Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) submitted public comment strongly opposing the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. The letter explains that the Department does not have ...
Yesterday, in a victory for the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and our clients, a federal court in Alabama permanently blocked the Jefferson County Commission from implementing an unconstitutional redistricting plan that packs Black voters into ...
This week, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed an amicus brief in District of Columbia v. Trump, urging the court to grant the request for a preliminary injunction to enjoin the administration’s deployment of the ...
Yesterday, President Trump directed the Secretary of War to request that the Governor of Tennessee deploy Tennessee’s National Guard troops to Memphis. The Memoranda also creates a federal taskforce to use aggressive and counterproductive strategies ...
Today, nonprofit, nonpartisan civil rights and racial justice organizations, led by the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), filed an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs’ motions for preliminary injunction in League of United Latin American ...
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) unequivocally condemns the series of terroristic threats made against historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) this week. These threats prompted lockdowns, class cancellations, and widespread fear at institutions including Hampton ...
Legal Defense Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Janai Nelson issued the following statement in response to the fatal shooting of self-described right-wing activist and media personality Charlie Kirk: “Today’s fatal attack on Charlie Kirk is ...
