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The ABA Museum of Law, opened in November 1996 in Chicago, Illinois by the American Bar Association, was the only national museum that focuses on the role of law and the legal profession in America and throughout the world.

Its goal was to engage the public in the legal system and make it relevant in their lives.

In an effort to increase understanding of lawyers and the work they do, the museum highlighted lawyers who were well known for other work as well as well-known trials.

Family law (also called matrimonial law) is an area of the law that deals with family matters and domestic relations, including:

Termination of employment is an employee's departure from a job.

Termination may be voluntary on the employee's part, or it may be at the hands of the employer, often in the form of dismissal (firing) or a layoff.

Dismissal or firing is generally thought to be the fault of the employee, whereas a layoff is generally done for business reasons (for instance a business slowdown or an economic downturn) outside the employee's performance.

Labour law (also known as labor law or employment law) mediates the relationship between workers, employing entities, trade unions and the government.

Collective labour law relates to the tripartite relationship between employee, employer and union.

Individual labour law concerns employees' rights at work and through the contract for work.

are social norms (in some cases also technical standards) for the minimum socially acceptable conditions under which employees or contractors are allowed to work.

Government agencies (such as the former US Employment Standards Administration) enforce labour law (legislative, regulatory, or judicial).

Wrongful dismissal, also called wrongful termination or wrongful discharge, is a legal phrase, describing a situation in which an employee's contract of employment has been terminated by the employer if the termination breaches one or more terms of the contract of employment, or a statute provision in employment law.

It follows that the scope for wrongful dismissal varies according to the terms of the employment contract, and varies by jurisdiction.

The absence of a formal contract of employment does not preclude wrongful dismissal in jurisdictions in which a de facto contract is taken to exist by virtue of the employment relationship.

Terms of such a contract may include obligations and rights outlined in an employee handbook.