NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF)
700 14th Street Northwest, 20005
(212) 965-2200 · more numbers below
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is a national civil rights law group started in 1940. It fights racial discrimination in court and through advocacy, research and public education. It also offers scholarships for undergraduate and law students and reviews requests for legal help through an online form.
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Civil Rights Litigation, Advocacy, and ResearchProgram
LDF takes on racial justice issues through court cases, advocacy, research and public education. Its work areas are criminal justice, economic justice, education and political participation.
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Legal AssistanceService
You can send LDF a request for help with a possible civil rights problem using an online form. LDF can only take a small share of the requests it gets.
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The Earl Warren ScholarshipService
This LDF program supports law students who want to work in civil rights and public interest law. Applications for 2026-2027 open Nov. 30, 2026.
Grants
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Herbert Lehman Education Fund Scholarship
This LDF scholarship program gives money to talented undergraduate students so cost does not keep them from college. Applications for 2026-2027 open Nov. 30, 2026.
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Herbert Lehman Law School Scholarship
This scholarship supports law students committed to public interest law and civil rights work.
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