PROTECT LEGAL JUSTICE
Find a Case. Understand It. Take Action.
Use these nonprofit, university, and public-interest resources to find ongoing cases, documented injustices, legal actions, petitions, advocacy campaigns, and ways to help.
⚖️ SEARCH ACROSS CIVIL-RIGHTS CASES
Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse — University of Michigan Law School
Search thousands of ongoing and completed U.S. civil-rights cases, including immigration, policing, prisons, disability, education, discrimination, housing and more. It currently indexes more than 13,000 cases and provides underlying case documents. (Clearinghouse)
ACLU — Cases
Current litigation involving civil liberties and constitutional rights.
CourtListener — Free Law Project
Search court opinions, dockets and filings to investigate cases yourself.
🧑🏽⚖️ RACIAL JUSTICE & DISCRIMINATION
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
NAACP — Advocacy & Litigation
Southern Poverty Law Center
VIEW SPLC LEGAL & ADVOCACY WORK
🛂 IMMIGRATION & DETENTION
American Immigration Council
VIEW IMMIGRATION LITIGATION & ADVOCACY
National Immigration Project
ACLU — Immigrants' Rights
VIEW IMMIGRATION CASES & ACTIONS
⛓️ WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS & CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Innocence Project
Cases, petitions, legislation and direct opportunities to take action.
TAKE ACTION WITH THE INNOCENCE PROJECT
National Registry of Exonerations
Research documented U.S. wrongful convictions and exonerations.
SEARCH THE EXONERATION REGISTRY
Equal Justice Initiative
🚔 POLICING, JAILS & PRISONS
Prison Policy Initiative
RESEARCH U.S. INCARCERATION & POLICY
Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse
SEARCH POLICING & PRISON CASES
DOJ Civil Rights Division
VIEW CIVIL-RIGHTS CASES & MATTERS
🌎 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Earthjustice
Columbia Law School — Climate Litigation Database
Environmental Law & Policy Center
VIEW ENVIRONMENTAL LEGAL ACTION
🐾 ANIMAL CRUELTY & ANIMAL RIGHTS
Animal Legal Defense Fund
Search litigation by focus area and case status. Its litigation includes cases involving companion animals, farmed animals, wildlife, laboratories and captive animals. (Animal Legal Defense Fund)
Humane World for Animals
VIEW ANIMAL PROTECTION ADVOCACY
👁️ PRIVACY, SURVEILLANCE & TECHNOLOGY
Electronic Frontier Foundation
ACLU — Privacy & Technology
VIEW PRIVACY & SURVEILLANCE WORK
🏠 HOUSING & ECONOMIC JUSTICE
National Housing Law Project
EXPLORE HOUSING RIGHTS & ADVOCACY
National Consumer Law Center
EXPLORE CONSUMER & ECONOMIC JUSTICE
♿ DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
EXPLORE DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCACY
National Disability Rights Network
FIND DISABILITY RIGHTS HELP & ADVOCACY
🧒 CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
Children's Rights
National Center for Youth Law
VIEW YOUTH RIGHTS & LEGAL ADVOCACY
🚨 REPORT A POSSIBLE RIGHTS VIOLATION
U.S. Department of Justice — Civil Rights Division
REPORT A CIVIL-RIGHTS VIOLATION
🔎 FOUND A CASE SOMEWHERE ELSE?
Verify it before taking action.
SEARCH CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION CLEARINGHOUSE
Then follow the specific action requested by the organization actually handling the case—whether that's contacting officials, submitting public comments, signing a petition, attending a hearing, volunteering, donating, or sharing verified information.
Protect Legal Action does not tell you what to believe—it makes it easier to find documented cases, read the evidence, and discover lawful ways to get involved.