| Civil
Rights Issues: |
Alliance
for Justice
A national association of civil rights, mental health,
women's, children's and consumer advocacy organizations. American
Civil Liberties Union
The ACLU's mission is to preserve all of
the Constitution's protections and guarantees. Annual
Report to Congress of the Office for Civil Rights (Fiscal year 2006) Civil
Rights and the American Bar Association (Human Rights Magazine
- Winter 2007)
The roots of the Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities
(IRR) lie in the civil rights movement of the 1960s. The Section’s future
is tied to the civil rights movements that will emerge in the coming decades and
beyond NAACP |
| Capital
Punishment Issues: |
ABA
Calls for National Execution Moratorium
(ABA Journal - October 2007)
After
a three-year study on state capital punishment systems, the American Bar Association
is calling for a nationwide moratorium on executions until an unfair and sometimes
inaccurate application of the death penalty is corrected. Amnesty
International Human
Rights Magazine
(American Bar Association - Spring 2007)
The
issue linked above has several interesting articles on the subject of Capital
Punishment. Human
Rights Magazine
(American Bar Association - Summer 2001)
The
issue linked above has several
interesting articles on the Death Penalty. National
Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty |
| Consumer
Law Issues: |
National
Consumer Law Center
Protecting consumers and promoting marketplace
justice. National
Assn. of Consumer Advocates
A nationwide organization of attorneys
who represent consumers victimized by fraudulent business practices. |
| Criminal
Law: |
| Criminal
Defense & Indigent Defense Links |
| Freedom
of Information Act: |
Freedom
of Information Act - Carry a Big Stick
An
article from the Michigan Bar Journal GovernmentDocs.org:
A new online government document database that will house Freedom of Information
Act responses and other government documents from a number of organizations that
can be browsed, searched and reviewed. Let
the Sunshine In: How Public are our Public Records? A
report on Wayne State University students' requests for public records and the
resulting compliance. |
| Housing
Issues: |
Community
Housing Network
A community economic development organization
that promotes the economic self-sufficiency and inclusion of people with special
needs and people of low to very low income in their communities through home-ownership
and access to affordable, desirable housing opportunities and other community
resources. |
| Hoarding: |
Elders
Hoarding Animals Need Help (PA Elder Blog)
A thoughtful essay and
information on the subject of animal hoarding Understanding
Compulsive Hoarding (The Senior Resource Network)
Hoarding is defined
as the acquisition of, and inability to discard items, even though they appear
to others to have no value. |
| Indian
Law: |
Native
American Rights Fund
The oldest and largest nonprofit law firm
dedicated to asserting and defending rights of Indian tribes, organizations and
individuals. Senate
Committee on Indian Affairs Tribal
Court Clearinghouse |
| Legal
(General): |
Electronic
Code of Federal Regulations Legal
Services Links Making
a Difference: A Role for Lawyers in Economic Development National
Legal Center for the Public Interest Prosecuting
Attorneys, District Attorneys, Attorneys General & U.S. Attorneys Trial
Lawyers for Public Justice
|
| Miscellaneous: |
State
of Michigan Contact Directory Online (phone
numbers & email of state employees) Staying
Legal - for Michigan Nonprofits
(Michigan Nonprofit Assn.)
A website to help new and already-established charitable
organizations comply with federal and state laws and regulations. |
| Veterans: |
Extra
Income for Veterans and Spouses Can Help Pay for Care
Many
people aren't aware that the VA has a special program, called "Aid and Attendance,"
that pays additional income to Veterans and their spouses, and to the widows (and
widowers) of Veterans.
Kaiser
Daily Health Policy Report
Many
U.S. veterans are unaware of health care, tax breaks, and other state and federal
benefits they are entitled to, according to local liaisons to former troops. National
Veterans Legal Services Program
A nonprofit organization dedicating
to ensuring that the government honors its commitment to veterans. Veterans'
Benefit for Long-Term Care Revealed (Secret Dollars) Veterans
Family Matters
A newsletter
to keep you updated on VA related issues, to provide interesting articles concerning
veterans, and to share information relevant to Veterans and to their families. Veterans
Resource Center - from National Alliance on Mental Illness Veteran's
Traumatic Brain Injury Family Caregiver Panel to be Established
- Brain Injury News and Information Blog
The Department of Defense
gave notice that it intends to establish the Traumatic Brain Injury Family Caregiver
Panel as a subcommittee of the Defense Health Board. |
| Welfare: |
National
Partnership for Women & Families National
Center for Law and Economic Justice |
| Women's
Issues: |
GAO
Report on Women's Retirement Challenge National
Association of Baby Boomer Women
A wealth of information pertaining
to baby boomer women. |
