The professional home for everyone whose work touches the case.
Since 2025, USCLI has been an independent association for investigators, law enforcement, legal, forensic, and corrections professionals. We publish sourced reference work and one standard of conduct for every discipline.
- All four Ledgers: 51
Built from the published state pages on November 1, 2026. Each square opens that state on the State Desk.
- Status
- 501(c)(6) professional association
- EIN
- 39-2617538
- Founded
- 2025, after groundwork that began in 2022
- Independence
- Not a government agency
Latest from the Licensing Ledger
All changes- OhioMedicaid exemption added to the tracking device law
- KentuckyProposed late-fee change and employee background checks
- OhioBackground monitoring fees rise by $3
- IowaFull rewrite of the licensing rules proposed
- MissouriLicensing board renamed and expanded to 10 members
- NebraskaCovert tracking made a felony, with a narrow investigator exception
Practice guides
All guides- Privacy law
The Driver’s Privacy Protection Act
Who may use motor vehicle records, and for what.
- Financial records
GLBA pretexting provisions
Why obtaining account data by pretext is a federal crime.
- Background work
The FCRA for investigators
When an investigation becomes a consumer report.
- Evidence
Recording consent by state
One-party and all-party rules, linked to each statute.
Help build the association
USCLI is in its founding period. Practitioners from every discipline are shaping its committees, standards, and membership.
Six disciplines, one association
All disciplines- 51jurisdictions in the Licensing Ledger
Private investigators
Licensed PIs, corporate, insurance, fraud, cyber, and OSINT investigators.
3 published, 1 available, 2 planned - 51jurisdictions in the Officer Ledger
Law enforcement
Officers, deputies, troopers, detectives, federal agents, analysts, and command staff.
5 published, 2 planned, 1 under study - 4practice guides published
Legal professionals
Prosecutors, defense counsel, judges, paralegals, and court professionals.
4 published, 2 planned, 1 under study - 51jurisdictions in the Forensic Ledger
Forensic practitioners
Scene, laboratory, digital, medical, and financial examiners.
3 published, 3 planned - 10sections in one Code of Conduct
Corrections
Correctional officers, wardens, probation, parole, and reentry professionals.
2 published, 2 planned - 6disciplines to explore
Students and educators
Students, cadets, and the faculty and instructors who train them.
3 planned