Today, LDF Redistricting Counsel Michael Pernick testified before the Michigan State Senate in support of the Michigan Voting Rights Act (“MIVRA” or SB 401, 402, 403, and 404). The testimony describes the urgent need for ...
The Legal Defense Fund, The Antiracism and Community Lawyering Practicum at Boston University School of Law, and the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, filed an amicus brief with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ...
Nearly 300 leading civil rights, housing, faith, environmental, industry organizations and a local elected official from throughout the nation sent a letter to President Biden, urging his administration to immediately release the U.S. Department of Housing ...
(New York, NY – April 17, 2024) Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) lauds the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Muldrow v. St. Louis that preserves the goal and intent of Title VII of ...
(Albany, NY) – Today, six organizations supporting the Campaign to End Qualified Immunity in New York are convening in Albany to advocate for the passage of Senate Bill S182 and companion Assembly Bill A710. If ...
Media Contact: LDF Media Office: media@naacpldf.org, 212-965-2200 ACLU National: media@aclu.org WilmerHale LLP: Frank E. James, frank.james@wilmerhale.com. 202-247-3560 (California) – Today, a consortium of nationally renowned civil rights organizations, legal organizations, and a law firm filed ...
SHREVEPORT, LA. – A crucial test of the movement toward equal voting rights will unfold at a hearing and trial to be held from April 8 to 10 at the U.S. District Court for the ...
