Wednesday, November 21, 2018 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) asked the U.S. Supreme Court today to take up the question of whether police officers are constitutionally obligated to help a person injured during arrest. The question arises from the case of Jason White, a decorated veteran who was killed by two police officers in 2013 […]
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 | news
In a letter to President Barack Obama calling for executive action for fair chance hiring, LDF encourages the White House and the federal government to “lead the way in adopting practices that allow for equal opportunity for all applicants, starting with ‘banning the box’ on job applications that ask about prior convictions.”
Monday, August 15, 2016 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to James W. Johnson, Chief of the Baltimore County Police Department (BCoPD) seeking a thorough, transparent, and timely investigation into the police-involved shooting death of Korryn Gaines on August 1, 2016. “Communities are struggling to understand the events that led to the police-involved […]
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), the Center for Children’s Advocacy, and the American Civil Liberties Union argued in federal court yesterday on behalf of Black and Latino students in Hartford, Connecticut to protect magnet schools from a lawsuit that seeks to reverse decades of progress in expanding integrated educational opportunities in Hartford. […]
Wednesday, November 7, 2018 | ldf-at-work
Friday, December 19, 2014 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) announced the appointments of Jin Hee Lee and Ryan Haygood as Deputy Directors of Litigation. Jin had previously served as Senior Counsel in LDF’s work focused on economic justice, education, political participation and criminal justice. Ryan previously served as Director of the Political Participation Group, assisting […]
Thursday, August 27, 2015 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) has appointed Coty Montag, an experienced civil rights attorney, as Deputy Director of Litigation. Coty Montag is a graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center and the University of Florida. Prior to joining LDF, Coty served as Deputy Chief of the Housing and Civil Enforcement Section of […]
Thursday, March 30, 2023 | news
Today, a White House official stated that President Biden would veto a resolution of disapproval, voted out of the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday, that seeks to strike down a locally enacted police accountability measure in Washington D.C. The resolution, H.J. Res. 42, would overrule the District’s Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of […]
Wednesday, August 17, 2022 | news
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it had reached an agreement with California’s Victor Valley Union High School District to eradicate racial discrimination in its school discipline procedures. As a result of multiple violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, including a measurable pattern of […]
Thursday, February 11, 2016 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) applauds U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) swift legal action today against the city of Ferguson. Ferguson has demonstrated extreme recalcitrance and disregard for the best interests of its residents by reneging on a well-negotiated consent decree with the DOJ […]
