Institute for Justice

Institute for Justice

Infobox_Organization
name = Institute for Justice
image_border = IJ-Logo-green.gif
caption = IJ logo
headquarters = Arlington, Virginia
formation = 1991
website =

[http://www.ij.org/ www.ij.org]
The Institute for Justice (IJ) is a non-profit libertarian public interest law firm in the United States. Its mission is to provide pro bono legal advice and representation, litigating strategically to pursue its free market agenda. It supports four core ideals: school choice, free speech, economic liberty, and property rights. It was founded in 1991 by Chip Mellor and Clint Bolick. On 4 March 2002, the Institute for Justice launched an activist project called the Castle Coalition, aimed at fighting eminent domain abuse.

The Institute has been involved in numerous high-profile cases. Particularly noteworthy cases include school choice lawsuits in Cleveland, Milwaukee, Arizona, and Florida. They have also been closely involved in a pair of important eminent domain lawsuits, including "Coking vs. C.R.D.A", in which they defended the right of Vera Coking to stay in her home despite the intent of Donald Trump to use her land for a parking lot, and the landmark eminent domain lawsuit of "Kelo v. City of New London", winning the former and losing the latter. They were also involved with the interstate wine sales case of "Swedenburg v. Kelly".

In addition to litigation, "the Institute [takes its cases] to the court of public opinion with a blitz of editorials and op-eds in leading local and national newspapers." [ [http://www.ij.org/publications/liberty/1997/l_9_97_e.html] Dead link|date=August 2008] The Institute also conducts [http://www.ij.org/students/index.html training programs for law students] , hosts several annual conferences, and publishes several newsletters, including [http://www.ij.org/publications/liberty/index.html "Liberty and Law"] and research papers. [ [http://www.ij.org/publications/other/index.html IJ Publications: Other Publications ] ]

The initial funding for the Institute came from the Koch Family Foundations which also fund the libertarian Cato Institute and Citizens for a Sound Economy.

Mellor currently serves as the Institute's president and general counsel.

References

External links

* [http://www.ij.org Institute for Justice] official website
* [http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=5454 IJ's Charity Navigator] profile which received four of four possible stars
* [http://www.sourcewatch.org/wiki.phtml?title=Institute_for_Justice Institute for Justice] from SourceWatch
*The London School of Economics Hayek Society, " [http://www.lse.ac.uk/clubs/hayek/capitalism.htm John Blundell] ", "Capitalism" seminar, Hayek society, accessed January 2004.
* [http://www.castlecoalition.org Castle Coalition] official website
* [http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DebraEngland/2006/12/16/top_10_charitable_gift_ideas_for_this_holiday_season Top 10 charitable gift ideas for this holiday season] By Debra England, December 16, 2006
*Phil Wilayto, " [http://my.execpc.com/~ajrc/ifj.html The Institute For Justice] ", A Job is a Right Campaign, February 8, 2000


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