Links & Resources
The lawyers at Sasson, Turnbull and Hoose have been involved with a wide variety of organizations that are dedicated to making the world in which we live a better place. To find out more about the work of the organizations which have been influential in our work please click on the links to the following:
Death Penalty Related
Massachusetts Citizens Against the Death Penalty - http://www.mcadp.org
Southern Center for Human Rights - http://www.schr.org
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - http://www.criminaljustice.org
Equal Justice Initiative - http://www.eji.org
Lead Paint Related Web Sites
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - http://www.epa.gov/lead
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office on Pollution Prevention and Toxics web site on residential lead paint hazards. Contains lead regulations, brochures, training & education materials, technical & scientific articles, and lead links.
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention (CDC) - http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead
Web site of the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention containing a variety of information and links about the health effects of lead paint poisoning and lead paint screening programs.
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) - http://www.cpsc.gov
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) site containing information and articles regarding lead paint in consumer products.
eMedicine - http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic293.htm
eMedicine site with an overview on Lead Poisoning pathology and history.
The Massachusetts Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program - http://www.state.ma.us/dph/clppp
HUD - http://www.hud.gov/offices/lead
HUD programs related to lead-based paint in housing; includes guidelines on controlling lead-based paint hazards
Other Sites
National Consumer Law Center - http://www.consumerlaw.org/
The NCLC is a group that advocates for low-income consumer justice. They also publish several well-respected manuals regarding consumer/legal issues. They have an excellent collection of articles and etc. regarding the so-called bankruptcy reform legislation. They also have links to other good consumer sites.
American Bankruptcy Institute - http://www.abiworld.org
Website of the American Bankruptcy Institute, providing general information on bankruptcy, bankruptcy news, statistics, legislative updates, and answers to questions.
Cornell's "Law About" Pages - http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/bankruptcy.html
The Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute's "Law About" pages provide brief summaries of law topics, including bankruptcy with links to key primary source material, other Internet resources, and useful off net references.
Official web site of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts - http://www.mab.uscourts.gov
GLAD - http://www.glad.org
Website of the Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders. Contains current news about legal developments affecting the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities.
