Friday, February 16, 2018 | case-issue
In October 2010, LDF filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in AT&T Mobility, LLC v. Vincent and Liza Concepcion. This case addresses the lawfulness of class-action bans. Corporations are increasingly using this novel type of contractual provision to bar individuals from filing class actions in any legal forum if they want to obtain […]
Friday, November 16, 2018 | ldf-flyers
Tuesday, May 31, 2016 | news
On May 23, 2016, in response to more than a year of advocacy by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the Florissant City Council voted to approve a redistricting plan that will strengthen the ability of the city’s Black residents to elect the representatives of their choice and ensure that Florissant’s voting […]
Saturday, May 9, 2020 | news
Thursday, August 21, 2025 | careers
The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is the country’s first and foremost civil and human rights law organization. Founded in 1940 under the leadership of Thurgood Marshall, who subsequently became the first Black U.S. Supreme Court Justice, LDF was launched at a time when the nation’s aspirations for equality and due process […]
Tuesday, October 4, 2016 | news
Our country faces profound and important challenges in the years ahead. As the vice-presidential candidates prepare to take to the podiums for their debate, there are many essential questions anyone seeking our nation’s second highest office must answer. Over the course of the presidential and vice-presidential debate cycle, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund will be […]
Sunday, September 25, 2016 | news
Our country faces profound and important challenges in the years ahead. As the presidential candidates prepare to take to the podiums for the first debate, there are many essential questions anyone seeking our nation’s highest office must answer. Though far from exhaustive given the many pressing policy questions we face, over the course of the […]
Monday, February 4, 2019 | staff
Monday, December 23, 2019 | staff
Ashok Chandran joined LDF as Assistant Counsel in 2019. Prior to joining LDF, Ashok was an associate at the civil rights law firm Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP, where he represented victims of housing discrimination, police misconduct, and prison abuse. He also represented plaintiffs in complex institutional reform litigation challenging policing practices in New […]
Friday, February 25, 2022 | staff
Ashley M. Burrell serves as Senior Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. where she works on criminal justice, educational equity, and voting rights cases. Ashley is a member of LDF’s trial team in Arnold v. Barbers Hill Independent School District, a case challenging a Texas school district’s racially discriminatory hair and […]
