Thursday, May 27, 2021 | news
Today, Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties to stress the importance of fully restoring the Voting Rights Act (VRA) to address the ongoing proliferation of discrimination in voting — and to urge Congress […]
Wednesday, July 14, 2021 | news
Today, Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution to underscore the significance of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions in Shelby County v. Holder and Brnovich v. Democratic National […]
Monday, July 8, 2013 | news
LDF Assistant Counsel Rachel Kleinman spoke to the Orlando Sentinel about the impact of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Fisher v. UT Austin, which endorsed the benefits of student-body diversity in colleges and universities and allowed the continued use of race-conscious admissions policies. Read the full article here (free registration required.)
Tuesday, December 20, 2016 | news
LDF Assistant Counsel Angel Harris discusses racial diversity in jury selection, especially in police involved shooting trials, and the systematic inequalities that lead to this imbalance.
Friday, December 16, 2016 | news
Angel Harris, a staff attorney at the NAACP’s Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said these jury trends are troubling considering the significant racial disparities in the way Americans experience and interact with law enforcement. She’s concerned that minority groups are being systematically disenfranchised and removed from the judicial process. “We’re dealing with police officers who […]
Friday, February 5, 2016 | case-update
Ineffective Lawyer Relies on Racial Bias and Stereotype During Texas Capital Sentencing Yesterday, LDF, along with co-counsel, the Texas Defender Service and Holland & Knight LLP, filed a petition for certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Duane Buck, an African-American man who was sentenced to death in Texas after his own lawyer […]
Wednesday, November 21, 2018 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) asked the U.S. Supreme Court today to take up the question of whether police officers are constitutionally obligated to help a person injured during arrest. The question arises from the case of Jason White, a decorated veteran who was killed by two police officers in 2013 […]
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 | news
In a letter to President Barack Obama calling for executive action for fair chance hiring, LDF encourages the White House and the federal government to “lead the way in adopting practices that allow for equal opportunity for all applicants, starting with ‘banning the box’ on job applications that ask about prior convictions.”
Monday, August 15, 2016 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to James W. Johnson, Chief of the Baltimore County Police Department (BCoPD) seeking a thorough, transparent, and timely investigation into the police-involved shooting death of Korryn Gaines on August 1, 2016. “Communities are struggling to understand the events that led to the police-involved […]
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), the Center for Children’s Advocacy, and the American Civil Liberties Union argued in federal court yesterday on behalf of Black and Latino students in Hartford, Connecticut to protect magnet schools from a lawsuit that seeks to reverse decades of progress in expanding integrated educational opportunities in Hartford. […]
