Links

Lawyer rating sites:

Rate Your Solicitor - Anybody can relate their experience with any legal professional in Ireland.

Lawyer Guide - UK solicitor directory with reviewing facility for listed firms.

Solicitor.info - Solicitor rating site for the UK.

Solicitors from Hell - Names and shames bad solicitors in the UK.

Lawyer Ratingz - An American site that lets people rate their lawyer.

Avvo - A U.S. site with lawyer listings, reviews, legal information and advice.

More crooked lawyer sites:

Corrupt Lawyers - A Dublin-based site about an arson case.

Scotland Against Crooked Lawyers - A group that aims to reform the Scottish legal system.

CASIA - Complaints Against Solicitors, action for Independent Adjudication: An English organisation that wants to establish independent adjudication of complaints against solicitors.

Legal Bullies - Site detailing the wrongdoing of an English law firm, FDC Law.

Solicitors from Hell - Site detailing the wrongdoing of *another* English law firm, Thos Boyd Whyte.

Professional Rogues - This site names and shames some bad solicitors in England.

Citizens Against Legal Abuse - A US group that exposes corruption and provides support to victims of judicial and legal abuse.

Here are some other sites you may find interesting:

The Law Reform Commission - An independent organisation that makes recommendations for law reform.
You can make a submission to them about a law you would like to change!

Oireachtas contact information - Write to your T.D. about a bad solicitor.

The Law Society of Ireland - The regulatory body of Irish solicitors. There is detailed information on how to make a complaint about a solicitor.

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal - An independent body that deals with complaints of misconduct against solicitors.

The Bar Council - The governing body for barristers in practice at the Bar.

The Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform - The official Government website.

Irish Statute Book - A free searchable database of all Irish statutes from 1922 to 2005.

Irish Courts - The very informative site of the Courts Service of Ireland.

Irish Law - Irish law links and information by the UCC Law Faculty.

Free Legal Advice Centres - FLAC provides legal aid and advice to those who cannot afford a lawyer.

Personal Injuries Assessment Board - PIAB enables you to make a personaI injury claim without using a solicitor.

Consumers' Association of Ireland - An independent organisation working on behalf of Irish consumers.

USFI - A group that campaigns for equal rights for unmarried and separated fathers in Ireland.

Public Inquiry - Examining alleged corruption in Ireland.

Transparency International - The global coalition against corruption.

World Law Direct - Get legal advice; correspond with an international lawyer for a nominal sum.

Out-Law.com - IT and e-commerce legal information and support.

ECHR Action - Information on taking your case to the European Court of Human Rights.

A few entertaining American sites:

Dumb Laws - A large selection of ridiculous laws from various countries.

Overlawyered - Chronicles of an overly litigious society.

The Stella Awards - Awards for the most outrageous lawsuits.

Law Laughs - Collection of Lawyer Jokes.

My Pet Lawyer - A remote-controlled talking lawyer doll.