LDF Names Laura Kadetsky Chief Operations Officer & General Counsel

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) announced the appointment of Laura Kadetsky as Chief Operations Officer & General Counsel. Kadetsky has over 15 years of experience leading mission-driven national organizations, having most recently served as ...

LDF Files Amicus Brief Challenging Trump Administration’s Unlawful Termination of Federal Magnet Schools Assistance Program Funding

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed an amicus brief in Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York v. U.S. Department of Education urging the court to reject the Trump ...

LDF Sounds Alarm on Harvard University’s New Alumni Interview Policy

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) sent a letter to Harvard University raising serious legal concerns about its newly-implemented alumni interview policy that requires alumni interviewers to erase all references to an applicant’s race, ethnicity, ...

LDF Encourages DEA to Deschedule Marijuana to Reduce Disproportionate Harm on Communities of Color

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On Dec. 18, the Trump administration issued an Executive Order to encourage the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to complete a rule making process that began in 2024, when it collected public comments about the reclassification ...

LDF, SCSJ, and Common Cause North Carolina Issue Letter Strongly Urging North Carolina State Board of Elections to Adopt a Fair Early Voting Plan for Black Voters

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Yesterday, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), Southern Coalition of Social Justice, and Common Cause North Carolina, working with a coalition of other nonpartisan national and North Carolina-based voting rights and civil rights advocacy organizations, issued ...

Civil Rights Organizations Demand Texas State University Reissue Invitation to Black History Exhibition After Politically Motivated Cancellation

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Nationally Acclaimed Black History Exhibition Canceled for the First Time in 30 Years CONTACT: Kristi Gross, ACLU of Texas, media@aclutx.org Troi Barnes, LDF, media@naacpldf.org SAN MARCOS, Texas – The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas ...

LDF Commends the Maryland Legislature’s Establishment of a Reparations Commission    

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Yesterday, members of the Maryland State Legislature voted to override the veto of Senate Bill 587, which now establishes a Reparations Commission to study and make recommendations to address discrimination and other harms faced by individuals ...

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