Thursday, June 30, 2016 | news
Why Voter Turnout Is So Low in New York’s Primaries Janai Nelson, the [Associate Director-Counsel] of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said holding federal and state primaries on different days and having closed primary elections are among the factors that contribute to low voter turnout in New York. But she’s also optimistic there’s […]
Tuesday, August 29, 2017 | news
If You Want To Fight White Supremacy, Condemning Neo-Nazis Is Not Enough HuffPost spoke with Janai Nelson, associate director-counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, about what it means to stand up to white supremacy in public policy. As a leading civil rights law firm, the NAACP LDF has fought seminal cases in defense […]
Wednesday, August 2, 2017 | news
Janai Nelson Discusses the Deptartment of Justice’s Intentions to Challenge Affirmative Action Janai Nelson joined Johnathan Capehart and Andrea Mitchell to discuss the Department of Justice’s intentions to to waste taxpayer resources relitigating last year’s Supreme Court ruling upholding decades of precedent in favor of affirmative action in higher education. It’s the latest front in Attorney General […]
Tuesday, July 21, 2015 | news
ACS National Convention 2015 June 11 – 13, 2015 Capital Hilton 1001 16th Street, NW Washington, D.C. From American Constitution Society: As structural inequality persists and overt racial animus becomes rarer, the ability to attack policies that have a disproportionately adverse effect on racial and ethnic minorities is crucial. But while the disparate impact doctrine is […]
Saturday, March 4, 2017 | news
On February 27, the Department of Justice announced an abrupt about-face on voting rights, essentially walking away from a lawsuit against a harsh voter ID law in Texas. Dahlia Lithwick, host of Slate’s Amicus podcast, discusses the reversal and its implications with Janai Nelson of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. She was one of the lawyers in […]
Monday, February 23, 2015 | news
The King County Bar Association honored the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with its Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Luncheon. This year, the program featured guest speaker LDF Associate Director-Counsel Janai Nelson (for LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn lfill who was unable to attend due to an unforeseen scheduling conflict.) The luncheon took […]
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 | news
Should Federal Gov. Intervene In Ferguson? Should the Federal Government step in to ensure justice is served in the Michael Brown case? Janai Nelson, NAACP Legal Defense debates Jason Riley, Wall Street Journal Editorial Board member.
Monday, April 25, 2016 | news
Felon Disenfranchisement Is Anti-Democratic The laws that prohibit an estimated 5.85 million Americans with felony convictions from voting are one of the last remaining legal barriers to full democratic participation in our nation. Like the antiquated laws that excluded women, people of color and the poor from the ballot box, felon disenfranchisement laws are an […]
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 | news
Obama Evokes The ‘Eternal Struggle’ In Selma Today in Selma, Ala., thousands are expected to participate in the symbolic crossing of the Edmund Pettis Bridge, it’s part of a weekend of events commemorating the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday when state troopers attacked civil rights marchers. Yesterday, President Obama joined others in his own commemorative […]
Monday, March 14, 2022 | director-counsels
Janai S. Nelson is President and Director-Counsel of the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), the nation’s premier civil rights law organization fighting for racial justice and equality. LDF was founded in 1940 by legendary civil rights lawyer and the nation’s first Black Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall, and became a separate organization from the NAACP in […]
