SALI Areas of Law

# Code Set Level Code Full Code   Short Name Name   Description
1  SALI Area of Law  1  BANK  BANK  Banking Law  Banking Law  Law that governs how banks and other financial institutions conduct business.
2  SALI Area of Law  2  BOPS  BANK-BOPS  - Banking Operations  Banking Operations  Law governing routine banking operations including bank capital requirements, risk management, etc.
3  SALI Area of Law  2  SAML  BANK-SAML  - Bank Secrecy and Anti-Money Laundering  Bank Secrecy and Anti-Money Laundering  Law regulating financial institutions relating to money laundering.
4  SALI Area of Law  1  BKCY  BKCY  Bankruptcy and Restructuring  Bankruptcy and Restructuring  Laws relating to insolvent individuals and companies.
5  SALI Area of Law  2  CBKR  BKCY-CBKR  - Corporate Insolvency  Corporate Insolvency  Law relating to insolvency of corporations.
6  SALI Area of Law  2  PINS  BKCY-PINS  - Personal Insolvency  Personal Insolvency  Law relating to debt relief for individuals.
7  SALI Area of Law  1  CIVR  CIVR  Constitutional and Civil Rights  Constitutional and Civil Rights  Rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals.
8  SALI Area of Law  2  DISC  CIVR-DISC  - Discrimination  Discrimination  Protection from discrimination on grounds such as race, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, color, age, political affiliation, ethnicity, religion, and disability.
9  SALI Area of Law  2  INDV  CIVR-INDV  - Individual  Individual  Individual rights such as privacy and the freedom of thought, speech, religion, press, assembly, and movement.
10  SALI Area of Law  2  POLR  CIVR-POLR  - Political  Political  Political rights include natural justice (procedural fairness) in law, such as the rights of the accused, including the right to a fair trial; due process; the right to seek redress or a legal remedy; and rights of participation in civil society and politics such as freedom of association, the right to assemble, the right to petition, the right of self-defense, and the right to vote.
11  SALI Area of Law  1  CORP  CORP  Corporate Law  Corporate Law  Law that governs the formation and operation of corporations.
12  SALI Area of Law  2  BIZO  CORP-BIZO  - Business Organizations  Business Organizations  Law governing the creation and operation of businesses.
13  SALI Area of Law  2  CGOV  CORP-CGOV  - Corporate Governance  Corporate Governance  Mechanisms, processes, and relations by which corporations are controlled and operated.
14  SALI Area of Law  2  MRGA  CORP-MRGA  - Mergers and Acquisitions  Mergers and Acquisitions  Law dealing with companies that are purchasing and/or merging with other companies.
15  SALI Area of Law  1  COTL  COTL  Commercial and Trade Law  Commercial and Trade Law  Law that applies to the rights, relations, and conduct of persons and businesses engaged in commerce, merchandising, trade, and sales.
16  SALI Area of Law  2  ADMR  COTL-ADMR  - Admiralty and Maritime Law  Admiralty and Maritime Law  Law that governs nautical issues and private maritime disputes.
17  SALI Area of Law  2  ANTI  COTL-ANTI  - Antitrust and Competition  Antitrust and Competition  Law surrounding business competition.
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18  SALI Area of Law  2  CSMR  COTL-CSMR  - Consumer Protection  Consumer Protection  Law that creates a more equitable balance for buyers in the marketplace and prevents sellers from using dishonest tactics.
19  SALI Area of Law  2  TRAD  COTL-TRAD  - Trade Law  Trade Law  Law, rules, and customs governing trade between countries including imports and exports.
20  SALI Area of Law  2  TRNS  COTL-TRNS  - Commercial Transactions  Commercial Transactions  Law related to business contracts and agreements.
21  SALI Area of Law  1  CRIM  CRIM  Criminal Law  Criminal Law  Law concerned with the punishment of individuals who commit crimes.
22  SALI Area of Law  2  ACOR  CRIM-ACOR  - Anti-Corruption  Anti-Corruption  Law addressing bribery of public officials.
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23  SALI Area of Law  2  AFOR  CRIM-AFOR  - Asset Forfeiture  Asset Forfeiture  Asset forfeiture or asset seizure is a form of confiscation of assets by the state.
24  SALI Area of Law  2  BIZF  CRIM-BIZF  - Business and Financial Crimes  Business and Financial Crimes  Fraud, embezzlement, ponzi, etc. False Claims Act.
25  SALI Area of Law  2  CYBR  CRIM-CYBR  - Cybercrime  Cybercrime  Crimes committed using a computer or directed at computers, data, or other information technology - piracy, hacking, etc.
26  SALI Area of Law  2  ORGC  CRIM-ORGC  - Organized Crime  Organized Crime  Law related to curtailing organized crime.
27  SALI Area of Law  1  EDUC  EDUC  Education Law  Education Law  The body of state and federal law that covers teachers, schools, school districts, school boards, and the students they teach.
28  SALI Area of Law  1  ENRG  ENRG  Energy Law  Energy Law  Law concerned with creating, enforcing and challenging laws that regulate energy use.
29  SALI Area of Law  2  NUCL  ENRG-NUCL  - Nuclear  Nuclear  Law regulating nuclear power and nuclear materials.
30  SALI Area of Law  2  OILG  ENRG-OILG  - Oil and Gas  Oil and Gas  Law pertaining to the acquisition and ownership rights in oil and gas both under the soil before discovery and after its capture, and adjudication regarding those rights.
31  SALI Area of Law  2  RENE  ENRG-RENE  - Renewable Energy  Renewable Energy  Laws pertaining to renewable energy.
32  SALI Area of Law  3  HYDROE  ENRG-RENE-HYDROE  - - Hydroelectric Energy Law  Hydroelectric Energy Law  Laws pertaining to hydroelectric power.
33  SALI Area of Law  3  SOLARE  ENRG-RENE-SOLARE  - - Solar Energy Law  Solar Energy Law  Laws pertaining to solar power.
34  SALI Area of Law  3  WINDRE  ENRG-RENE-WINDRE  - - Wind Power Law  Wind Power Law  Law pertaining to wind power.
35  SALI Area of Law  2  SLTR  ENRG-SLTR  - Sales and Transmission  Sales and Transmission  Law involving all aspects of the economic regulation of energy utilities including electric utilities, power generation and electric transmission, distribution of electricity, natural gas, crude and petroleum, and coal.
36  SALI Area of Law  1  ENVT  ENVT  Environmental and Natural Resource Law  Environmental and Natural Resource Law  Law addressing environmental pollution and natural resource management.
37  SALI Area of Law  2  AIRQ  ENVT-AIRQ  - Air Quality  Air Quality  Law governing the emission of air pollutants into the atmosphere.
38  SALI Area of Law  2  CCLN  ENVT-CCLN  - Contaminant Cleanup  Contaminant Cleanup  Law governing the removal of pollution or contaminants from environmental media such as soil, sediment, surface water, or groundwater.
39  SALI Area of Law  2  CHMS  ENVT-CHMS  - Chemical Safety  Chemical Safety  Law governing the use of chemicals in human activities, particularly man-made chemicals in modern industrial applications.
40  SALI Area of Law  2  ENIA  ENVT-ENIA  - Impact Assessment  Impact Assessment  Assessment of the environmental consequences (positive and negative) of a plan, policy, program, or actual projects prior to the decision to move forward with the proposed action.
41  SALI Area of Law  2  FORR  ENVT-FORR  - Forest Resources  Forest Resources  Laws governing activities in designated forest lands, most commonly with respect to forest management and timber harvesting.
42  SALI Area of Law  2  FSHG  ENVT-FSHG  - Fish and Game  Fish and Game  Laws regulating the right to pursue and take or kill certain kinds of fish and wild animal (game).
43  SALI Area of Law  2  MINR  ENVT-MINR  - Mineral Resources  Mineral Resources  Laws covering the ownership of the mineral resource and who can work them.
44  SALI Area of Law  2  WATQ  ENVT-WATQ  - Water Quality  Water Quality  Law governing the release of pollutants into water resources.
45  SALI Area of Law  2  WATR  ENVT-WATR  - Water and Marine Resources  Water and Marine Resources  Laws governing the ownership and use of water resources, including surface water and groundwater, oceans and seas.
46  SALI Area of Law  2  WLPL  ENVT-WLPL  - Wildlife and Plants  Wildlife and Plants  Laws governing the potential impact of human activity on wild animals or plants, whether directly on individuals or populations, or indirectly via habitat degradation.
47  SALI Area of Law  2  WSTM  ENVT-WSTM  - Waste Management  Waste Management  Law governing the transport, treatment, storage, and disposal of all manner of waste, including municipal solid waste, hazardous waste, and nuclear waste.
48  SALI Area of Law  1  FINL  FINL  Finance and Lending  Finance and Lending  Law supporting the function of providing loans or other financing to businesses or individuals.
49  SALI Area of Law  2  COMF  FINL-COMF  - Commercial Finance  Commercial Finance  Law supporting the function of providing loans or other financing to businesses.
50  SALI Area of Law  2  LNDL  FINL-LNDL  - Lender Liability  Lender Liability  Law which holds lender liable for a borrower's financial losses that are directly or indirectly related to the lender's actions.
51  SALI Area of Law  1  FOOD  FOOD  Food and Drug Law  Food and Drug Law  Laws regulating food, drugs, and cosmetics.
52  SALI Area of Law  1  GAME  GAME  Gaming Law  Gaming Law  Law, rules, and regulations that apply to the gaming or gambling industry.
53  SALI Area of Law  1  HLTH  HLTH  Health Law  Health Law  Law, rules, regulations and other jurisprudence among providers, payers and vendors to the health care industry and its patients; and (2) delivery of health care services; all with an emphasis on operations, regulatory and transactional legal issues.
54  SALI Area of Law  1  INFS  INFS  Information Security Law  Information Security Law  Law regulating the protection of information and information systems from unauthorized access
55  SALI Area of Law  2  CYBR  INFS-CYBR  - Cybersecuity  Cybersecurity  Law and rules related to the protection of information and information systems.
56  SALI Area of Law  2  GVTA  INFS-GVTA  - Government Access and Disclosure  Government Access and Disclosure  Law relating to the access and disclosure of information by a government.
57  SALI Area of Law  2  PRIV  INFS-PRIV  - Privacy  Privacy  Laws regulating the storing, and using of personally identifiable information of individuals.
58  SALI Area of Law  1  INSU  INSU  Insurance Law  Insurance Law  Law surrounding insurance, including insurance policies and claims.
59  SALI Area of Law  1  INTP  INTP  Intellectual Property Law  Intellectual Property Law  Law protecting the legal rights to inventions, designs, and artistic works.
60  SALI Area of Law  2  COPY  INTP-COPY  - Copyright Law  Copyright Law  Laws intended to encourage the creation of art and culture by rewarding authors and artists with a set of exclusive rights.
61  SALI Area of Law  2  PATE  INTP-PATE  - Patent Law  Patent Law  Law is designed to encourage inventors to disclose their new technology to the world by offering the incentive of a limited-time monopoly on the technology.
62  SALI Area of Law  2  TMRK  INTP-TMRK  - Trademark and Trade Dress Law  Trademark and Trade Dress Law  Law protecting a business' commercial identity or brand by or product design discouraging other businesses from adopting a name, logo or design that is "confusingly similar" to an existing trademark or design.
63  SALI Area of Law  2  TSCR  INTP-TSCR  - Trade Secret Law  Trade Secret Law  Law relating to trade secrets.
64  SALI Area of Law  1  LEMP  LEMP  Labor and Employment Law  Labor and Employment Law  Law relating to the relationship between trade individuals, unions, employers and the government.
65  SALI Area of Law  2  DSCE  LEMP-DSCE  - Employment Discrimination  Employment Discrimination  Law relating to protected class employment discrimination including retaliation and harassment
66  SALI Area of Law  2  HLTE  LEMP-HLTE  - Employment Health and Safety  Employment Health and Safety  Law governing the health and safety of employees.
67  SALI Area of Law  2  IMME  LEMP-IMME  - Employment Immigration  Employment Immigration  National statutes, and regulations governing employment-based immigration into and deportation from a country.
68  SALI Area of Law  2  LABR  LEMP-LABR  - Labor Law  Labor Law  Law relating to the relationship between trade unions, employers and the government.
69  SALI Area of Law  2  PENB  LEMP-PENB  - Pension and Benefits Law  Pension and Benefits Law  Law relating to retirement and welfare benefit plans, with particular emphasis on benefits arrangements.
70  SALI Area of Law  2  WGHR  LEMP-WGHR  - Wage and Hour Law  Wage and Hour Law  Law that governs the wages rates an employer can pay its employees, the hours for which an employer must compensate its employees, child labor laws and meal and break laws.
71  SALI Area of Law  2  WORK  LEMP-WORK  - Workers Compensation Law  Workers Compensation Law  Law addressing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment.
72  SALI Area of Law  2  WTRM  LEMP-WTRM  - Termination  Termination  Law encompassing rules by which an employer may terminate an employee.
73  SALI Area of Law  1  PFAM  PFAM  Personal and Family Law  Personal and Family Law  Law that deals with family matters and domestic relations.
74  SALI Area of Law  2  ADOP  PFAM-ADOP  - Adoption, Surrogacy and Paternity  Adoption, Surrogacy and Paternity  Laws relating to adoption, surrogacy and paternity.
75  SALI Area of Law  2  IMMF  PFAM-IMMF  - Immigration Law  Immigration Law  National statutes, and regulations governing immigration into and deportation from a country including issues of naturalization and citizenship.
76  SALI Area of Law  2  JUVL  PFAM-JUVL  - Juvenile Law  Juvenile Law  Juvenile law and child protective proceedings.
77  SALI Area of Law  2  MATR  PFAM-MATR  - Matrimonial  Matrimonial  Laws relating to marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships.
78  SALI Area of Law  1  PUBL  PUBL  Public and Administrative Law  Public and Administrative Law  Law which governs relationships between individuals and the government, and the activities of administrative agencies of government including rule making, adjudication, or the enforcement of a specific regulatory agenda.
79  SALI Area of Law  2  ELEC  PUBL-ELEC  - Election Law  Electon Law  Legal procedures and regulations governing elections.
80  SALI Area of Law  2  GOVC  PUBL-GOVC  - Government Contracts  Government Contracts  Laws relating to contracts in which the government is a party.
81  SALI Area of Law  2  INDI  PUBL-INDI  - Indiginous People's Law  Indiginous People's Law  Legal procedures and regulations specific to indigenous peoples' rights.
82  SALI Area of Law  2  MILV  PUBL-MILV  - Military and Veterans Law  Military and Veterans Law  Legal procedures and regulations specific to the military and veterans rights.
83  SALI Area of Law  2  PFIN  PUBL-PFIN  - Public Finance  Public Finance  Law including legislation and regulations relating to the financial activities of government or public sector organizations.
84  SALI Area of Law  2  PPGA  PUBL-PPGA  - Public Policy and Government Affairs  Public Policy and Government Affairs  Rules surrounding lobbying and political advocacy.
85  SALI Area of Law  2  PRJF  PUBL-PRJF  - Project Finance Law  Project Finance Law  Legal procedures and regulations specific to the development, equity and non-recourse debt financing, construction, operation, and maintenance of major industrial and infrastructure projects.
86  SALI Area of Law  2  UTIL  PUBL-UTIL  - Utilities  Utilities  Law involving all aspects of the economic regulation of public utilities by agencies of federal, state, and local government, and public service commissions.
87  SALI Area of Law  2  WELF  PUBL-WELF  - Public Health and Welfare  Public Health and Welfare  Law relating to the authority of the government at various jurisdictional levels to improve the health of the general population within societal limits and norms.
88  SALI Area of Law  1  REAL  REAL  Real Property Law  Real Property Law  Law that governs the various forms of ownership and tenancy in real property.
89  SALI Area of Law  2  CONS  REAL-CONS  - Construction and Development  Construction and Development  Law dealing with matters relating to building construction, engineering, and related fields.
90  SALI Area of Law  2  EMDN  REAL-EMDN  - Eminent Domain Law  Eminent Domain Law  Law regulating the taking of private land for public use.
91  SALI Area of Law  2  LLTN  REAL-LLTN  - Landlord Tenant Law  Landlord Tenant Law  Law that details the rights and duties of landlords and tenants
92  SALI Area of Law  2  LUZN  REAL-LUZN  - Land Use and Zoning Law  Land Use and Zoning Law  Law regulating the subdivision, use, and restriction of land.
93  SALI Area of Law  2  PTRN  REAL-PTRN  - Property Rights and Transactions  Property Rights and Transactions  Law relating to the acquisition and transfer of real property.
94  SALI Area of Law  1  SECU  SECU  Securities and Fianancial Instruments Law  Securities and Fianancial Instruments Law  Law covering transactions and other dealings with securities including both federal- and state-level regulation by purely governmental regulatory agencies, listing requirements of exchanges, and rules of self-regulatory organizations.
95  SALI Area of Law  2  BROK  SECU-BROK  - Broker-Dealer  Broker-Dealer  Law surrounding individuals engaged in effecting transactions in securities for others or for their own account.
96  SALI Area of Law  2  COMM  SECU-COMM  - Commodities  Commodities  Law governing commodities and futures trading activities.
97  SALI Area of Law  2  DERV  SECU-DERV  - Derivatives and Futures  Derivatives and Futures  Law governing derivatives.
98  SALI Area of Law  2  EXCH  SECU-EXCH  - Exchanges  Exchanges  Rules regarding market places or facilities for bringing together purchasers and sellers of securities.
99  SALI Area of Law  2  INVA  SECU-INVA  - Investment Advisor  Investment Advisor  Rules regarding investment adviser duties and responsibilities.
100  SALI Area of Law  2  INVC  SECU-INVC  - Investment Companies  Investment Companies  Regulations on companies that engage primarily in investing, reinvesting, and trading in securities, and whose own securities are offered to the investing public.
101  SALI Area of Law  2  OFFR  SECU-OFFR  - Security Offerings and Capital Markets  Security Offerings and Capital Markets  Corporate debt and equity issuance (public and private) and markets.
102  SALI Area of Law  2  STRF  SECU-STRF  - Structured Finance  Structured Finance  Law surrounding securitization and asset-backed securities.
103  SALI Area of Law  1  TAXR  TAXR  Tax and Revenue Law  Tax and Revenue Law  Law which deals with the constitutional, common-law, statutory, tax treaty, and regulatory rules that constitute the law applicable to taxation.
104  SALI Area of Law  2  ESTA  TAXR-ESTA  - Estates, Gifts, and Trusts  Estates, Gifts, and Trusts  Laws regulating estate or personal planning and administration.
105  SALI Area of Law  2  NONP  TAXR-NONP  - Non-Profit and Exempt Organizations  Non-Profit and Exempt Organizations  Laws that govern non-profit and charitable organizations operations and management.
106  SALI Area of Law  2  TAXL  TAXR-TAXL  - Tax  Tax  Federal, State, and Local tax laws.
107  SALI Area of Law  1  TELE  TELE  Telecommunications Law  Telecommunications Law  Laws regulating telecommunications and broadcasting.
108  SALI Area of Law  1  TORT  TORT  Personal Injury and Torts  Personal Injury and Torts  Law which allows an injured person to obtain compensation from the person who caused the injury.
109  SALI Area of Law  2  ASLT  TORT-ASLT  - Assault  Assault  Law relating to inflicting physical harm or unwanted physical contact upon a person or a threat or attempt to commit such an action.
110  SALI Area of Law  2  DEFA  TORT-DEFA  - Defamation  Defamation  The action of damaging the good reputation of someone; slander or libel.
111  SALI Area of Law  2  FRAU  TORT-FRAU  - Fraud and Economic Torts  Fraud and Economic Torts  The wrong done by another person or business that occurs in, or affects, commerce.
112  SALI Area of Law  2  NGMP  TORT-NGMP  - Negligence and Malpractice  Negligence and Malpractice  Failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person or professional, in the case of professional negligence, would exercise in like circumstances and the harm caused by those actions.
113  SALI Area of Law  2  PRDL  TORT-PRDL  - Product Liability  Product Liability  Law relating to liability for injuries caused by defective or unsafe products.
114  SALI Area of Law  1  TRAN  TRAN  Transportation Law  Transportation Law  Law involving transportation infrastructure and all forms of road, railway, water and air transport.
115  SALI Area of Law  2  AVIA  TRAN-AVIA  - Aviation Law  Aviation Law  Law that concerns flight, air travel, and associated legal and business concerns.
116  SALI Area of Law  2  MOTV  TRAN-MOTV  - Motor Vehicle Law  Motor Vehicle Law  Law covering all the aspects of registering and titling motor vehicles, and licensing drivers.
117  SALI Area of Law  2  RAIL  TRAN-RAIL  - Railway Law  Railway Law  Law that concerns railways and associated legal and business concerns.