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Effective: 08/01/2025

Welcome to a website operated by the National Center for Law and Economic Justice, Inc. (the “Center”, “NCLEJ”, “we”, or “us”). “You” refers to you and includes any other person or entity on whose behalf you may be acting. Our website is referred to as the NCLEJ “Site” or “Sites”. The Sites include the Center’s website at NCLEJ.org, all web pages whose domain name contains NCLEJ.org, and any other NCLEJ-operated website that links to the User Agreement. In addition to the Sites, these Terms of Use and all other legal documents incorporated by reference (collectively, this “User Agreement”) also apply and govern your use of any mobile application, online service, or platform operated by NCLEJ (together with the Sites, NCLEJ or the “Digital Services”) that link to the User Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, Digital Services does not include those online or virtual services that the NCLEJ has a presence on but does not operate, such as NCLEJ pages on Facebook or other social media; in all such cases, third-party site-specific terms of use apply.

By using the NCLEJ Site, you agree to the terms set forth in the User Agreement, including our Privacy Statement. From time to time we may revise the User Agreement, including our Privacy Statement, in our sole discretion, so be sure to check these web pages occasionally. If we do make material changes, we will post a notice on our home page that the User Agreement has been modified and provide a link to the revised User Agreement. If you signed up for email updates on the Site, we will also notify you via email regarding any changes to the User Agreement. You are responsible for keeping this email information accurate and up to date and for regularly checking your email.

Your continued use of the NCLEJ Site after we post a change constitutes your acceptance of the modifications to the User Agreement, and such modifications shall apply to any of your use of the NCLEJ Site following such acceptance. If you do not accept these modifications, you must cease using the NCLEJ Site. THIS USER AGREEMENT CONTAINS A LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES IN SECTION 7 BELOW WHICH AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS. ADDITIONALLY, THIS USER AGREEMENT CONTAINS A DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND BINDING ARBITRATION PROVISION, INCLUDING A CLASS ACTION WAIVER AND A RESTRICTION ON BRINGING ANY CLAIMS AFTER ONE YEAR AFTER THE FIRST OCCURRENCE OF THE EVENT UPON WHICH THE CLAIM IS BASED, THAT EACH AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS, IN SECTION 8 BELOW. THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS APPLY SOLELY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED IN YOUR JURISDICTION.

The Digital Services are intended solely for individuals who are at least eighteen (18) years of age or the age of majority in their jurisdiction, whichever is older. By accessing or using any portion of the Digital Services, you represent and warrant that you satisfy this age requirement or that you are accessing the Digital Services exclusively with the informed, verifiable, and continuous consent of your parent or legal guardian. If you are under eighteen (18) years of age and do not have such consent, you must not, and you hereby agree that you will not, access, browse, register for, or otherwise use the Digital Services in any manner.

If you are a parent or legal guardian who authorizes a minor to access or use the Digital Services, you acknowledge and agree that: (a) you are fully responsible for the minor’s acts and omissions in connection with the Digital Services, including without limitation all content submitted, posted, or otherwise transmitted by the minor and all transactions the minor enters into; (b) the User Agreement, including all disclaimers, limitations of liability, indemnities, and dispute-resolution provisions, applies equally to you and to the minor; and (c) you will ensure that the minor’s use of the Digital Services is at all times compliant with the User Agreement and all applicable laws, rules, and regulations.

If you are entering into the User Agreement on behalf of a business entity or organization, you represent and warrant that you have the legal authority and capacity to bind such business entity or organization. If you are neither authorized nor deemed by law to have such authority, you assume sole personal liability for the obligations set out in the User Agreement.

1. Privacy Statement

Please review our privacy statement, available at [•] (the “Privacy Statement”), which is part of the User Agreement and describes how we handle personal information collected and stewarded by the NCLEJ. You have a number of choices in relation to your personal information stewarded by the NCLEJ. To learn more, see Your Choices & Rights.

2. Intellectual Property Rights

Licensing of NCLEJ Content

Except where otherwise indicated, NCLEJ owns, or has a license to, all the materials on the NCLEJ Digital Services, including text, graphics, logos, button icons, audio clips, video clips, photographs, and software, and those rights are protected by United States and international copyright laws and other intellectual property laws (“NCLEJ Content”). You may not, without the prior written permission of NCLEJ, “mirror” any material or NCLEJ Content on any other server. You are not authorized to modify and/or create derivative works of NCLEJ Content without our express written permission. To the extent your use of material on our Site does not constitute “fair use” for which you do not need our permission, the following rules apply to use of the material:

Automatically Permitted Distribution

Unless the specific web page from which NCLEJ text material is available indicates you may not do so, you may copy or distribute text materials that appear on the NCLEJ Digital Services, in print or digital format, subject to three limitations:

Additionally, for any NCLEJ Content that is not owned by NCLEJ (“Third Party Content”), you may copy and distribute such Third Party Content if and only to the extent that the specific launching page from which that Third Party Content is accessible, and/or the Third Party Content itself, explicitly indicates that the Third Party Content may be distributed in a specified manner, subject to the same three limitations stated above under this Section.

All distributed copies of NCLEJ Content, whether of text or non-text materials, must display the following copyright notice (except for Third Party Content, which instead must comply with the notice requirements applicable to such Third Party Content as specified on the corresponding page and/or on the Third Party Content itself):

Copyright [2025 or other year indicated] National Center for Law and Economic Justice.

Originally posted by the NCLEJ at [complete address of source page].

Distribution Requiring Advance Written Permission

You must obtain written permission in advance if you wish to reproduce NCLEJ Content in any manner not listed in the previous section. You can request this permission by sending us an email at info@nclej.org that contains the information listed below:

All rights not expressly granted to the NCLEJ Content in this Section are reserved. You have no implied license to the NCLEJ Content.

Trademarks (Including Logos)

NATIONAL CENTER FOR LAW AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE, NCLEJ, NCLEJ logos, and any other trademarks on the NCLEJ Site (collectively “NCLEJ Trademarks”) are trademarks of NCLEJ in the United States and other countries unless it is explicitly stated on the NCLEJ Site where a trademark appears that the trademark is the trademark of a third party (or it is obvious from the context that it is the trademark of a third party; e.g., where we include on the NCLEJ Site the name or logo of a coalition partner) (“Third-Party Trademarks”). The following rules apply to use of the NCLEJ Trademarks and/or Third-Party Trademarks (as applicable):

You may not use any of the NCLEJ Trademarks without our permission, which may be granted or withheld in our sole discretion. If granted permission to use any of the NCLEJ Trademarks, you (a) may not use such NCLEJ Trademarks for any product or service that does not belong to the NCLEJ, nor in any manner that is likely to cause confusion about whether we are the source, affiliated with, sponsor of, or endorser of any product, service, event, or organization; (b) may not use such NCLEJ Trademarks in connection with any content that makes direct or indirect reference to, features or otherwise depicts any candidate for elective office (c) may not use such NCLEJ Trademarks in any manner that illegally disparages or discredits us; (d) may not sublicense or transfer your right to use such NCLEJ Trademarks; (e) may only use such NCLEJ Trademarks for the limited purpose set forth in the NCLEJ permission; and (f) must use such NCLEJ Trademarks consistent with any trademark guidelines NCLEJ shares with you. All goodwill generated from your use of the NCLEJ Trademarks will remain with NCLEJ.

You may not use any Third-Party Trademarks without the relevant third party’s permission.

3. Unauthorized Activities

When using the Digital Services, you agree not to:

This list of prohibitions provides examples and is not complete or exclusive. NCLEJ reserves the right to suspend access to or ban users from the Site, with or without notice, for violations of this Section, or for any reason or no reason, or for any action that NCLEJ determines is inappropriate or disruptive to this Site or to any other user of this Site. NCLEJ may report to law enforcement authorities any actions that may be illegal, and any reports it receives of such conduct. When legally required or at NCLEJ’s discretion, NCLEJ will cooperate with law enforcement agencies in any investigation of alleged illegal activity on this Site or on the Internet.

You agree to indemnify and hold NCLEJ and its officers, directors, employees, affiliates, agents, licensors, and business partners harmless from and against any and all costs, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including attorneys’/lawyers’ fees and costs of defense) NCLEJ or any other indemnified party suffers in relation to, arising from, or for the purpose of avoiding, any claim or demand from a third-party that your use of this Site violates any applicable law or regulation, or the copyrights, trademark rights or other rights of any third-party.

4. Feedback

If you send or transmit any communications, comments, questions, suggestions, or related materials to NCLEJ, whether through the Site or by letter, email, telephone, or otherwise (collectively, “Feedback”), suggesting or recommending changes to the Digital Services or to the NCLEJ Content or services, including, without limitation, new features or functionality relating thereto, all such Feedback is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary. Except as prohibited by applicable law, you hereby assign all right, title, and interest in, and NCLEJ is free to use, without any attribution or compensation to you, any ideas, know-how, concepts, techniques, or other intellectual property and proprietary rights contained in the Feedback, whether or not patentable, for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to, developing, manufacturing, having manufactured, licensing, marketing, and selling, directly or indirectly, products and services using such Feedback. Where the foregoing assignment is prohibited by law, you hereby grant us an exclusive, transferable, worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid-up license (including the right to sublicense) to use and exploit all Feedback as we may determine in our sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you understand and agree that NCLEJ is not obligated to use, display, reproduce, or distribute any such ideas, know-how, concepts, or techniques contained in the Feedback, and you have no right to compel such use, display, reproduction, or distribution.

5. Links and Frames

You may link to the NCLEJ as long as the link does not cast us in a false or misleading light. You may not frame the content of the NCLEJ Site. You may not use metatags or any other “hidden text” that incorporates NCLEJ Trademarks or our name without our express written consent.

6. Links to Other Websites

The NCLEJ Site contains links to other websites that we think may be of interest to you. We are not responsible for and have no control over these other sites or their content. Remember that when you link to another site, that other site is governed by its own user agreement and privacy statement, which you should be sure to read. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the availability of such websites, resources, or services, and do not endorse and are not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such websites, resources, or services, including pricing and/or pricing policies. You further acknowledge and agree that we shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or inability to use (i) any sites or resources that this Site provides links to or that provide links to this Site, or (ii) any content, goods, products, or services available on or through any such websites, resources, or services. To the extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent these are shown, we take no responsibility for third party advertisements which are posted on this Site, nor do we take any responsibility for the goods or services provided by advertisers. Your dealings with, or participation in promotions of, any third-party advertisers or providers of goods, products, or services found on or through this Site and any terms, conditions, warranties, or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such third-party advertiser or provider.

In no event shall any reference to any third party or third-party product or service be construed as our approval or endorsement of that third party or of any product or service provided by a third party.

7. Disclaimers and Limitations of Liability

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. THE DIGITAL SERVICES, INCLUDING THE SITE AND ALL NCLEJ CONTENT, IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE,” AND “WITH ALL FAULTS” BASIS, WITHOUT REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, NCLEJ EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE MATERIALS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, QUIET ENJOYMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE, OR TRADE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NCLEJ MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE DIGITAL SERVICES WILL (A) MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR EXPECTATIONS; (B) BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, CURRENT, COMPLETE, ACCURATE, ERROR-FREE, OR FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS; (C) PROVIDE CORRECT, ACCURATE, ADEQUATE, USEFUL, OR RELIABLE RESULTS OR INFORMATION; OR (D) BE CORRECTED FOR ANY DEFECTS OR ERRORS. YOU ASSUME ALL RISK FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM, MOBILE DEVICE, OR DATA THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR USE OF OR ACCESS TO THE DIGITAL SERVICES, INCLUDING ANY DAMAGES RESULTING FROM VIRUSES, MALICIOUS SOFTWARE, OR OTHER HARMFUL ELEMENTS. NO ORAL OR WRITTEN INFORMATION, STATEMENT, REPRESENTATION, OR ADVICE GIVEN BY NCLEJ OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY PROVIDED HEREIN. NCLEJ EXPRESSLY DISCALIMS ALL IMPLIED INDEMNITY OBLIGATIONS. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES; ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND THIS DISCLAIMER SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL NCLEJ, ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR REPRESENTATIVES BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER OR, HOWEVER CHARACTERIZED, FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF REVENUES, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, OR ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL OR ECONOMIC LOSS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE DIGITAL SERVICES (INCLUDING THE SITE AND THE NCLEJ CONTENT), THIS USER AGREEMENT, OR ANY ACT OR OMISSION OF NCLEJ, WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF NCLEJ HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR IF SUCH DAMAGES WERE REASONABLY FORESEEABLE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NCLEJ’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE DIGITAL SERVICES (INCLUDING THE SITE AND THE NCLEJ CONTENT) AND/OR THIS USER AGREEMENT, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (US $100). THE EXISTENCE OF MULTIPLE CLAIMS OR SUITS SHALL NOT ENLARGE OR EXTEND THE FOREGOING LIMIT.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THE DISCLAIMERS OF WARRANTY AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SET FORTH IN THIS USER AGREEMENT ARE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN THE PARTIES, THAT NCLEJ WOULD NOT PROVIDE THE DIGITAL SERVICES WITHOUT SUCH LIMITATIONS, AND THAT THEY SHALL APPLY EVEN IF ANY LIMITED REMEDY SPECIFIED HEREIN IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. NOTHING IN THIS USER AGREEMENT EXCLUDES OR LIMITS LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

8. Dispute Resolution and Arbitration; Class Action Waiver

Please read this Section carefully, it affects your rights. This Section applies solely to the extent applicable in your jurisdiction.

(a) Applicable Law and Statute of Limitations Waiver. The User Agreement and any dispute that may arise between you and NCLEJ shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Federal Arbitration Act, applicable federal law and the laws of the State of New York, United States of America, excluding its rules regarding conflicts of law. You agree that any claim or dispute you may have against NCLEJ must be resolved exclusively in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, or if there is no federal jurisdiction over the action, in the courts of the State of New York located in New York, New York, except as otherwise agreed by the parties or as described in the Arbitration subsection below. You agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of these courts for the purpose of litigating all such claims or disputes. You hereby waive any and all rights to bring any claim or action related to any matters under the User Agreement in any forum beyond one (1) year after the first occurrence of the kind of act, event, condition or omission upon which the claim or action is based.

(b) Arbitration. You agree that NCLEJ may elect to resolve any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of, relating to, or in connection with the User Agreement and/or the Site, including with respect to the formation, applicability, breach, termination, validity or enforceability thereof, through binding arbitration. Arbitration expressly excludes claims for injunctive or other equitable relief.

In the event NCLEJ elects arbitration, you hereby agree to move any claims to the exclusive jurisdiction of an arbitration procedure, which shall be initiated through the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) if you are located in the United Sates of America or Canada, and theInternational Chamber of Commerce if you are located outside of the U.S.A or Canada. The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the AAA or the Rules of Arbitration of the ICC, as applicable. The seat of the arbitration shall be New York, New York, USA, and it shall be conducted in the English language. The costs of the arbitration, including the parties’ reasonable legal fees, shall in principle be borne by the unsuccessful party or parties. However, the arbitral tribunal may apportion such costs between the parties if it determines that apportionment is reasonable, considering the circumstances of the case. The arbitration award shall be final and binding on the parties, and the parties undertake to carry out any award without delay. Judgment upon the award may be entered by any court having jurisdiction of the award or having jurisdiction over the relevant party or its assets. The parties agree that the IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration shall apply to the arbitration. The parties agree that the arbitration shall be kept confidential. The existence of the arbitration, any non-public information provided in the arbitration, and any submissions, orders or awards made in the arbitration (together, the “Confidential Information”) shall not be disclosed to any non-party except the arbitrator(s), the AAA or ICC as applicable, the parties, their counsel, experts, witnesses, accountants and auditors, insurers and reinsurers, and any other person necessary to the conduct of the arbitration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a party may disclose Confidential Information to the extent that disclosure may be required to fulfil a legal duty, protect or pursue a legal right, or enforce or challenge an award in bona fide legal proceedings. This confidentiality provision survives termination of the User Agreement and of any arbitration brought pursuant to the User Agreement. The arbitrator(s) may not award any punitive, exemplary, or consequential damages, nor may the arbitrator(s) apply any multiplier to any award of actual damages, except as may be required by statute. The arbitrator(s) shall have no authority to certify a class action; add any parties; vary or ignore the provisions of the User Agreement, and shall be bound by governing and applicable law. The arbitrator(s) shall be willing to execute an oath of neutrality. The arbitrator(s) shall render a written opinion setting forth all material facts and the basis of their decision within sixty (60) days of the conclusion of the arbitration proceeding.

(d) Waiver of Jury Trial. YOU HEREBY WAIVE YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY RIGHTS TO GO TO COURT AND HAVE A TRIAL IN FRONT OF A JUDGE OR A JURY. In the event any litigation should arise between you and NCLEJ in any state or federal court in a suit to vacate or enforce an arbitration award or otherwise, YOU WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL, instead electing that the dispute be resolved by a judge.

(e) Waiver of Class or Consolidated Actions. ALL CLAIMS AND DISPUTES WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THESE TERMS MUST BE ARBITRATED OR LITIGATED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT ON A CLASS BASIS, AND CLAIMS OF MORE THAN ONE USER CANNOT BE ARBITRATED OR LITIGATED JOINTLY OR CONSOLIDATED WITH THOSE OF ANY OTHER USER.

9. California Consumer Notice

Under California Civil Code Section 1789.3, California users are entitled to the following consumer rights notice: This Site is provided by the National Center for Law and Economic Justice, 50 Broadway, Suite 1500, New York, NY 10004, USA. If you have a question or complaint regarding the Site, please contact us at info@nclej.org or +1(212) 633-6967. California residents may reach the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs by post at 1625 North Market Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95834 or by telephone at (916) 445-1254 or (800) 952-5210 or Hearing Impaired at TDD (800) 326-2297 or TDD (916) 322-1700.

20. Termination; General Provisions

We reserve the right to discontinue any of the Digital Services and/or terminate the User Agreement at any time without notice for any reason, including, in the case of the User Agreement, for your violation of any of its provisions, without any liability to you.

The disclaimer of warranties, representations made by you, indemnities, limitations of liability and this Section shall survive any termination of the User Agreement. The User Agreement constitutes the entire understanding and agreement between you and us regarding this subject matter, and supersede any and all prior or contemporaneous agreements or understandings, written and oral. If any of the User Agreement is found to be inconsistent with applicable law, then such term shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make such provision comply with applicable law, and no other terms will be modified. NCLEJ’s failure to enforce any of the User Agreement is not a waiver of such term or provision. The proprietary rights, disclaimer of warranties, representations made by you, indemnities, limitations of liability and general provisions shall survive any termination of the User Agreement.

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