Wednesday, March 25, 2015 | news
Today, in a 5-4 decision, written by Justice Breyer, the U.S. Supreme Court rekindled a voting rights suit against the state of Alabama involving the use of race in a 2012 redistricting plan. Specifically, the Court remanded a pair of cases to a district court to make a specific district-by-district determination about whether a Republican-drawn […]
Wednesday, July 12, 2017 | news
LDF Welcomes Senate Bill to Shut Down President’s Election Integrity Commission Earlier today, a diverse group of Senators led by Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the Anti-Voter Suppression Act, which would repeal President Trump’s May 11 executive order that created an “election integrity” commission. That commission was formed with the stated purpose of investigating voter fraud […]
Saturday, September 5, 2015 | news
Samantha Erskine joins the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) in its New York office as Senior Director of Development. Samantha’s expertise includes managing a large portfolio of cross-sector corporate and foundation partnerships, executing successful fundraising events, writing compelling fundraising communications, and cultivating and stewarding individual donors. Prior to LDF, Samantha worked at the […]
Friday, November 17, 2023 | news
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Education released the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), an essential tool to monitor and enforce compliance with civil rights law in K-12 schools. Civil rights organizations and community-based education advocates have long awaited the release of this year’s data collection, which provides school systems and the public with key data and […]
Thursday, October 10, 2013 | news
We are thrilled to announce that Kevin Keenan will join LDF as Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel after serving as the executive director of the ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties for eights years. During his time in San Diego, Mr. Keenan helped grow the ACLU affiliate’s size, community engagement, breadth of advocacy and […]
Monday, July 10, 2017 | news
LDF Welcomes New CFPB Rule to Protect Consumers from Predatory Financial Products Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized a new rule that will empower consumers to challenge fraudulent and predatory financial products in court. The proposed rule would restrict the financial industry’s use of forced arbitration to dismantle class action lawsuits, a practice […]
Friday, December 2, 2011 | news
Today the United States Department of Education and the Department of Justice issued policy guidance that provides greater clarity and encouragement to school districts and higher education institutions as they seek to explore available options for promoting and maintaining meaningful diversity. Released in two parts —one for K-12 school districts and the other for higher […]
Monday, March 25, 2024 | news
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) announced the addition of two new members of its Board of Directors: Ron Wilson, renowned civil rights attorney, and cooperating attorney with LDF, and Kenji Yoshino, Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at NYU School of Law and faculty director of the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion […]
Monday, April 18, 2022 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), announced that Lisa North, an innovative professional with 35 years of experience in the field of social justice and human rights, has been named Chief Operations Officer for the nation’s leading civil rights law organization. While managing an inclusive and effective team, Ms. North will focus on […]
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 | news
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) announced that Karla McKanders has been appointed as the new director of the Thurgood Marshall Institute, the multidisciplinary research and advocacy center within LDF that was launched in 2015. Professor McKanders comes to LDF from Vanderbilt University Law School, where she has taught Critical Race Theory and Immigration Law […]
