Legal Career Services For Students | New England Law | Boston - NEL

Law School History - New England Law | Boston - NEL

Law School in Boston | New England Law | Boston - NEL

Friendly 404 - NEL

Massachusetts Law Library - Legal Research Center - New England Law - NEL

Career Services - New England Law | Boston - NEL

Diversity & Inclusion - NEL

Media Relations - New England Law | Boston - NEL

Staff - NEL

Events - NEL

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

list-not-following-semantics

January 2026

December 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
Legal Career Services For Students \| New England Law \| Boston - NELwww.nesl.edu/career-services/students	1
Law School History - New England Law \| Boston - NELwww.nesl.edu/about/history	1
Law School in Boston \| New England Law \| Boston - NELnesl.edu/	1
Friendly 404 - NELwww.nesl.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	1
Massachusetts Law Library - Legal Research Center - New England Law - NELwww.nesl.edu/library	1
Career Services - New England Law \| Boston - NELwww.nesl.edu/career-services	1
Diversity & Inclusion - NELwww.nesl.edu/about/diversity	1
Media Relations - New England Law \| Boston - NELwww.nesl.edu/blog/media-relations	1
Staff - NELwww.nesl.edu/career-services/staff	1
Events - NELwww.nesl.edu/events	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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