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National Partners
The organizations
included here comprise a diverse group of independent
organizations, each with its own mission and governance
structure. They have in common, however, that they each
focus on various aspects of legal reform. Some undertake
public education or research programs, while others meet with
government officials to advocate for specific reform measures.
Each has its own role to play in keeping with its mission and
charter.
For your convenience,
we have brought together some of their notable reports and
publications as a way for you easily become acquainted with
their legal reform activities.
Click on logos below to
go to the organization's page on this website. Or, click
on the links on the right menu bar to go directly to their
websites.
Interested in legal reform at the State Level?
Visit our State Partners
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American
Enterprise Institute Liability Project |
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The AEI Liability Project’s mission is to promote a
better understanding of the sources, contours, and consequences
of the liability crisis; and, to help ensure that political or
legal reform energies are neither misspent nor misdirected. |
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American
Tort Reform Association |
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Founded in 1986, the
American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) is a broad based,
bipartisan coalition of more than 300 businesses, corporations,
municipalities, associations, and professional firms who support
civil justice reform.
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American
Legislative Exchange Council |
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The
American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is the nation's
largest nonpartisan individual membership organization of state
legislators who share a common commitment to the Jeffersonian
principles of individual liberty, limited government and free
markets.
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American
Association of Managing General Agents |
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The AAMGA is
an international trade association comprised of the premier
wholesale property and casualty agents and companies in the
insurance industry. The AAMGA is committed to fostering the
business partnerships, professionalism, trusted expertise and
exchange of knowledge among its members. |
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Center for
Individual Freedom |
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The Center for
Individual Freedom is a non-partisan organization that protects
individual freedom and individual rights guaranteed by the U.S.
Constitution. The Center seeks to focus public,
legislative and judicial attention on the rule of law as
embodied in the federal and state constitutions.
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Center for
Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute |
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The Center for Legal Policy
(CLP) at the Manhattan Institute is a
leading voice for reform of America’s civil justice system. The CLP’s
mission is to communicate thoughtful ideas on civil justice
reform to real decision-makers. |
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Competitive
Enterprise Institute |
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The Competitive
Enterprise Institute is a non-profit public policy
organization dedicated to advancing the principles of free
enterprise and limited government. |
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Council for
Citizens Against Government Waste |
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CCAGW mission is to advocate the elimination of waste and
inefficiency in government through nonpartisan public education
programs and lobbying activities. |
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Doctors for
Medical Liability Reform |
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Doctors for Medical Liability Reform (DMLR) is a
coalition of 230,000 practicing medical specialists who are
committed to protecting patients' access to healthcare by
supporting federal legislation that will reform our nation's
broken medical liability system. |
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Federalist
Society |
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The Federalist Society for Law and
Public Policy Studies is a group of conservatives and
libertarians interested in the current state of the legal order.
It is founded on the principles that the state exists to
preserve freedom, that the separation of governmental powers is
central to our Constitution, and that it is emphatically the
province and duty of the judiciary to say what the law is, not
what it should be. |
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Lawyers for
Civil Justice |
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Created by defense trial lawyers and corporate counsel,
Lawyers for Civil Justice (LCJ) is a national coalition
supporting excellence, fairness and improvements within the
civil justice system. |
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Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI |
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The Manufacturers
Alliance/MAPI, established in 1933, is a nonprofit executive
development and business research organization serving the needs
of senior corporate management of its nearly 500 member
companies. Our activities range from economic forecasting and
policy research in a wide array of economic, legal, and
management areas to the operation of Executive Councils and
Conferences for executives in nearly every management
discipline. |
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National
Association of Manufacturers |
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The
NAM’s mission is to enhance the competitiveness of manufacturers
by shaping a legislative and regulatory environment conducive to
U.S. economic growth and to increase understanding among
policymakers, the media and the general public about the vital
role of manufacturing to America’s economic future and living
standards. |
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Pacific
Research Institute |
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The mission of the
Pacific Research Institute (PRI) is to champion freedom,
opportunity, and personal responsibility for all individuals by
advancing free-market policy solutions. |
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Politically
Active Physicians Association |
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The Politically
Active Physicians Association (P.A.P.A.) was formed in 2002
by concerned medical practitioners to ensure quality medical
care can continue to be delivered to Pennsylvania’s patients. To
achieve that goal, P.A.P.A. has led the charge for tort reform,
taking the battle to the grassroots. |
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Southeastern Legal Foundation |
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Founded in 1976,
Southeastern Legal Foundation is celebrating its 29th year
as an Atlanta-based public interest law firm which advocates
limited government, individual economic freedom, and the free
enterprise system in the courts of law and public opinion. |
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Washington
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Established in 1977, Washington Legal Foundation shapes
public policy and fights activist lawyers, regulators, and
intrusive government agencies at the federal and state levels,
in the courts and regulatory agencies across the country. |
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