Referrals for Personal Legal Services

The Attorney-Client Privilege

Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and Copyright Law

What to Do

Resources

Who We Are

Dartmouth Copyright Statement & Guidelines

Attorneys and Staff

Educational Programs

Department of Safety and Security

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

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Title / URL	Issues
Referrals for Personal Legal Serviceswww.dartmouth.edu/ogc/personal/index.html	1
The Attorney-Client Privilegewww.dartmouth.edu/ogc/privilege.html	1
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and Copyright Lawwww.dartmouth.edu/copyright/peer2peer/	1
What to Dowww.dartmouth.edu/ogc/advice/index.html	1
Resourceswww.dartmouth.edu/security/resources/	1
Who We Arewww.dartmouth.edu/security/who/	1
Dartmouth Copyright Statement & Guidelineswww.dartmouth.edu/copyright/	1
Attorneys and Staffwww.dartmouth.edu/ogc/attorneys.html	1
Educational Programswww.dartmouth.edu/ogc/educational_programs.html	1
Department of Safety and Securitywww.dartmouth.edu/security/	1

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