Monday, February 7, 2011 | case-update
On January 28, 2011, Mumia Abu-Jamal retained the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) to represent him in the ongoing appeal of his capital murder conviction and death sentence. LDF will serve as co-counsel in the case with Judy Ritter, Esq., of Widener Law School in Wilmington, Delaware, who has represented Mr. Abu-Jamal […]
Monday, February 7, 2011 | news
LDF Joins Mumia Abu-Jamal Defense Team (New York, NY) –On January 28, 2011, Mumia Abu-Jamal retained the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) to represent him in the ongoing appeal of his capital murder conviction and death sentence. LDF will serve as co-counsel in the case with Judy Ritter, Esq., of Widener Law […]
Monday, January 11, 2016 | case-update
On November 17, 2015, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined more than 70 civil and human rights organizations in filing an amicus curiae brief in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, a challenge to the Supreme Court’s 1977 ruling in Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, which affirmed the constitutionality of “fair share” provisions for public […]
Tuesday, August 16, 2022 | news
In honor of National Poll Worker Recruitment Day, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is once again partnering with Power the Polls to recruit poll workers for the 2022 election season. In 2020, LDF joined forces with LeBron James’ More Than A Vote and Power the Polls to recruit over 42,000 potential poll workers. This year, […]
Wednesday, April 10, 2019 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today joined an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider the doctrine of qualified immunity, which shields government agents from liability for misconduct. The brief was submitted in the case I.B. and Doe v. Woodard, which challenges the warrantless strip search of a 4-year […]
Tuesday, August 25, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational and Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to Mayor Kate Gallego of Phoenix, Arizona, and Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel calling for the investigations into the killing of Muhammad Muhaymin, Jr. to be reopened. The letter comes after community members and advocates across the country have demanded that […]
Friday, August 9, 2019 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and 45 civil rights, public interest, labor, faith, and technology organizations in a statement ahead of today’s White House summit with technology companies on violent online extremism. The statement called on tech companies to publicly make the […]
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 | news
Today LDF joined with a broad coalition of civil rights organizations to applaud the launch of the Department of Justice’s National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice. The initiative will enlist a team of criminal justice researchers to study racial bias in law enforcement in five U.S. cities and will focus on training to […]
Friday, June 28, 2024 | news
Media Contacts Michelle Boykins, mboykins@advancingjustice-aajc.org Lacy Crawford, lcrawford@lawyerscommittee.org LDF Media, media@naacpldf.org WASHINGTON, DC – June 29th is the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court of the United States’ decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard/UNC ruling that the limited consideration of race in higher education is unconstitutional. Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC, Latino […]
Thursday, January 10, 2019 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the Drug Policy Alliance, National Immigration Law Center, and Lambda Legal for a press call today to discuss the Department of Justice’s important civil rights enforcement role and the need for the Senate Judiciary Committee to determine whether Attorney […]
