Municipal Leagues

The International Code Council (ICC) is a non-profit organization that develops and implements building safety and fire prevention codes worldwide. These codes cover areas such as design, construction, fire prevention, plumbing, and energy conservation. The ICC's International Codes (I-Codes) are widely adopted and serve as the foundation for building regulations in many countries.

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Robert’s Rules of Order is the recognized guide to fair, orderly, and professionally conducted meetings. American Legal is the exclusive publisher of the electronic edition of this valuable resource chosen by Robert’s Rules Association. We have supported them with sales of the electronic version of Robert’s Rules of Order, Newly Revised, since 2004.

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American Legal has been helping state and municipal governments for more than 85 years. Sometimes, the foundational principles of our legal system, such as the separation of powers and the rule of law, are taken for granted.

To help spread these important concepts throughout the globe, American Legal assists the World Jurist Association (WJA) and their members with their publishing.

American Legal has been a codification consultant to IMLA since 1994. American Legal is also a sponsor at the International Committee of IMLA.

American Legal is a strong supporter of the International Institute of Municipal Clerks (IIMC). American Legal has endowed IIMC scholarships and served as an Emerald Sponsor of the IIMC annual conference.

American Legal has partnered with the Ohio Municipal League (OML) for more than 20 years. Acting as official consultant, we provide OML members electronic versions of meeting minutes and other documents.

Since 1980, more than 200 North Carolina municipalities have taken advantage of this cost-effective codification partnership. The North Carolina League of Municipalities (NCLM) also publishes municipal codes and meeting minutes online.

The League of Nebraska Municipalities began a partnership with American Legal in 1997 to provide codification services for nearly 200 Nebraska municipalities. One option is the Nebraska Basic Code which provides villages and second-class cities an option for a code template, specific to Nebraska municipalities, as the underlying foundation of a municipal code.

Since 2015, more than 160 Kansas cities have used our partnership for codification service to efficiently and economically organize and update municipal ordinances and codes.

They have been providing codification services to Iowa cities for more than 40 years. Their knowledge, experience and service are unequaled. American Legal, in partnership, provides digital code services for local Iowa governments.

Since 1997, American Legal has produced an electronic version of the League of Wisconsin Legal Opinions, Attorney Institute Papers and other League manuals.

Partners since 2004, we publish the South Dakota Basic Code, a complete model code of ordinances, to offer cost-effective codification to league members. We also provide additional custom code options.

In 1997, the League of Oregon Cities chose American Legal as a Program Partner. We provide an Oregon Basic Code for small cities and a range of codification and information management services to Oregon municipalities and counties in conjunction with the League.

Previously, the League of Minnesota Cities ran an in-house codification program. As the number of codification projects grew, it became too difficult to provide this service to their members. Due to our expertise and reputation, American Legal was chosen as a partner in 2000 to provide codification and information management for more than 300 Minnesota cities.