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The Michigan Association for Justice (MAJ), formerly the Michigan Trial Lawyers Association (MTLA) is a trade association of over 1,600 plaintiff's attorneys and staff, with offices in Lansing, Michigan. MAJ provides members with professional networking, online listserves, a data bank of relevant court documents and legal experts, and a member directory. The organization also provides an extensive continuing legal education (CLE) program in locations throughout Michigan. Additionally, MAJ's Lansing-based government affairs staff lobbies legislators and state agencies to advance a pro-civil justice legislative agenda, intended to preserve and enhance the rights of injured people. MAJ states that it "promotes justice and fairness for injured persons, safeguards victims' rights--particularly the right to trial by jury--and strengthens the civil justice system through education and disclosure of information critical to public health and safety."〔https://www.michiganjustice.org/index.cfm?pg=Mission〕 It provides information and professional assistance to its members. It is headquartered in Lansing, Michigan. The MAJ is an affiliated member of the American Association for Justice. ==History== In the halls of the State Capitol and in courthouses across the state, MAJ has fought, and won, in the name of justice, equality, and the integrity of the American jury system. It was here in Michigan that a small group of workers' compensation attorneys in Detroit formed what would eventually become both the Michigan Association for Justice and the American Association for Justice. It was back when WWII was drawing to a close that Sam Charfoos, the very first President of our association, decided that he could “wait no longer for a plaintiff’s lawyer organization to just happen.” Charfoos brought together 20 Workers’ Compensation and Negligence attorneys into a group that within the year would become the genesis --“Chapter I”—of what was then called the “National Association of Compensation Claimant Attorneys.”〔http://www.justice.org/cps/rde/justice/hs.xsl/2079.htm〕 The genius and dedication of the many thousands of MAJ members who have followed these pioneers helped create the trial bar as we know it today. Since then MAJ has grown to a prominent, statewide organization of 1600 members, dedicated to the preservation of civil justice. MAJ seminars, forums, document banks, and library of publications help our dedicated members advocate for their clients. And MAJ’s work in our state’s Capitol makes certain that those who place profit over people can not tilt the scales of justice in favor of the rich and powerful. And MAJ does more. Our People’s Law School〔http://www.tncp.net/Articles/tabid/1800/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3960/Default.aspx〕 program has taught tens of thousands of Michigan citizens about our legal system and their civil justice rights. The MAJ Helmet Safety Campaign has fitted more than 22,000 children with bike safety helmets at over 100 events all over the state, earning MAJ recognition from the Governor, the Legislature, and mayors of cities across the state as well as the police and public safety community.〔http://www.wlns.com/story/22289905/heads-up-for-safety-gives-free-helmets-to-kids〕 MAJ’s members can be proud that they are part of this legacy, and part of an ongoing movement that has helped to create the safer, fairer, more just and responsible modern world in which we live today. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michigan Association for Justice」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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