NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund

Few New York institutions blend 20th-century history with today’s round-the-clock advocacy as sharply as the category of civil-rights legal offices. Beyond the courtroom it all comes together on the 5th floor on Rector, a waterfront street that hums with the memory of docks and the pulse of today’s advocacy.

Pay a visit to pick up policy packets, schedule intake sessions, or coordinate next steps in an active docket of cases spanning voting rights and policing reform. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund keeps its doors open five days a week at 40 Rector Street #5, New York, 10006.

If you need a line directly to operations, dial (212) 965-2200 during published outreach hours; staff can direct questions about pro bono clinics or press resources while you’re on the line.

Chart the fastest route through the FiDi traffic by opening the official map with directions to 40 Rector Street #5—look for the glass-canopied entrance at the north end of the block.