Some legal advocacy org twitter pages

Here are some examples of legal advocacy organization twitter pagers:
  1. Southern Poverty Law Center: https://twitter.com/splcenter?lang=en
  2. ACLU: https://twitter.com/ACLU?lang=en
  3. EarthJustice: https://twitter.com/Earthjustice?lang=en
  4. Environmental Defense Fund: https://twitter.com/EnvDefenseFund?lang=en
  5. National Women’s Law Center: https://twitter.com/nwlc?lang=en
Next we'll check out how they use hashtags in their posts.

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