Tuesday, May 16, 2017 | news
ACLU of Michigan and NAACP Legal Defense Fund Call on Flint City Council to Impose Moratorium on Property Liens for Unpaid Water Bills The ACLU of Michigan and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc (LDF) today urged the Flint City Council to suspend local efforts to impose property liens on thousands of Flint […]
Friday, December 16, 2016 | news
Accomplished Advocates Adegbile, Llahmon Named to Civil Rights Commission Statement of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund on Appointments to United States Commission on Civil Rights: We commend President Obama’s appointment of two extremely accomplished and dedicated civil rights advocates to serve on the United States Commission on Civil Rights at this critical time in […]
Wednesday, March 14, 2018 | case-issue
Much of our nation’s progress toward the Constitutional aspiration of a “more perfect Union” occurred because ordinary people have had ready access to litigate worthy but often novel or difficult-to-prove cases in our courts. Recently, however, a pair of Supreme Court decisions has skewed the balance away from access to courts. In Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly (2007) […]
Saturday, February 24, 2018 | case-issue
Mumia Abu-Jamal is currently serving a life sentence for the 1981 murder of a policeman in Philadelphia. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) submitted a friend of the court brief, and presented oral argument, in support of Mr. Abu-Jamal’s claim of discrimination in jury selection when his case was first before the […]
Monday, May 7, 2018 | page
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Friday, February 16, 2018 | case-issue
Gonzalez v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores Challenging Employment Discrimination In June 2003, LDF filed a class-action lawsuit, Gonzalez v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, against national clothing retailer, Abercrombie & Fitch. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, charged that in addition to selling so-called “classic” looks, Abercrombie also practiced a classic form […]
Thursday, July 16, 2015 | news
Read the PDF of our joint statement here. The American Bar Association and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. have long and proud traditions of fighting for civil rights, human rights and equal justice. Although, over the years, we have celebrated much progress in these arenas, we are now confronted by a troubling and […]
Friday, February 3, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here Release of ABA Building Public Trust Task Force Report Comes at Critical Time for Criminal Justice Reform Statement of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. Today, the American Bar Association approved the report of its Task Force on Building Public Trust in the American Justice System, which […]
Friday, October 22, 2010 | news
Many Americans believed the election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president heralded the zenith of the civil rights movement and ushered in a color-blind society. Two years later that assumption is being questioned. John Payton “We need to get past the euphoria of November 2008 and see the problems we still have,” […]
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 | staff
Aashka Merchant is the Chief of Staff at the Legal Defense Fund. In this role, she leads the ongoing review and alignment of organizational strategy with leadership priorities and key performance indicators, manages key organization-wide projects, and facilitates strategic engagement with critical internal and external stakeholders. She has devoted her career to human rights, both […]
