LDF Statement on President Obama’s Actions to Promote Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Persons with Criminal Records

LDF welcomes President Obama’s announcement of a series of actions designed to promote opportunities for successful reentry of persons impacted by the criminal justice system. These measures address many of the substantial barriers faced by ...

LDF Relaunches “Prepared to Vote” Election Day Voter Education Initiative in Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Louisiana and Texas 

For Election Day 2015, the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. (LDF) continues its annual “Prepared to Vote” public education campaign, designed to empower voters. LDF attorneys will be on the ground in Houston ...

LDF Asks President Obama to “Ban the Box”

In a letter to President Barack Obama calling for executive action for fair chance hiring, LDF encourages the White House and the federal government to “lead the way in adopting practices that allow for equal opportunity for all ...

LDF Statement on the Video of Police Officer Assaulting Student in South Carolina Classroom

(Washington, DC) – The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund (LDF) deplores today’s shocking video showing a police officer violently assaulting and removing a student from a public school classroom in Columbia, South Carolina. While ...

LDF Congratulates Kristen Clarke, Named as New President and Executive Director of National Lawyers’ Committee

The NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. (LDF) congratulates the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (LCCRUL) on selecting Kristen Clarke as its President and Executive Director. LDF and LCCRUL have worked collaboratively ...

LDF Statement on Bipartisan Sentencing Reform Bill

Washington, D.C. – Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) commends the Senate Judiciary Committee’s favorable consideration of a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill, the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015 (S. 2123.) ...

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