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Lawsuit Against Louisiana Over Failure to Offer Voter Registration Services Will Continue

(New Orleans, LA) – Today, a federal court rejected the State of Louisiana’s effort to dismiss a lawsuit regarding the State’s failure to offer public assistance recipients the opportunity to register vote.  The court’s ruling means that public assistance clients and the Louisiana State Conference of the NAACP can proceed with a lawsuit claiming that […]

Lawrence Newman

Lawmaker wants prisoners to be counted in redistricting

According to U.S. Census data, Morgan County has 14,000 people and 600 of them are African-American. But that’s a bit misleading because 581 of them are incarcerated, among the 1,800 prisoners housed in the county. Rep. Darryl Owens, D-Louisville, and Dale Ho, Assistant Counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, think those 1,800 […]

Law.com: Prop 8 Amicus Brief Challenges 99-Year-Old Calif. Initiative Process

An appellate attorney in Oakland, Calif., has filed a brief before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, arguing that California’s same-sex marriage ban should be found invalid because the state’s entire ballot initiative process was improperly voted into law 99 years ago. Jon B. Eisenberg, a partner at Eisenberg & Hancock, filed the amicus […]

Law Professor to Head LDF as High Court Could Curb Civil Rights Gains

The new president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund takes over as the U.S. Supreme Court is considering two cases that could curb gains made by the group. University of Maryland law professor Sherrilyn Ifill begins the new job next month, NPR reports. She tells the broadcast network that discrimination persists despite the fact that the nation’s president and […]

Law Ending Prison-Based Gerrymandering Stands: Plaintiffs Drop Challenge

New York, NY – New Yorkers enjoyed a clear victory today, as plaintiffs in the Little v. LATFOR case dropped their challenge of the state law ending prison-based gerrymandering. The law, known as Part XX, was passed in 2010 to increase fairness in redistricting by counting incarcerated people as residents of their home districts. The […]

Lauren Treanor

“ As LDF’s Direct Marketing Manager, Lauren uses her experience in advocacy, fundraising, and direct communications to cultivate and grow the organization’s community of donors across email, SMS, digital advertising, direct mail, and workplace giving channels. Prior to joining LDF, Lauren worked as a Digital Fundraising Associate at SKDK, a strategic communications consulting firm, where […]

Lauren O’Neil

Lauren joins LDF’s Washington DC Office as a Thurgood Marshall Institute Research and Operations Associate. She recently graduated from The University of Virginia with a degree in Political Philosophy, Policy and Law and a minor in Sociology. While at UVA, her studies focused on the intersection social policy, criminal-legal systems, and political participation. Lauren held […]

Lauren A. Johnson

Lauren A. Johnson serves as Assistant Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF). Prior to joining LDF, Lauren served as senior legal counsel at The Justice Collaborative (TJC), where she worked to address systemic injustice in local criminal legal systems across the country through community-focused campaign advocacy and policy development. Lauren’s work […]

Laura Fino