Today, the American Bar Association (ABA) recognized Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), with its 2021 Spirit of Excellence Award. The award is presented to the lawyers who excel in their professional settings, personify excellence on the national ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc (LDF) and the Southern Poverty Law Center submitted written testimony in the Georgia State Senate Senate Ethics Committee opposing Senate Bill 67 (S.B. 67). S.B. 67 ...
Yesterday, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court’s denial of a preliminary injunction sought by police, firefighters, and corrections unions to prevent the disclosure of unsubstantiated and non-final claims of misconduct filed ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed an amicus brief in support of certiorari in Supreme Court case Collier v. Dallas County Hospital District. Robert Collier, a Black man, worked as ...
Today, the United States Senate voted to acquit former President Donald Trump of the charge of incitement of insurrection following his second impeachment trial. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and ...
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined a coalition of civil rights organizations to send a letter urging President Biden to immediately reinstate the federal moratorium on the use of the death ...
On Feb. 5, 2021, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center (MJC) filed a brief appealing a September 2020 district court decision dismissing its jury discrimination ...
