Diverse Coalition of Students and Community Organizations Ask to Intervene in Suit to Defend Expanded Access to Elite New York City Public Schools

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 LDF, ACLU, NYCLU, and LatinoJustice PRLDEF File Motion to Intervene to Allow Students and Advocacy Groups to Join the Defense of Efforts to Improve Racial Equity at Specialized High Schools A diverse group of public ...

LDF Submits Amicus Brief in Support of Challenge to President Trump’s National Emergency Declaration

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When President Trump declared a national emergency to secure funding for a wall along the southern border in February, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) committed to working with our partners in ...

LDF Attorney Cara McClellan joins HLN to Discuss Binghamton School Illegal Strip Search

Cara McClellan, LDF Skadden Fellow discusses our lawsuit against the Binghamton School District for the unlawful strip search of 4 black and brown girls on HLN.

LDF’s Raymond Audain: Not Yet Forgiven for Being Black: Haiti’s TPS, LDF, and the Protean Struggle for Racial Justice

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Source: Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review In November 2017, the Trump administration announced its intention to terminate Temporary Protected Status for Haitians in the United States. In this article, Senior Counsel Raymond Audain considers ...

LDF Supports the New York City Council’s Proposed Measures to Improve Specialized High School Diversity

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This afternoon, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) Assistant Counsel Liliana Zaragoza will provide testimony at the New York City Council hearing on proposed measures to improve Specialized High School diversity. In her ...

LDF Urges Senate to Oppose Confirmation of Judicial Nominees Andrew Brasher and J. Campbell Barker

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This week, the Senate is set to vote on the nominations of Andrew Brasher and J. Campbell Barker for lifelong positions on the federal bench. Brasher currently serves as the Solicitor General of Alabama and ...

Baltimore City Council Passes Resolution Supporting Suit Against Maryland State Board of Education Over Constitutionally-Inadequate Funding for Baltimore Schools

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The Baltimore City Council voted today to pass a resolution supporting a lawsuit brought by city schoolchildren and their families challenging inadequate state funding for Baltimore City schools. Represented by the NAACP Legal Defense and ...

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