The Heartland Institute is not alone in providing information on important legal issues. The following sources also blog on the issue and provide research, publications, studies, newsletters, and commentaries:

American Enterprise Institute Legal Center for the Public Interest -- AEI’s Legal Center for the Public Interest was formed in September 2007, when the National Legal Center for the Public Interest merged into the American Enterprise Institute. The AEILC program on legal and constitutional studies includes conferences, studies, publications, research monographs, and books.

American Tort Reform Association -- ATRA works toward enactment of state and federal laws “working to bring greater fairness, predictability and efficiency to America’s civil justice system” through public education and enactment of legislation. It has affiliated state-based liability reform organizations in 40 states. Its mission includes health care liability reform, class-action reform, promotion of jury service, limits on punitive damages, limits on product liability reform, and sound courtroom scientific evidence.

Cato Institute -- Cato works to increase the understanding of public policies involving libertarian principles of limited government, free markets, and individual liberty. Cato’s constitutional scholars address a variety of issues, including federalism, property rights, civil rights, criminal law and procedure, and asset forfeiture. These issues involve substantive law areas such as banking law and regulation, campaign finance, constitutional studies, environmental law and regulation, law and economics, and gun control.

Center for Class Action Fairness -- Ted Frank, former resident fellow at AEI, is founder and president of the Center for Class Action Fairness, formed in 2009. CCAF actively represents objectors to unreasonable class-action settlements, such as those brought as a pretext to reward plaintiffs’ lawyers while awarding minimal recoveries to plaintiffs.

The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy -- Members of the Federalist Society are conservatives and libertarians who promote public awareness of 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.” It works to achieve recognition of the importance of these principles among lawyers, judges, law students, and professors.

The Goldwater Institute -- Goldwater is a government watchdog, focused on Arizona. Through its Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation, it protects fundamental rights through litigation against government over-reaching. It represents the indigent to protect and enforce their fundamental constitutional rights in areas such as fiscal responsibility, school choice, and property rights.

Institute for Justice -- IJ was founded in 1991 as a civil liberties public interest law firm. IJ litigates and educates the public “on behalf of individuals whose most basic rights are denied by the government--like the right to earn an honest living, private property rights, and the right to free speech, especially in the areas of commercial and Internet speech.” IJ challenges “the government when it stands in the way of people trying to earn an honest living, when it unconstitutionally takes away individuals’ property, when bureaucrats instead of parents dictate the education of children, and when government stifles speech.”

The Manhattan Institute -- The Manhattan Institute works to foster economic choice and individual responsibility, supporting research on the legal system. Its Center for Legal Policy communicates information on legal reform through books and articles in newspapers, magazines, and academic journals. It and its fellows also manage online resources on the U.S. legal system: PointofLaw.com, TrialLawyersInc.com, and Walter Olson’s OverLawyered.com.

U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform -- Represents the U.S. business community to make “making America’s legal system simpler, fairer and faster for everyone.” It works for federal and state legislative reform, voter education, public education, and grassroots activities. Among its reform activities are to build public support, build alliances with other reform groups, eliminate frivolous lawsuits, and enforce legal ethics.