EEOC Finds Wet Seal Discriminated Against African-American Class Action Plaintiff

Corporate Officials Instructed Managers to Make Employment Decisions Based on Race (New York, NY)  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued a Determination that Wet Seal, Inc., a national women’s clothing retailer, racially discriminated ...

Baltimore Public Housing Families Applaud Settlement of Fair Housing Lawsuit at Hearing

Agreement Continues Successful Baltimore Housing Mobility Program BALTIMORE – Today, the Court approved a historic settlement to resolve a long-running class action lawsuit at a hearing in the U.S. District Court of Maryland.  Known as ...

Civil Rights Attorney & Law Professor Sherrilyn Ifill Named President and Director-Counsel of LDF

Civil Rights Scholar, Litigator, Author, Philanthropist and Civic Leader to Return to America’s Premier Legal Organization Fighting for Racial Justice WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) announced Sherrilyn ...

Why race matters in school admissions

Source: The Washington Post

Martha L. Minow is the dean of Harvard Law School. Robert C. Post is the dean of Yale Law School. Why did we, friendly rivals as deans of great and sometimes competitive law schools, join forces to ...

Federal Court Rejects South Carolina’s Proposed Photo ID Law For November Election

Source: LDF

On October 11, 2012, a federal court blocked South Carolina from implementing its photo ID law in time for next month’s election, recognizing that there is not enough time to educate voters and elections officials ...

Statement of Debo P. Adegbile, Acting President & Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund after the U.S. Supreme Court Oral Argument in College Diversity Case

Fisher v. University of Texas at Issue (Washington, D.C.) The University of Texas and the United States made a compelling case before the U.S. Supreme Court today that a diverse student body is indispensible to ...

Federal Court Rejects South Carolina’s Restrictive Voter ID Law for November Election; Allows Implementation in 2013

(Washington, D.C) – In a significant voting rights development, a three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia rejected South Carolina’s request under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act to ...

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