Thursday, July 30, 2015 | news
V. Renée Cutting, Chief Development Officer of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc., is responsible for developing and implementing fundraising strategies to advance LDF’s mission. Renée has over 18 years of fundraising experience and has held leadership positions in development at national and international organizations. Prior to LDF, Renée served as Chief Development Officer of […]
Thursday, October 4, 2012 | news
Even more so today than when the Supreme Court upheld the University of Michigan Law School’s race-conscious admissions policy nine years ago in Grutter v. Bollinger, there is broad consensus that a diverse college experience better prepares students to participate in our nation’s civic life and our rapidly globalizing economy. This consensus is reflected by the […]
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 | case-update
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Principles of Diversity in Higher Education, Affirms Lower Court Ruling in Fisher v. University of Texas on Remand (New York, NY)–Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. applauds the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s decision in Fisher v. University of Texas in which the court endorsed […]
Friday, February 22, 2013 | news
PHILADELPHIA, Miss. — The murders of three young civil rights workers bent on registering black voters during 1964’s “Freedom Summer” still haunts this tiny town in central Mississippi. Jewel Rush McDonald shudders at the thought of the beatings her mother and brother endured at the hands of the Ku Klux Klan five days before the […]
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 | news
In a dispute that could affect consumers nationwide, the Supreme Court took up a case Tuesday revolving around the terms of a cellphone contract and testing when disgruntled customers can file a class-action lawsuit rather than be forced to arbitrate out of court. The case, begun by a couple in California who were charged $30 […]
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 | news
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled by a 7-2 vote Wednesday that an Alabama death row prisoner should not be prevented from appealing because he missed a deadline after his lawyers dropped his case and failed to tell him. The two lawyers at the New York firm of Sullivan and Cromwell failed to alert Alabama court […]
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 | news
Now the Food and Drug Administration is considering a ban on menthol cigarettes, fueling a debate about how such a move would impact African Americans. The FDA’s Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee has been reviewing the health effects of menthol cigarettes for the past year and is due to submit its final report and recommendations […]
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 | news
When I heard that University of Maryland law school professor Sherrilyn Ifill had taken the reins of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, I was deep into the reading a new book about the early life of Thurgood Marshall. A brilliant civil rights lawyer, who founded the fund and later became the first black on the […]
Tuesday, September 10, 2024 | news
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) released new guidance in accordance with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) that addresses limits on how and when voters may be removed from the rolls, affirms that the 90-day window applies to mass voter challenges, and clarifies that third-party information is not […]
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 | news
In recognition of LDF’s 75 anniversary, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder issues a statement from the Justice Department praising the past and future work of LDF. Attorney General Holder Statement on the 75th Anniversary of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Attorney General Eric Holder released the following statement on the 75th anniversary of the NAACP Legal […]
