CIR provides free legal representation to deserving clients who cannot otherwise afford or obtain legal counsel and whose individual rights are threatened. We represent real individuals who have been harmed by expansive state action.

The Center for Individual Rights (CIR) is a nonprofit public interest law firm dedicated to the defense of individual liberties against the increasingly aggressive and unchecked authority of federal and state governments. CIR seeks to enforce constitutional limits on state and federal power. We aggressively litigate and publicize a handful of carefully selected cases that advance the right of individuals to govern themselves according to the natural exercise of their own reason. Our cases challenge excessive government regulation, unconstitutional state action, and other entanglements characteristic of the modern state. CIR takes an opportunistic approach to public interest law. Like a venture capital firm, we invest our resources in areas of the law that need reform and where we believe our expertise will help ensure a successful outcome.

Civil/Individual rights
Free expression
Checking Federal authority