Friday, June 8, 2018 | director-counsels
John Payton served as LDF’s sixth President and Director-Counsel, a position he held from 2008 until his untimely death after a brief illness in 2012. During his tenure at LDF, Payton guided the organization to resounding legal victories, including Lewis v. City of Chicago, which vindicated the rights of over 6,000 Black applicants who sought […]
Monday, November 14, 2016 | news
President-Elect Trump: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States. How did we get to this point? And what do we do now? Last Week Tonight host John Oliver encouraged viewers who had the time and money to support organizations including the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, […]
Wednesday, September 19, 2018 | news
Campaign Urges Senators to #StopKavanaugh A diverse coalition of social justice organizations today unveiled a new digital ad featuring singer-songwriter actor John Legend that urges viewers to contact their senators and tell them to vote ‘no’ on the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The organizations include the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), […]
Friday, March 30, 2018 | staff
John Cusick (@johnscusick) serves as Assistant Counsel at the Legal Defense Fund, where he works on cases and matters that advance racial justice in voting rights and the criminal legal system. John has litigated voting rights cases nationwide, including challenges to penal disenfranchisement, voter-registration restrictions, limited early-voting opportunities, and other racially discriminatory barriers that impede […]
Thursday, March 31, 2022 | news
In advance of Monday’s Senate Judiciary Committee vote on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Joel Motley, son of former NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) attorney and lead strategist on the seminal Brown v. Board of Education litigation, who later became the first […]
Thursday, April 5, 2018 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the law firm of Outten & Golden LLP have reached a settlement with Target Corporation to resolve allegations that its overly broad and outdated criminal background check policy discriminated against African-American and Latino applicants. As part of the settlement, filed on behalf of a class of job applicants, Target […]
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 | news
In a special edition of the Kentucky Courier-Journal, Jin Hee Lee writes on the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act that “The legacy of the Civil Rights Act and the civil rights movement, rests with all of us to ensure that the struggle for freedom and equality lives on. The passage of the Civil Rights Act […]
Monday, April 24, 2017 | news
Disputing the Details for the NYPD Body Cameras Jin Hee Lee, deputy director of litigation of the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. and co-lead counsel in Davis, et al. v. City of New York and New York City Housing Authority, and Joo-Hyun Kang, director of Communities United for Police Reform, talk about some of […]
Friday, March 30, 2018 | staff
As Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), Jin Hee Lee leads the Strategic Initiatives Department, which houses specific projects and campaigns integrating 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 of […]
Thursday, November 14, 2019 | staff
As Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), Jin Hee Lee leads the Strategic Initiatives Department, which houses 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 […]
