LDF and Legal Aid Condemn NYPD’s Use of Controversial Neighborhood Safety Teams and Public Safety Teams for Repeated Instances of Unconstitutional, Racially Motivated Police Stops

Read a full PDF of our statement here.  The Legal Aid Society and the Legal Defense Fund today condemned the New York City Police Department (NYPD) for their continued use of problematic Neighborhood Safety Teams ...

LDF Mourns the Loss of Henry L. Marsh III, Beloved Statesman and Champion for Civil Rights

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The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is deeply saddened by the passing of Henry L. Marsh III, a renowned civil rights attorney and public servant. A lifelong civic leader and advocate, Mr. Marsh worked closely with ...

Civil and Voting Rights Leaders Launch Educational Video Series “State Voting Rights Act: Explained”

Read a PDF of our statement here.  Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and the Center for American Progress (CAP) launched an educational video series State Voting Rights Acts (State VRAs): Explained. More than 300 ...

Professors, Students, and Civil Rights Group Seek Preliminary Injunction in Lawsuit Challenging Alabama’s Discriminatory Censorship Law, SB 129

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and ACLU of Alabama filed a preliminary injunction on behalf of a group of Alabama educators, students, and the Alabama State Conference of the NAACP, asking a District Court ...

Louisiana Law Violates National Voter Registration Act, Imposes Unnecessary Burdens on Eligible Voters

Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC), Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee), the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), and Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) notified the Louisiana secretary of state on ...

South Carolina Educators, Students and Renowned Author Challenge State’s Racially Discriminatory Censorship Law

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and Tyler Bailey of Bailey Law Firm, LLC filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of the South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, South Carolina educators, students, ...

LDF Files Amicus Brief Highlighting the Importance of History and Context in Employment Discrimination in Case Before Supreme Court 

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and five other civil rights organizations filed an amicus brief in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, an employment discrimination case centered on the correct application of Title ...

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