LDF and ACLU of Michigan Ask for Immediate Moratorium on Detroit’s Water Shut-offs

Civil Rights Organizations Ask For Immediate Moratorium on Water Shut-offs Update 7/21/2014: Detroit has imposed a 15-day moratorium on water shut-offs — but it’s not enough. The financial aid program for Detroit’s neediest people must ...

LDF Highlighted in Fisher v. U Texas Media Coverage

Both Sides Find Reason for Optimism After Latest Ruling on Texas Affirmative Action, Diverse, Jul 17, 2014 Lower Court Upholds Affirmative Action at University of Texas at Austin, Ms. Magazine, Jul 16, 20214 Appeals Court ...

Ruling in Fisher v U. Texas College Diversity Case, Fifth Circuit Upholds Principles of Diversity in Higher Education

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Principles of Diversity in Higher Education, Affirms Lower Court Ruling in Fisher v. University of Texas on Remand  July 15, 2014 Tthe NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. ...

In Upholding Lower Court Ruling, Fifth Circuit Affirms Principles of Diversity in Higher Education

Below is a statement from Sherrilyn A. Ifill, the President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in Fisher v. University of Texas on remand. The ...

Westchester County Fails to Comply with Court Order and End Housing Segregation

LDF, along with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC), strongly urge Westchester County to comply with a consent decree in which the county agreed ...

Ifill Discusses Recent Supreme Court Decisions at Aspen Ideas Festival

At the 2014 Aspen Ideas Festival panel titled “After the Gavel: The Supreme Court, the Future, and You” Sherrilyn Ifill, along with Theodore B. Olson, Neal Katyal, and Jeffrey Rosen discuss recent Supreme Court decisions and what ...

Reflecting on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, Joice Writes “Ensuring Equal Opportunity in Employment”

  Ensuring Equal Opportunity in Employment: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Ten years after the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education—where the doctrine ...

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