LDF Files Amicus Brief in Support of Requiring Courts to Assess Defendants’ Ability to Pay Court Costs

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The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc (LDF) filed an amicus brief in the Ohio Supreme Court today arguing that courts must assess a defendant’s ability to pay when considering whether to suspend, waive, ...

LDF Offers Support for the Equality Act

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The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) supports the Equality Act, which would amend civil rights statutes to extend non-discrimination protections to LGBTQ Americans. Introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. David ...

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 ...

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