On April 23, 2025, the White House issued a series of executive orders aimed at school accreditation, protections against discriminatory policies, and fair school discipline practices. These orders will make it harder for accreditors to ...
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of the National Academy of Education (NAEd) and National Council on Measurement in ...
This week, as New York state’s budget continues to be held up, Governor Kathy Hochul pursues a rollback of vital policies regarding reforms that help ensure proper access to evidence for people facing criminal charges ...
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and Lambda Legal sent a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Superintendent Yvette M. Davids urging the U.S. Naval Academy to reverse its decision to remove 381 books ...
To commemorate the 57th anniversary of the passage of the National Fair Housing Act, the Legal Defense Fund’s (LDF) is releasing two housing justice publications. The first publication – Barred from Housing: The Discriminatory Impact ...
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) challenging the U.S. Department of Education’s attempts to prohibit and chill lawful ...
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and 44 other civil rights organizations and education advocacy groups sent letters to elementary and secondary State Education Agencies (SEAs) and Local Education Agencies (LEAs) urging them to continue ...
