Today, in advance of a Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) hearing regarding ethical standards in the U.S. Supreme Court, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) sent a letter requesting that Congress swiftly pass legislation creating a binding ...
May 1, 2023 – Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) announced its third 10-person cohort of the Marshall-Motley Scholars Program (MMSP). Launched in January 2021, LDF’s groundbreaking pipeline program will endow the South with the ...
On Thursday, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) submitted comments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regarding the agency’s proposal to update its standards for maintaining, collecting, and presenting federal data on race and ...
The appeals court reversed a lower court decision, leaving in place measures that will restrict access to the ballot box. The following is a statement from the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), Common Cause Florida, Disability ...
Omissions put thousands of Floridians with past criminal convictions at risk of criminal prosecution Media contacts: Chris Ford, Legal Defense Fund, 212-965-2200, media@naacpldf.org Kendall Karson, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, 646-925-8746, karsonk@brennan.law.nyu.edu Blake ...
Today, LDF and a coalition of civil and voting rights groups sent a letter opposing Florida’s Senate Bill (“S.B.”) 7050 and House Bill (“H.B.”) 7067, which will make multiple unnecessary and harmful changes to Florida’s ...
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is deeply saddened by the death of Harry Belafonte, a legendary social activist, artist, and actor. Belafonte died at 96 years old on April 25, 2023 in his Manhattan, New ...
