On November 8, 2014, President Obama nominated Loretta Lynch to be the nation’s 83rd Attorney General. If confirmed, Lynch would be the nation’s first African-American woman to head the Justice Department. Lynch currently serves as ...
The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund (LDF) is deeply disappointed by the Department of Justice’s decision not to bring federal hate-crime charges against George Zimmerman for the 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old ...
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 ...
On Thursday February 19th, LDF Associate Director-Counsel Janai Nelson participated in the Practising Law Institute’s seminar entitled “Diversity & Inclusion in Law Practice“, joining a renowned faculty of attorneys and diversity professionals to discuss significant legal developments that ...
On February 11th LDF Director of Litigation, Christina Swarns was keynote speaker at the Newark Equal Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) Annual Black History Month Celebration, Civil Rights in America. Ms. Swarns discussed the recent movements such ...
On February 9th, President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill presented remarks at the “Beyond Ferguson Series” hosted by the University of Maryland’s Francis King Carey School of Law and School of Social Work. The “Beyond Ferguson ...
LDF applauded today’s unanimous vote by the House of Representatives to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the foot soldiers who participated in the Selma to Montgomery marches. The bill seeks to recognize all those ...
