Kevin Jason

Kevin E. Jason is Deputy Director of Strategic Initiatives at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. He leads and supervises racial justice litigation and other forms of advocacy in various areas of law. Generally, his docket focuses on police practices and educational equity matters that combine impact litigation with policymaking, community organizing, and strategic communications. 

Before joining LDF, Kevin worked at the ACLU of New York (New York Civil Liberties Union). Immediately after law school, Kevin served as a law clerk to the Hon. Steven M. Gold of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (retired) and to the Hon. Andrew L. Carter, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. 

Kevin received his J.D. from Stanford Law School. He also earned an M.A. in Public Policy from Stanford University and a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Columbia University.