Today, Legal Defense Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Janai Nelson urged lawmakers to safeguard access to high-quality, inclusive, and equitable public education by fulfilling Brown v. Board’s promise in testimony before the U.S. House Committee ...
Read a full PDF of our statement here. The Legal Aid Society and the Legal Defense Fund today condemned the New York City Police Department (NYPD) for their continued use of problematic Neighborhood Safety Teams ...
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is deeply saddened by the passing of Henry L. Marsh III, a renowned civil rights attorney and public servant. A lifelong civic leader and advocate, Mr. Marsh worked closely with ...
Read a PDF of our statement here. Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and the Center for American Progress (CAP) launched an educational video series State Voting Rights Acts (State VRAs): Explained. More than 300 ...
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and ACLU of Alabama filed a preliminary injunction on behalf of a group of Alabama educators, students, and the Alabama State Conference of the NAACP, asking a District Court ...
Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC), Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee), the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), and Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) notified the Louisiana secretary of state on ...
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and Tyler Bailey of Bailey Law Firm, LLC filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of the South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, South Carolina educators, students, ...
