their current place of residence.
• Judge Advocates Association – Bar association for the Armed Forces and veterans practitioners. Site offers information on military law and research with links to research law sites world wide.
• Justinian Society of Lawyers
• Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.
• Landmark Legal Foundation
• Law Enforcement Gays And Lesbians (LEGAL)
• Law School Admission Council Online
• The Law Society
• Lawyer Pilots Bar Association
• Lawyers for Literacy
• The Lawyer’s Second Amendment Society
• Legal Justice Reform Network
• Legal Secretaries International Inc. – Professional association of choice for the legal secretary.
• Liberty Counsel – A civil liberties education and legal defense organization with legal news, research, issues, and historical documents.
• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys – Includes legal issues affecting the elderly such as wills, probate, trust, estate planning, Medicare, Medicaid and more.
• National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
• National Association of Attorneys General
• National Association of Background Investigators
• National Association of College and University Attorneys
• National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Inc.
• National Association of Criminal Lawyers
• National Association of Enrolled Agents
• National Association of Guardians ad Litem
• National Association of Insurance Litigation Management
• National Association for Law Placement
• National Association of Legal Assistants
• National Association of Legal Secretaries
• National Association of Legal Search Consultants
• National Association of Patent Practitioners – Nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting patent practitioners and those working in the field of patent law.
• National Association for Public Interest Law – Founded in 1986 by law students, today the NAPIL engages in organizing, training and supporting public service-minded law students.
• National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys
• National Association for Rights Protection & Advocacy
• National Association of Secretaries of State
• National Association of State Information Resource Executives
• National Bankruptcy Review Commission
• National Bar Association
• National Board of Trial Advocacy
• National Coalition for Child Protection Reform
• National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association – Are a powerful voice in a child’s life.
• National District Attorneys Association
• National Employment Lawyers Association
• National Federation of Paralegal Associations
• National Health Lawyers Association
• National Jewish Law Students Association
• National Lawyers Association
• National Lawyers Guild
• National Legal Aid and Defender Association
• National Legal Center for the Public Interest
• National Legal Video Association
• National Organization of Bar Counsel
• National Organization of Legal Services Workers, UAW Local 2320
• National Paralegal Association
• National Resource Center for Consumers of Legal Services
• National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc.
• National Whistleblower Center
• Native American Bar Association
• Network of Trial Law Firms
• Notary.org
• NSBA Council of School Attorneys
• Online Ombuds Office
• Paralegal Gateway
• Public Law Research Institute
• Phi Alpha Delta
• Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity
• Practising Law Institute
• Sigma Delta Kappa Law Fraternity
• Taxpayers Against Fraud, The False Claims Act Legal Center
• The Taxpayer Assets Project
• Western Society of Criminology
• World Wide Legal Information Association