Monday, February 23, 2015 | news
On Thursday February 19th, LDF Associate Director-Counsel Janai Nelson participated in the Practising Law Institute’s seminar entitled “Diversity & Inclusion in Law Practice“, joining a renowned faculty of attorneys and diversity professionals to discuss significant legal developments that impact diversity, implicit bias, the current status of key diversity initiatives, and the challenges and best practices for achieving a diverse […]
Monday, April 4, 2016 | news
Why Monday’s Supreme Court Decision on Redistricting Is Important As the composition of the Supreme Court remains in flux following the death of one of its most outspoken justices and as the executive and legislative branches continue to battle over the timing of his replacement, the eight-member Court spoke in one voice today to affirm […]
Wednesday, August 5, 2015 | news
Steps Congress must take to ensure true freedom …The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was the crown jewel of these civil-rights laws. It ended specific tools of racial discrimination in elections and was equipped to root it out in all forms. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act, also passed that year, established national oversight of […]
Saturday, March 7, 2015 | news
LDF Associate Director-Counsel Janai Nelson exposes money raised by excessive policing in Ferguson, Missouri on The Daily Show. Watch the video here. Nelson appears at the 5:10 mark.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 | news
Guest Blog: Janai Nelson, Preserving the Nuance of a Suspended Section 5 “The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the consolidated cases of Alabama Democratic Caucus v. Alabama and Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama could have gone awry in any number of ways that would have further incapacitated the Voting Rights Act. Thankfully, it didn’t. […]
Friday, March 27, 2015 | news
From the early days of the Civil Rights movement, African American women have worked and served in numerous and influential leadership roles. What are their experiences and what changes have taken place in their opportunities, expectations, responsibilities, and obstacles? For the eighth annual McGowan Forum on Women in Leadership, a distinguished panel discussed their personal journeys and advice […]
Monday, April 13, 2015 | news
From the Front Lines in Ferguson: A Conversation about Policing, Race, and Justice Since the police shooting of of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, last summer, the small municipality has been ground zero in a national conversation about police practices, the use of force, and the disparate treatment of communities of color across the country. […]
Monday, December 14, 2015 | news
In her Dec. 11 opinion for Hamilton and Griffin on Rights, Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), asks and answers what is this country’s theory of democracy? Evenwel v. Abbott: Who Will Count in Our Democracy?, by Janai Nelson Nothing is sacred in politics; but certain things […]
Wednesday, May 27, 2020 | news
Read LDF’s statement on the murder of George Floyd and our formal call for the Department of Justice to conduct a full investigation into this incident and the Minneapolis Police Department here.
Friday, April 14, 2017 | news
Judge strikes down Texas voter ID law for a second time In 2012, federal judges ruled that a Texas voter ID law violated the Voting Rights Act, but Republican lawmakers fought repeatedly to keep the law in place, saying it prevented in-person voter fraud. It has now been struck down for a second time. Omar […]
