Tuesday, April 3, 2018 | page
National Equal Justice Awards Dinner The National Equal Justice Award Dinner (NEJAD) is an event hosted by the Legal Defense Fund that honors individuals working to advance civil rights. The event also amplifies the litigation, advocacy, and education done by the Legal Defense Fund’s staff. Past recipients of the National Equal Justice Award include Stevie […]
Friday, March 30, 2018 | staff
Friday, March 30, 2018 | staff
Estherjoy (Est) Mungai is a Community Organizer. Prior to joining LDF, Est worked as an Associate Organizer with the Charleston Area Justice Ministry (CAJM) from 2015-2018. At CAJM, Est worked with clergy and community leaders of diverse congregations across the Charleston area. Est organized a research committee focusing on racial discrimination in policing practices, empowering […]
Monday, May 21, 2018 | page
Including LDF in long-term financial and estate plans can be deeply meaningful and impactful in our fight for racial justice. There are multiple ways to make a legacy gift, this site offers an overview of some of the most common ways. In addition to naming LDF in your will or trust, you may also create […]
Monday, April 20, 2015 | case-update
On April 16, 2015, the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee unanimously passed its Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) reauthorization bill, the Every Child Achieves Act out of Committee by a vote of 22-0. The bill represents a bipartisan effort to renew the No Child Left Behind Act, which expired in 2007. […]
Monday, April 20, 2015 | news
On April 16, 2015, the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee unanimously passed its Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) reauthorization bill, the Every Child Achieves Act out of Committee by a vote of 22-0. The bill represents a bipartisan effort to renew the No Child Left Behind Act, which expired in 2007. […]
Saturday, October 20, 2018 | ldf-brochures
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 | news
John Jackson: A New Take on ‘No Excuses’ We all know that factors related to poverty can limit learning in a number of ways. Lack of quality early-childhood care and education impedes healthy development and kindergarten readiness. Inadequate access to preventive and basic remedial health care substitute sick days and emergency room visits for […]
Friday, June 6, 2014 | news
This week, ERASE Racism, a Long Island-based nonprofit dedicated to exposing forms of racial discrimination and advocating for laws and policies that help eliminate racial disparities, honored LDF’s work. We are humbled to have been awarded the 2014 Abraham Krasnoff Courage and Commitment Award for our “outstanding advocacy in advancing civil rights and the rule […]
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 | news
Elaine R. Jones, retired president and director-counsel emeritus of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund (LDF) and Howard University alumna, has been named the recipient of the American Bar Association’s 2011 Thurgood Marshall Award. In 1993, Jones became the first woman and only the fourth person to head LDF, the nation's oldest law firm […]
