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Rhode Island Legal Services
Rhode Island Legal Services is the State's major law firm for low-income
people with civil legal problems.
Rhode Island Disability Law Center
Legal assistance for individuals with disabilities and their families.
Rhode Island Bar Association, Volunteer Lawyer Program
The Volunteer Lawyer Program (VLP) is a public service program of the Rhode Island Bar Association designed to help people who have low-incomes obtain legal help when they need it. Its purpose is to provide legal assistance to those who cannot obtain legal representation either on their own or through other existing agencies.
Rhode Island Affiliate, American Civil Liberties Union
The American Civil Liberties Union is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to upholding and protecting the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Founded in the 1920s by a small group of devoted civil libertarians, today the ACLU is comprised of more than 500,000 members and more than fifty affiliates and chapters nationwide.
State of Rhode Island, Office of Economic Recovery and Reinvestment
The OERR is responsible for administering and complying with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), and other state and federal economic stimulus legislation.
Rhode Island Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
The Rhode Island Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (RIACDL) is an
affiliate organization of the National Association of Criminal Defense
Lawyers (NACDL). RIADCL works hand in hand with the Department of Public Defender to promote progressive
legislative changes and continuing education seminars.
Rhode Island Bar Association
The Rhode Island Bar Association is a unified bar to which all attorneys
licensed to practice in the state belong. The website includes consumer
information for the public to find answers to common legal questions
including topics from family law issues such as adoption and divorce to wills and probate,
drunk driving and buying a home. In
addition, there is information on how to choose a lawyer, and how to handle
problems or questions that may come up in the course of your representation.
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) is the preeminent organization in the United States advancing the mission of the nation's criminal defense
lawyers to ensure justice and due process for persons accused of crime or other misconduct.
National Legal Aid and Defender Association
NLADA is the nation's leading advocate for front-line attorneys and other equal justice professionals - those who make a difference in the lives of low-income clients and their families and communities. Representing legal aid and defender programs, as well as individual advocates, NLADA is proud to be the oldest and largest national, nonprofit membership association devoting 100 percent of its resources to serving the broad equal justice community.
Bureau of Justice Assistance
The BJA supports law enforcement, courts, corrections, treatment, victim services, technology and prevention
initiatives that strengthen the nation's criminal justice system.
Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative
The Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative (Global) serves as a Federal Advisory Committee (FAC) and advises the U.S. Attorney General on justice information sharing and integration initiatives. Global was created to support the broad scale exchange of pertinent justice and public safety information. It promotes standards-based electronic information exchange to provide the justice community
with timely, accurate, complete, and accessible information in a secure and trusted environment.
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