Monday, December 23, 2019 | staff
Ashok Chandran joined LDF as Assistant Counsel in 2019. Prior to joining LDF, Ashok was an associate at the civil rights law firm Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP, where he represented victims of housing discrimination, police misconduct, and prison abuse. He also represented plaintiffs in complex institutional reform litigation challenging policing practices in New […]
Friday, February 25, 2022 | staff
Ashley M. Burrell serves as Senior Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. where she works on criminal justice, educational equity, and voting rights cases. Ashley is a member of LDF’s trial team in Arnold v. Barbers Hill Independent School District, a case challenging a Texas school district’s racially discriminatory hair and […]
Wednesday, February 10, 2016 | news
Yesterday, President Obama released the last budget of his presidency with a focus on promoting equity in education. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) supports the President’s emphasis on promoting equal access to quality educational opportunities in his budget and encourages Congress to take up these proposals to help all students achieve […]
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 | news
Sleepy county’s history of discrimination It’s a process that has become all too familiar for civil rights lawyers this past year — sitting at a computer poring over yet another video showing a state official killing or injuring another unarmed Black person. But hearing of the death of Sandra Bland in a Waller County, Texas, […]
Tuesday, December 8, 2020 | case-issue
Case: Education Arnold Family v. Barber’s Hill Independent School District Challenging hair discrimination in schools Filed: 1967 Since May 2020, LDF – along with co-counsel Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP– has represented De’Andre Arnold, his mother Sandy Arnold, and his cousin Kaden Bradford in their hair discrimination lawsuit against the Barbers Hill Independent […]
Thursday, October 30, 2014 | news
On April 16, 2014, the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas (ACLU) brought a lawsuit in Arkansas state court challenging the validity of Arkansas’s new voter photo ID law under the Arkansas Constitution. At the same time, LDF and the Arkansas NAACP were in communication with the Arkansas Secretary of State Mark Martin about the significant burdens that […]
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 | staff
Arielle serves as Assistant Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Prior to joining LDF, Arielle was a Staff Attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights. Arielle’s litigation work included cases challenging various abortion restrictions across the United States, such as targeted regulations of abortion providers. Prior to joining the Center, Arielle was […]
Tuesday, January 7, 2025 | news
CONTACT: Ella Wiley, ACLU, ewiley@aclu.org Ali DeFazio, ACLU of Louisiana, media@laaclu.org Troi Barnes, LDF, 929-736-1528, tbarnes@naacpldf.org New Orleans, La. – Oral argument concluded today at the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in a case that will determine the future of Louisiana’s state legislative maps, Nairne v. Landry. Last year, a group of Black voters […]
Monday, February 8, 2016 | news
On February 8, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), along with Perkins Coie LLP, filed a “friend of the court” brief in State v. Arlene’s Flowers, Inc., a case that challenges a Washington State florist’s religious-based refusal to provide floral arrangements for the wedding of a same-sex couple. LDF’s brief explains why […]
Friday, March 26, 2021 | ldf-perspectives
Chicago’s Vaccine Administration Decreases Racial Inequities but Continues to Exclude the Black Neighborhoods Most Vulnerable to COVID-19 March 26, 2021 The city of Chicago, IL, used an equity lens to plan its vaccine distribution strategy early in the vaccine administration process. Observations of the city’s successes and challenges reveal significant insights into the dynamics of […]
