On October 4th, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), Covington & Burling LLP, and fair housing lawyer Avery Friedman filed a brief with the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in response to the City of ...
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is deeply saddened by the death of Richard “Dick” Moss, a longtime labor lawyer best known for his work as a leader of the Major League Baseball Players Association, who ...
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF)’s Thurgood Marshall Institute (TMI) released a new report, “Attack on Our Power and Dignity: What Project 2025 Means for Black Communities,” which dissects Project 2025 and details how its ...
This week, the Legal Defense Fund submitted comments expressing concern about the American Bar Association’s (ABA) proposal to remove all mentions of race, ethnicity, and gender from its accreditation standards for law schools. The comment ...
On October 3, 2024, LDF, the Texas Civil Rights Project and the ACLU of Texas, sent a letter urging Texas Attorney General Paxton to issue a statement condemning voter intimidation and violence and affirming his ...
On October 1, 2024, LDF sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Richard Durbin regarding the hearing “A Threat to Justice Everywhere: Stemming the Tide of Hate Crimes in America” held on September 17, ...
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) sent a letter to the Atlanta City Council expressing support for Atlanta’s Policing Alternatives and Diversion Initiative (PAD), which provides critical services for Atlanta’s most vulnerable residents—important services that are ...
