| Term | Definition / Meaning / Stand for |
| AAFDA |
Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse |
| ABA |
American Bar Association |
| ACC |
Advisory Committee on Civil Rules |
| ACLU |
American Civil Liberties Union |
| ADGP |
Additional Director General of Police |
| AG |
Attorney General |
| AGC |
Attorney General's Chamber |
| AI |
Artificial Intelligence (in legal contexts) |
| AIP |
Attorney-In-Perjury |
| ALI |
American Law Institute |
| ALJ |
Administrative Law Judge |
| ALP |
American Legal Philosophy |
| AMICUS |
Amicus Curiae (Friend of the Court) |
| AOC |
Administrative Office of the Courts |
| AOR |
Authority of Regulation |
| AP |
Arrest and Prosecution |
| APB |
All Points Bulletin |
| ASACS |
Assam State AIDS Control Society |
| BCE |
Business Contract Enforcement |
| BGT |
Border Guard Team |
| BIA |
Bureau of Investigation |
| BIA |
Board of Immigration Appeals |
| BJP |
Bar Judicial Program |
| BMS |
Bankruptcy Mediation Service |
| BOP |
Bureau of Prisons |
| BPD |
Bailiff Police Department |
| BRIEF |
Written statement of a party's legal arguments |
| BSA |
Bar Standards Authority |
| BVA |
Board of Veteran Appeals |
| BVA |
Board of Veterans' Appeals |
| CBA |
Commercial Bar Association |
| CBA |
Collective Bargaining Agreement |
| CCPA |
Consumer Protection Act |
| CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
| CID |
Criminal Investigation Division |
| CIS |
Criminal Investigation Service |
| CJ |
Chief Judge |
| CJA |
Criminal Justice Act |
| CLERK |
Court Clerk |
| CLO |
Chief Legal Officer |
| CLS |
Civil Litigation Specialist |
| CMA |
Criminal Monetary Award |
| CML |
Criminal Law |
| COO |
Chief Operating Officers |
| CPA |
Certified Public Accountant (related to forensic accounting) |
| CPLR |
Civil Practice Law and Rules |
| CPSA |
California Peer Support Association |
| CSR |
Court of Social Review |
| CTA |
Court of Tax Appeals |
| CUE |
Clear and Unmistakable Error |
| CVA |
Commercial Vehicle Act |
| CWU |
Child Wellbeing Unit |
| DAS |
Department of Administrative Services |
| DCA |
District Court of Appeals |
| DCD |
Disciplinary Committee |
| DCS |
Department of Children's Services |
| DEA |
Drug Enforcement Administration |
| DGB |
Deccan Gramin Bank |
| DL |
Driver's License (in context of legal enforcement) |
| DNC |
Do Not Contact (in legal marketing) |
| DNO |
Do Not Open (legal term) |
| DPC |
Due Process Clause |
| DTA |
Dispute Tribunal Agreement |
| ECA |
Estate Conservation Act |
| ECHR |
European Court of Human Rights |
| ECO |
Economic Commission (for legal purposes) |
| EDC |
Economic Development Committee |
| EDPA |
Eastern District of Pennsylvania |
| EHR |
Electronic Health Records (relevant in medical law) |
| EIS |
Evidence of Injury or Settlement |