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LDF Welcomes Carlton T. Mayers II as Policy Counsel for Policing Reform

Carlton T. Mayers II joins the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) as Policy Counsel for its Policing Reform Campaign, where he will advance LDF’s efforts to effect responsible and unbiased policing by working with local communities and stakeholders. The Policing Reform campaign, which is housed in LDF’s Thurgood Marshall Institute, addresses the […]

LDF Welcomes Calvin Jerreau Fortenberry as Director of Communications

Calvin Jerreau Fortenberry is the Director of Communications for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund & Educational Fund.  Joining in 2014, Calvin has held Director of Communications roles for both the Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino and the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) working on government responses to poverty through affordable housing […]

LDF Welcomes Atlanta District Attorney’s Decision to Withdraw from Cases Involving Cop City Protestors, Raises Concern Over Politically Motivated Nature of Protestor Arrests

Today, Dekalb County District Attorney Shelby Boston announced that her office is withdrawing from all cases involving protestors who were recently arrested for opposing the Atlanta Training Center widely known as Cop City. These cases now fall under the sole purview of the Georgia Attorney General’s office. In response to this development, Legal Defense Fund […]

LDF Welcomes Angela Vallot and Kim Koopersmith as Historic New Co-Chairs of Board of Directors

Kim Koopersmith Angela Vallot The Board of Directors of the  NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today announced that Angela Vallot, Co-Founder and Partner at VallotKarp Consulting, and Kim Koopersmith, Chairperson of the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, will become the new co-chairs of LDF’s Board of Directors. This […]

LDF Welcome New Lawyers to Our New York and Washington D.C. Offices

Caren Short, Liliana Zaragoza, Angel S. Harris, and Ajmel Quereshi. (Chris Kemmit not pictured) LDF is pleased to welcome several new impressive hires to our team this summer. Caren Short, Ajmel Quereshi, Lily Zaragoza, Angel Harris, and Chris Kemmit bring a wide range of legal expertise critical to supporting LDF’ s work. Caren E. Short […]

LDF Weighs in on Bipartisan Sentencing Reform Bill

LDF Webpage Provides Accurate Information, Updates on USPS Case

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) has created a webpage to provide accurate summaries and updated information for its case against the United States Postal Service (USPS). Since Nov. 4, 2020, LDF has focused on ensuring delivery of ballots in two states: North Carolina, which has a deadline of 5 p.m. today […]

LDF Voting Rights Act 45th Anniversary Commemorative Poster

LDF Voices Concern Over American Bar Association’s Proposal to Remove Mentions of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender from Law School Accreditation Standards

This week, the Legal Defense Fund submitted comments expressing concern about the American Bar Association’s (ABA) proposal to remove all mentions of race, ethnicity, and gender from its accreditation standards for law schools. The comment urged the ABA to reverse course on its proposal, and to make clear that it remains committed to ensuring that […]

LDF Vigorously Defends Civil Rights Law of 1866 Against Comcast Attack

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), along with ten civil rights organizations, filed an amicus brief in Comcast v. National Association of African American-Owned Media and Entertainment Studios Networks, Inc., a case involving allegations of racial discrimination that has grave implications for the nation’s oldest civil rights statute. A year after the Civil […]