# Janai Nelson
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Janai Sherrylynn Nelson (born 1971) is an American lawyer. She currently serves as the Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
== Career ==
=== Education ===
Nelson started practicing law after receiving the 1998 NAACP LDF/Fried Frank Fellowship.
The Most Consequential Supreme Court Term in a Generation | Expert Panel
The Supreme Court just closed out its most consequential term in a generation — gutting the Voting Rights Act, ending 90 years of independent agency precedent and testing the limits of presidential power.Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias hosted a panel of legal experts to break down the key decis…
Nikole Hannah-Jones on The Role of Race in Our Nation's Founding
Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of the 1619 Project, sat down with Janai Nelson, President and Director-Counsel at the Legal Defense Fund, to discuss the role of race in our nation's founding.You can view the full video interview here on YouTube and learn more about the episode here.
If you enjoyed th…
'Democracy Dying in Broad Daylight'
August 26, 2026, 7pm: A federal judge has lifted the final block on Trump’s mail-in ballot executive order that threatens to throw the midterms into chaos. Janai Nelson, President of the Legal Defense Fund, and Jason Johnson, MS NOW political contributor, join The Weeknight to discuss. Plus, Republ…
Consent of the Governed? The Fight for the Franchise
With the midterm elections on the horizon, will voters overcome a fraught electoral battlefield to show up at the polls? Threats to the electoral system such as polarization, misinformation, campaign finance, redistricting, and limits to the Voting Rights Act are reducing voters’ trust. How can the…
'Get right with God.': Tech bros panic as post-Trump accountability comes into view
The tech executives who have debased themselves sucking up to Donald Trump and taken advantage of Trump's negligent regulatory attitude are not only feeling direct political pressure over things like addictive algorithms and resource-sucking data centers, but they're recognizing Trump's waning powe…
Gas Prices Hit Record High For Labor Day
September 8, 2026; With 56 days until the midterm elections, MS NOW’s Antonia Hylton reports on the latest developments and is joined by The Nation’s Joan Walsh and former Obama speechwriter David Litt. Plus, Hylton examines President Trump’s fight to restrict mail-in voting with Janai Nelson, pres…
SCOTUS Foils Trump’s Midterm Steal…For Now
Less than two months before the midterms, the Supreme Court made a shockingly good decision and rejected a Trump rule that would have restricted mail-in ballots and possibly disenfranchised millions of voters. But Trump and Republicans are not done messing with the integrity of America’s election…
BONUS Live From Essence Fest: The Work Gets Personal
If you spend enough time on voting rights work, you become more fluent than you ever thought you'd be in legal history, court cases, maps, and the enormously creative, and pretty ugly, ways some people have used to keep others from casting their ballot.
In front of a live audience at Essence Fest 2…
DREAMLEAPERS® with Harriette Cole, featuring Janai Nelson
Janai S. Nelson is a nationally recognized civil rights attorney, election law scholar, and President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), America's first civil rights law organization.
A leading advocate for racial justice and voting rights, Nelson has…
To Be REAL (Featuring Janai Nelson)
President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Janai Nelson, returns to the kitchen table to catch us up on LDF's current work and break down what's at stake in the November general and your state and local races. Sit with us to learn how best to Register, Engage, Agitate, and Leav…
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