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Public Interest Internet Resources

Below are links to internet resources which may be of assistance to you in developing a vision of what types of public interest law may be right for you.

• Equal Justice Works (formerly the National Association of Public Interest Law)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• Center for Justice & Democracy
• Essential Information
• Idealist.Org
• International Society of Lawyers for Public Service
• Legal Services of Eastern Missouri
• Legal Aid of Western Missouri
• National Lawyers Guild
• National Legal Aid & Defender Association
• Palidan Legal Resources - Public Interest Jobs
• People for the American Way
• Public Citizen
• Public Interest Research Groups

Children's Issues

• Children's Defense Fund
• Lawyers for Children
• National Partnership for Women & Families
• Youth Law Center

Civil Rights

• American Civil Liberties Union
• American Association for Affirmative Action
• Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund
• NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund
• Native American Rights Fund
• Southern Poverty Law Center

Consumer Protection

• Consumer Action
• Consumer Product Safety Commission
• National Association of Consumer Advocates
• National Consumer Law Center
• Stakeholder Alliance

Corporate

• Corporate Watch
• Infact

Criminal Justice

• Death Penalty Information Center
• Truth in Justice

Elder Law

• American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
• National Senior Citizens Law Center

Environment

• Earth Justice
• Environmental Defense Fund
• Green Action
• National Wildlife Federation
• Sierra Club

Poverty Law

• Southern Poverty Law Center
• Welfare Law
• Woodstock Institute

Women's Rights

• Equal Rights Advocates
• NOW Legal Defense & Education Fund
• National Women's Law Center

Worker's Rights

• National Employment Lawyers Association
• DC Employment Justice Center

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