Browsing: she received the prestigious Fried Frank-LDF Fellowship and was later hired as an Assistant Counsel at LDF. Nelson went on to lead LDF’s Political Participation Group

     Janai Nelson, a longtime civil rights attorney, was the woman who argued on behalf of Black voters and what is left of the VRA in Louisiana v. Callais. It was Nelson’s first case before the Supreme Court, marking a historic day for the UCLA School of Law-educated lawyer.