Wednesday, February 11, 2015 | news
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 […]
Monday, September 19, 2022 | news
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) today announced the creation of the Strategic Initiatives Department, which will house specific projects and campaigns that integrate LDF’s multi-faceted advocacy tools – including litigation, policy, organizing, communications, research, and public education – to maximize the impact of affirmative, strategic, and community-centered advocacy that secures the full citizenship and equality […]
Monday, May 17, 2021 | news
Today, on the 67th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) announced the inaugural 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 […]
Thursday, May 2, 2024 | news
May 1, 2024 – Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) announced its fourth 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. […]
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 | case-update
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is pleased to announce that a federal district court in Louisiana has approved a school desegregation plan involving the St. Martin Parish school system in south-central Louisiana. In recent months, LDF and local counsel, Gideon T. Carter, III, in partnership with the St. Martin School Board and […]
Tuesday, January 31, 2017 | news
On January 31, 2017, U.S. District Court Judge Martin Feldman entered a consent order submitted by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) on behalf of Black parents in Banks v. St. James Parish School Board, a school desegregation case. For months, LDF and local counsel, Gideon T. Carter, III, have worked with the St. James School Board and the […]
Monday, November 1, 2010 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) Scholarship Programs announced today that they are accepting applications for the 2011-2012 academic year. Applications and answers to frequently asked questions regarding the scholarship programs and the application process can be found at www.www.naacpldf.org/scholarships. As part of a general modernizing process, both scholarship programs—The Herbert Lehman Education […]
Wednesday, May 26, 2021 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) sent a joint letter to Michael Thurmond, Chief Executive Officer of DeKalb County, Georgia, in response to the County’s recent announcement that it will lift its water disconnection moratorium and resume disconnections on July 1, 2021. In the […]
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the Impact Fund filed an amicus brief on behalf of 24 organizations in TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez, a case before the U.S. Supreme Court involving Article III standing for members of certified class actions. LDF and the Impact Fund’s brief addresses a separate issue […]
Thursday, July 30, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC) sent a demand letter to financial technology firm Upstart explaining how the firm’s algorithm likely violates the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Fair Housing Act by giving materially worse loan offers to graduates of historically Black colleges […]
