Plain
Language
Organizations

Center for Plain Language -- a nonprofit, U.S. tax-exempt membership organization, promotes the use of plain language in the public and private sectors. Co-host of the 2005 international PLAIN conference, Nov. 3-6 in Washington, D.C.

Clarity -- Worldwide lawyers' group and interested lay people campaigning for the use of good, clear language by the legal profession.

Legal Secretaries International Inc. -- We support the use of plain language in legal documents.

Plain English Committee, The State Bar of Michigan -- The goal of our Committee is to promote the use of clear writing by legal professionals.

Plain English Plus -- In Australia, a group of people who want to bring the benefit of plain English plus to the world.

Plain Language Action & Information Network -- In the United States, a government-wide group of volunteers working to improve communications from the federal government to the public. Co-host of the 2005 international PLAIN conference, Nov. 3-6 in Washington, D.C.

Plain Language Committee -- Law Practice Management Section, British Columbia Branch, Canadian Bar Association

The Plain Swedish Group -- Appointed by the government to encourage state authorities all over Sweden to start plain language projects.

Scribes -- The American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects seeks to spread the growing scorn for legal writing that is turgid, obscure, and needlessly dull.