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Job Openings and Internships
Current Openings
There are currently no available job openings at the Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
Internships / Fellowships
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About LDF
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) was founded in 1940 under
the leadership of Thurgood Marshall, who subsequently became the first African-American
U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Although initially affiliated wit the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People, LDF has been an entirely separate organization
since 1957.
LDF is America's premier civil rights law organization. Its mission is to transform
the promise of equality into reality for African Americans and, ultimately, all
individuals in the areas of education, political participation, economic justice
and criminal justice.
As LDF's first Director-Counsel, Marshall led the legal team that won Brown v. Board
of Education, the landmark school desegregation case, in the U.S. Supreme Court
in 1954. the Brown case ended official enforced public school segregation and overturned
the "separate but equal" doctrine of legally sanctioned discrimination.
LDF has been involved in more cases before the Supreme Court than any organization
except the U.S. Department of Justice. LDF's current docket reflects its continued
commitment to combating race discrimination and its effects, ensuring equality of
opportunity, and promoting inclusion of those who have been excluded from full participation
on account of race. Although LDF works primarily through litigation in the courts,
its strategies include advocacy, educational outreach, legislation monitoring, coalition
building and policy research. In addition, it provides scholarships for exceptional
African-American students.
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