Friday, March 14, 2014 | news
This week the United States Congress introduced critically important new legislation, the Fair Employment Protection Act. The measure, introduced by Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Tom Harkin (D-IA) in the Senate, and Representatives George Miller (D-CA) and Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) in the House of Representatives, seeks to restore workplace protections against unlawful harassment that were […]
Tuesday, February 15, 2011 | news
(Washington, DC) — The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) applauds the U.S. Senate’s vote this afternoon to confirm James E. Graves, Jr. to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The Fifth Circuit is the federal appellate court for Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. James Graves is the first African-American judge […]
Friday, February 28, 2014 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) congratulated Judge Andre Davis of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit as he steps down from active service today. Judge Davis is the first and only African American to represent Maryland on the Fourth Circuit, which includes Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and […]
Thursday, May 24, 2018 | news
Related Case or Issue: Policing Reform Campaign The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today appealed the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office’s (NYDA) failure to respond to a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request for materials related to New Yorkers’ inclusion in NYDA’s gang database(s). FOIL requires New York City agencies to respond to a records request […]
Thursday, April 13, 2023 | news
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), along with co-counsel Shania King, filed an appellate brief in Gilmore v. Milton, a case before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The case concerns an invasive and retaliatory strip search of Clarissa Gilmore by correctional officers during her visit to a Georgia state prison. […]
Monday, August 7, 2017 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today appealed to the 11th Circuit a district court’s April ruling that allowed the predominately-white city of Gardendale, Alabama to secede from the more racially diverse Jefferson County school system, despite finding that the secession would harm the county […]
Monday, May 1, 2023 | news
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 next generation of civil rights lawyers trained to provide legal advocacy of unparalleled excellence in the pursuit of racial justice. […]
Thursday, April 21, 2022 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) announced its second 10-person cohort (bios below) of the Marshall-Motley Scholars Program (MMSP). Launched in January 2021, LDF’s groundbreaking pipeline program will endow the South with the next generation of civil rights lawyers trained to provide legal advocacy of unparalleled excellence in the pursuit of […]
Thursday, October 31, 2024 | news
Young Black law students and lawyers will fan out to key areas to counter voter suppression, build Black voting power Today, the Legal Defense Fund announced a partnership with the Young Black Lawyers’ Organizing Coalition (YBLOC) that will fully fund the travel of more than two dozen law students to critical parts of Texas and South […]
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 | case-update
On Feb 10, LDF announced its opposition to the bill by introduced by Chairman John Kline of the House of Representatives’ Education and the Workforce Committee to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act(ESEA). The bill, the Student Success Act, H.R. 5, is being voted on by the Committee today. LDF opposes the bill because it would […]
