Media Contact: media@naacpldf.org The Legal Defense Fund (LDF), Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), Campaign Legal Center (CLC), Election Law Clinic at Harvard Law School (ELC), and LatinoJustice PRLDEF today launched a Model ...
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) sent a letter to Congress urging Members to exercise their oversight power and prevent further abuse by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by imposing vital restrictions on the billions ...
Today, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Trump v. Cook, a case that centers on President Trump’s attempt to fire Lisa Cook, the first Black woman to serve on the Federal Reserve board. ...
Trial tainted with risk of racial prejudice and stereotyping, LDF argues The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) has filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court urging it to hear Wells v. Guerrero, the case of ...
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) today celebrates the five-year anniversary of the Marshall-Motley Scholars Program (MMSP), a groundbreaking initiative created to train and support the next generation of civil rights lawyers committed to advancing racial ...
Read a PDF of our statement here. The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) mourns the loss, and celebrates the life and legacy, of Claudette Colvin, a historic pioneer in the civil rights movement. Ms. Colvin stood courageously to challenge segregation ...
Today, following an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis involving 2,000 federal agents, which an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official claimed was their largest operation “ever,” an ICE officer fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, a ...