Monday, September 15, 2014 | news
Attorney General Eric Holder announced recently that the Department of Justice would be investigating the entire Ferguson police department for civil rights violations. LDF’s Janai Nelson discussed this investigation on the Melissa Harris-Perry show along with Marquez Claxton, Rev. Paul Raushenbush, and Phillip Atiba Goff. Watch the video here:
Friday, November 21, 2014 | news
Janai Nelson, LDF Associate Director-Counsel, joined a host of Civil Rights organizations at the National Press Club in strong support for President Obama’s executive order on immigration. Other organizations represented included Asian American Advancing Justice, Define America, the Human Rights Campaign, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the NAACP, the National Action Network, […]
Tuesday, December 2, 2014 | news
Janai Nelson, LDF Associate Director-Counsel, joins a panel on the Diane Rehm Show to discuss the prospects of change in the aftermath of the Ferguson crisis. Prospects For Change In The Aftermath Of Michael Brown’s Death In Ferguson, Missouri President Barack Obama met with civil rights leaders and law enforcement officials yesterday to talk about […]
Thursday, January 22, 2015 | news
Sunday’s Apollo Uptown Hall event, “Hear Our Voices, Count Our Votes: MLK’s March Continues,” marked King’s legacy and the 50 years since the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. LDF Associate Director-Counsel Janai Nelson was a panelist, along with Dante Barry of Million Hoodies, at the annual event hosted at by Brian Lehrer […]
Saturday, December 6, 2014 | news
Police Consider Charges Against Brown’s Step-Father St. Louis County police are considering whether to charge Louis Head, the step-father of Michael Brown, with inciting a riot with his comments on the night the grand jury’s decision was announced in the Michael Brown case. Tim Wu, Bryonn Bain, Janai Nelson and Michael Skolnik join to discuss. […]
Tuesday, November 25, 2014 | news
Janai Nelson, LDF Associate Director-Counsel, states that Missouri Governor Jay Nixon declaring a state of emergency before there is an actual emergency sets a “dangerous precedent”: Missouri Governor’s Pre-Emptive State of Emergency is an Alarming Mistake As America awaits a St. Louis grand jury’s decision on whether to indict a Ferguson police officer in the […]
Friday, November 14, 2014 | news
Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel at LDF, pens an analysis of two consolidated Alabama election law cases before the Supreme Court, and their potential impact on election laws across the nation. “The Supreme Court typically hears at least one significant election law case each term and the consolidated cases of Alabama Democratic Caucus v. Alabama and Alabama Legislative Black […]
Friday, November 30, 2012 | news
View LDF’s video, “Vigilance in the Defense of Liberty and Freedom”, presented at our 2012 National Equal Justice Award Dinner held in New York City on November 1, 2012.
Wednesday, November 5, 2025 | nejad
National Equal Justice Awards Dinner 2026 Sponsorship Opportunities May 14, 2026 New York City, NY Join us for the Legal Defense Fund’s (LDF) annual National Equal Justice Awards Dinner (NEJAD)! NEJAD is LDF’s signature gathering – and its only annual fundraising event – bringing together more than 600 leaders in civil rights, law, business, and […]
Wednesday, November 5, 2025 | nejad
National Equal Justice Awards Dinner May 14, 2026 New York City, NY Join us for the Legal Defense Fund’s (LDF) annual National Equal Justice Awards Dinner (NEJAD)! NEJAD is LDF’s signature gathering – and its only annual fundraising event – bringing together more than 600 leaders in civil rights, law, business, and philanthropy to […]
