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Frazier v. Kelley

On April 21 2020, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the law firm Squire Patton Boggs, Disability Rights Arkansas, and American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas filed an emergency complaint against Governor Asa Hutchinson and Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADC) officials on behalf of Arkansas state prisoners over the inadequate measures to […]

Francis v. King Parks Manor

On May 7 2020, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in support of Donahue Francis, a Black rental tenant who suffered extreme racial harassment, including a death threat, at the hands of a white neighbor. Mr. Francis and the local police […]

Framework for Public Safety

Justice in Public Safety Project Framework for Public Safety Everyone deserves a system of public safety that promotes long-term, sustainable safety in our communities without exclusive reliance on law enforcement. A mother hugs her children following a protest in Oakland, CA on Jun. 4, 2020. (Photo by Yalonda M. James/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty […]

Fourth National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc, President and Director-Counsel, Sherrilyn Ifill, will speak at the Fourth National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference.  People of Color and the Future of Democracy: We find ourselves at a critical moment, both as a nation and as a community of legal scholars of color interested in the […]

Four Supreme Court Cases to Watch in the 2017–2018 Term

The Supreme Court begins its 2017/2018 term on October 2. This is the first full term with the Supreme Court back at its full strength following the controversial confirmation of Justice Neil Gorsuch. In October, the Court will hear twelve (12) sets of oral arguments on blockbuster issues including: religious objections to providing services for same-sex […]

Forty Civil Rights Organizations and Education Advocacy Groups Urge State PK-12 Education Leaders to Continue Investments in Equal Opportunity for Students Amid Title VI Compliance Concern

Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and 44 other civil rights organizations and education advocacy groups sent letters to elementary and secondary State Education Agencies (SEAs) and Local Education Agencies (LEAs) urging them to continue to invest in programs that lawfully advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. The letter comes amid the Department of Education’s […]

Former Tulia Defendants Celebrate Pardons; Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed Against Drug Sting Officials

Thirty-five former defendants in the infamous drug sting in Tulia, Texas celebrated the announcement today that Texas Governor Rick Perry had granted full pardons for their convictions on alleged drug crimes in 1998-1999. These pardons finally vindicate the men and women of Tulia who were wrongfully charged and convicted on the word of one dishonest, […]

Former Supreme Court Justice speaks out against the Court’s Voting Rights Act ruling

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens publicly criticized the recent ruling by a slim majority of the court to tear the heart out of the Voting Rights Act.  Justice Stevens’ critique was part of a book review he authored for The New York Review of Books of historian Gary May’s Bending Toward Justice: The […]

Former LDF intern edits new Columbia Journal of Race and Law

The Columbia Journal of Race and Law, whose editor-in-chief is Sheila Adams (Columbia Law, ’11), made its official debut today.  Sheila is a current Warren Scholarship recipient and a former Summer LDF Law Intern.    In connection with the Journal’s unveiling, there will be a panel on civil rights at Columbia Law on February 21, featuring Jack Greenberg, […]