The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is deeply saddened by the death of Reverend James M. Lawson Jr., a pioneering civil rights leader who worked steadfastly to advance racial justice throughout his lifetime. Rev. Lawson Jr. ...
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously decided in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine and Danco Laboratories LLC v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine that a group of anti-abortion physicians and medical organizations had no ...
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and other civil rights organizations sent a letter to the Superintendent of the South Carolina Department of Education denouncing its decision to remove course credit for Advanced Placement (AP) ...
Last Thursday, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Southern Legal Counsel (SLC) filed an appeal on behalf of nonprofit civil rights organization the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Florida (CAIR-FL), which ...
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is deeply saddened by the death of Ralph Kennedy Frasier, the trailblazing civil rights advocate and attorney. Mr. Frasier passed away at 85 years old on May 8, 2024, in ...
In response to a recent event in which Brigham Young University-Hawaii (BYU-Hawaii) told a Black student he needed to cut his locs or else face expulsion, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) sent a letter to ...
Media: Legal Defense Fund – ldf@a-g.com ACLU of Maryland – media@aclu-md.org This morning, oral arguments concluded in Bradford v. Maryland State Board of Education, a case in the Appellate Court of Maryland on behalf of ...
