JTDL: Sheriff's ransom(ware); Bodycam data fight + New jobs

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Editor’s Note

It’s that time of year again, flowers are in bloom, temperatures are rising, and newsletter open rates are falling. Which is all to say: the newsletter is going on summer hiatus. Thank you again for everyone that makes this newsletter worthwhile. From those sharing their work and opportunities to those providing feedback to everyone that makes this a part of their week. Have a great summer, and see you in September.

Jason

News

Crime trends in 2021–22, what we know so far. (Brennan Center)

Colorado Supreme Court hears first-of-its-kind challenge to police’s use of Google search terms. (Denver Post)

North Carolina bill would allow police to track phones without warrant. (WRAL)

Missing body cam video obtained after yearlong data practices fight in Minnesota. (ABC)

Digital system for immigration bonds is a mess. (Prism)

San Bernardino County paid a $1.1 million ransom to the hacker of the Sheriff’s Department’s computers. (The Sun)

Creating space for criminal justice analysts. (Justice Innovation Lab) (h/t Kelli Ross)

The White House challenged hackers to break top AI models at DEF CON. (Ars Technica)

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Events

The American Bar Association’s Zero Privacy Post-Dobbs? How the Threat Landscape Has Changed is May 16. (ABA) (h/t Chris Frascella)

The Code for America Summit is May 16-17. (CfA)

The Privacy Law Scholars Conference is June 1-2. (PLSC)

RightsCon is June 5-8. (RC)

WeRobot is September 29-30. (WR)

Jobs & Opportunities

[New] The ACLU needs an associate in privacy and data governance. (ACLU) (h/t Rebecca Williams)

Arizona State’s Center for Science and Imagination is accepting applications for the Leonardo Imagination Fellowship. (ASU)

The Brennan Center needs an editor for its new State Court Report program. (BC) (h/t Ashwin Ramaswami)

Center for Democracy and Technology has multiple open positions. (CDT) (h/t Alex Givens)

Cornell’s Clinic to End Tech Abuse needs remote volunteers. (CU) (h/t Alana Ramjit)

Data and Society is hiring for various roles. (DS)

The Federal Trade Commission needs technologists. (FTC)

The Free Law Project needs a development director. (FLP) (h/t Mike Lissner)

The Ford Foundation needs a program officer for tech and society. (FF) (h/t Keith Porcaro)

Frontline Justice needs a CEO. (FJ)

Georgetown is accepting applications for its masters in law and tech program. (GU) (h/t Mary Pat Dwyer)

Georgetown’s Institute for Tech Law and Policy has a student writing competition. (GU) (h/t Mary Pat Dwyer)

Illinois Legal Aid Online needs a legal content manager. (ILAO)

The Journal of Science and Law is accepting papers on justice tech. (JSL) (h/t Sasha Davenport)

Legal Services Corp. needs a research associate. (LSC) (h/t Dan Bernstein)

MacArthur Foundation needs a program officer focused on public interest tech. (MF) (h/t Keith Porcaro)

[New] Microsoft needs a technical advisor for justice reform. (M) (h/t Elizabeth Grossman)

The National Center for State Courts needs an A2J consultant. (NCSC) (h/t Zach Zarnow)

The National Center for State Courts needs a tester for a court interpreter portal and database. (NCSC) (h/t Zach Zarnow)

Open Contracting Partnership has a grant for procurement reformers. (OCP) (h/t Reilly Martin)

The Philly District Attorney's Office is looking to fill a number of roles. (PDAO) (h/t Oren Gur)

The Policing Project has multiple openings. (PP) (h/t Kaylynn Lopez)

Raheem is hiring for numerous roles. (R)

SimpleCitizen, an immigration tech company, has engineering, product and sales roles. (SC) (h/t Eleni Manis)

Stanford University needs a civil justice and innovation fellow. (SU)

Tech Matters needs a research assistant for a new book and a data commons project. (TM)

The Tech Talent Project is hiring for multiple roles. (TTP)

Theory and Principle, a legal software development boutique, is hiring. (T&P)

UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project seeks Research Director. (UCLA)

[New] UPenn’s Center for Inclusive Innovation & Technology needs and ED. (UP)

The University of Virginia needs a fellow focused on data and democracy. (UVA)

Willful is hiring a head of legal. (W) (h/t Erin Bury)

This issue is adjourned.

JTDL: ICE fails privacy assessment; Feds make noise about AI + New jobs

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News

The LAPD sued a journalist for using publicly available headshots of cops in a copwatch database. (Intercept)

New ICE privacy impact assessment showed all the ways the agency fails to protect immigrants’ privacy. (EPIC)

A computer system used to hunt fugitives is still down 10 weeks after a hack. (Washington Post)

Twitter abruptly stops reporting on government requests as data reveals Elon obeys demands more often than old Twitter. (Tech Dirt)

Lena Khan: We must regulate AI, here’s how. (New York Times) The Biden Administration announced new actions to promote responsible AI innovation that protects Americans’ rights and safety. (White House) Federal partners confirm automated Systems are not an excuse for lawbreaking behavior. (Consumer Fraud & Protection Bureau)

A Paris Agreement for AI bias. (AI & Society)

Nigerians blackmailed by loan apps are plotting revenge in Facebook groups. (Rest of World)

Bay Area Legal Services launched FosterPower, a collection of tools and resources for foster youth. (FP) (h/t David Gray)

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Events

The American Bar Association’s Zero Privacy Post-Dobbs? How the Threat Landscape Has Changed is May 16. (ABA) (h/t Chris Frascella)

The Code for America Summit is May 16-17. (CfA)

The Privacy Law Scholars Conference is June 1-2. (PLSC)

RightsCon is June 5-8. (RC)

WeRobot is September 29-30. (WR)

Jobs & Opportunities

[New] Arizona State’s Center for Science and Imagination is accepting applications for the Leonardo Imagination Fellowship. (ASU)

The Brennan Center needs an editor for its new State Court Report program. (BC) (h/t Ashwin Ramaswami)

Center for Democracy and Technology has multiple open positions. (CDT) (h/t Alex Givens)

Cornell’s Clinic to End Tech Abuse needs remote volunteers. (CU) (h/t Alana Ramjit)

Data and Society is hiring for various roles. (DS)

The Federal Trade Commission needs technologists. (FTC)

The Free Law Project needs a development director. (FLP) (h/t Mike Lissner)

The Ford Foundation needs a program officer for tech and society. (FF) (h/t Keith Porcaro)

Frontline Justice needs a CEO. (FJ)

Georgetown is accepting applications for its masters in law and tech program. (GU) (h/t Mary Pat Dwyer)

Georgetown’s Institute for Tech Law and Policy has a student writing competition. (GU) (h/t Mary Pat Dwyer)

[New] Illinois Legal Aid Online needs a legal content manager. (ILAO)

The Journal of Science and Law is accepting papers on justice tech. (JSL) (h/t Sasha Davenport)

[New] Legal Services Corp. needs a research associate. (LSC) (h/t Dan Bernstein)

MacArthur Foundation needs a program officer focused on public interest tech. (MF) (h/t Keith Porcaro)

The National Center for State Courts needs an A2J consultant. (NCSC) (h/t Zach Zarnow)

The National Center for State Courts needs a tester for a court interpreter portal and database. (NCSC) (h/t Zach Zarnow)

Open Contracting Partnership has a grant for procurement reformers. (OCP) (h/t Reilly Martin)

The Oxford Internet Institute needs a post-doc researcher for their trustworthiness auditing AI project. (Ox)

The Philly District Attorney's Office is looking to fill a number of roles. (PDAO) (h/t Oren Gur)

The Policing Project has multiple openings. (PP) (h/t Kaylynn Lopez)

Raheem is hiring for numerous roles. (R)

SimpleCitizen, an immigration tech company, has engineering, product and sales roles. (SC) (h/t Eleni Manis)

Stanford University needs a civil justice and innovation fellow. (SU)

Tech Matters needs a research assistant for a new book and a data commons project. (TM)

The Tech Talent Project is hiring for multiple roles. (TTP)

Theory and Principle, a legal software development boutique, is hiring. (T&P)

UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project seeks Research Director. (UCLA)

The University of Virginia needs a fellow focused on data and democracy. (UVA)

Willful is hiring a head of legal. (W) (h/t Erin Bury)

This issue is adjourned.

JTDL: AI can hurt A2J; Unregulated prison e-messaging + New jobs

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News

AI is poised to hinder, not help, access to justice. (Reuters) Why can't I have a robot lawyer? (SSRN)

AI could aid in evaluating parole decisions. (UC Davis)

Time to reconsider if accused persons should be named before their conviction. (Today)

The rapid and unregulated growth of e‑messaging in prisons. (Prison Policy)

A New York court ruled that state police can’t keep hiding its misconduct records from the public. (Tech Dirt)

The US Dept. of Justice and Bureau of Prisons are teaming up to provide civil legal aid to incarcerated people. (DOJ)

Making crime visible in the digital age. (Critical Criminology)

Purported Wikipedia use by Ireland’s High Court judges. (Fifth Court) (h/t Brian Flanagan)

The Justice Innovation Lab launched a new blog. (Medium) (h/t Kelli Ross)

A Brazilian judge banned Telegram amid school attacks inquiry. (New York Times)

Rent-a-Hitman site nabbed Air National Guardsman who was “excited” to kill. (Ars Technica)

The high cost of being poor. (New York Review of Books)

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Events

George Washington University is hosting a panel on prosecution and police accountability on May 2. (GW) (h/t Jared Fishman)

The American Bar Association’s Zero Privacy Post-Dobbs? How the Threat Landscape Has Changed is May 16. (ABA) (h/t Chris Frascella)

The Code for America Summit is May 16-17. (CfA)

The Privacy Law Scholars Conference is June 1-2. (PLSC)

RightsCon is June 5-8. (RC)

WeRobot is September 29-30. (WR)

Jobs & Opportunities

[New] The Brennan Center needs an editor for its new State Court Report program. (BC) (h/t Ashwin Ramaswami)

[New] Center for Democracy and Technology has multiple open positions. (CDT) (h/t Alex Givens)

Cornell’s Clinic to End Tech Abuse needs remote volunteers. (CU) (h/t Alana Ramjit)

[New] Data and Society is hiring for various roles. (DS)

The Federal Trade Commission needs technologists. (FTC)

The Free Law Project needs a development director. (FLP) (h/t Mike Lissner)

The Ford Foundation needs a program officer for tech and society. (FF) (h/t Keith Porcaro)

Frontline Justice needs a CEO. (FJ)

Georgetown is accepting applications for its masters in law and tech program. (GU) (h/t Mary Pat Dwyer)

[New] Georgetown’s Institute for Tech Law and Policy has a student writing competition. (GU) (h/t Mary Pat Dwyer)

The Legal Services Corporation has tech and innovation RFPs open. (LSC) (h/t Sarah Abdelhadi)

The Journal of Science and Law is accepting papers on justice tech. (JSL) (h/t Sasha Davenport)

Just Tech has numerous openings. (JT) (h/t Legal Tech Jobs)

MacArthur Foundation needs a program officer focused on public interest tech. (MF) (h/t Keith Porcaro)

The National Center for State Courts needs an A2J consultant. (NCSC) (h/t Zach Zarnow)

[New] The National Center for State Courts needs a tester for a court interpreter portal and database. (NCSC) (h/t Zach Zarnow)

Open Contracting Partnership has a grant for procurement reformers. (OCP) (h/t Reilly Martin)

The Oxford Internet Institute needs a post-doc researcher for their trustworthiness auditing AI project. (Ox)

The Philly District Attorney's Office is looking to fill a number of roles. (PDAO) (h/t Oren Gur)

[New] The Policing Project has multiple openings. (PP) (h/t Kaylynn Lopez)

Raheem is hiring for numerous roles. (R)

SimpleCitizen, an immigration tech company, has engineering, product and sales roles. (SC) (h/t Eleni Manis)

Stanford University needs a civil justice and innovation fellow. (SU)

Surveillance Resistance Lab needs a senior research fellow. (SRL) (h/t Rebecca Williams)

Tech Matters needs a research assistant for a new book and a data commons project. (TM)

The Tech Talent Project is hiring for multiple roles. (TTP)

Theory and Principle, a legal software development boutique, is hiring. (T&P)

UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project seeks Research Director. (UCLA)

The University of Virginia needs a fellow focused on data and democracy. (UVA)

Willful is hiring a head of legal. (W) (h/t Erin Bury)

This issue is adjourned.

JTDL: ShotSpotter changes name (& is still bad); Police software crashes 911 + New jobs

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Editor’s Note

The newsletter will be off next week. Enjoy spring!

-Jason

News

The Judicial Innovation Fellowship was featured in an article about justice entrepreneurship. (Reuters)

Policing software was blamed in at least three states for errors, including losing a criminal case and crashing during 911 calls. (NBC)

AI is coming for lawyers, again. (New York Times) AI isn’t going to save us. (Rest of World)

Robot lawyers are about to flood the courts. (Wired)

Central Indiana police encrypt their radios. (Indy Star)

ShotSpotter changed its name and launched a new platform. (Bloomberg) ShotSpotter—or, whatever—is sending police to the wrong areas. (Eric Piza)

Los Angeles does the police union’s dirty work by suing a person over public records he legally obtained. (Tech Dirt) The Massachusetts State Police failed twice to redact troopers’ birth dates in public records responses. (Tech Dirt)

A tiny blog took on big surveillance in China—and won. (Wired)

A judge in Colorado is adding plain language summaries to her rulings. (Law.com)

You can browse Ann Arbor crime statistics on a new transparency dashboard. (WDIV)

User-centered design guidelines for public benefit sites. (Route Fifty)

What if we could just ask AI to be less biased? (MIT Tech Review)

Eric Adams sure loves his robot cop toys. (Hell Gate)

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Events

The New York Courts’ technology conference is April 18-9. (NYC) (h/t James Carey)

Meta Lab’s conversation on the personal cost of human rights work is April 19. (ML)

The Code for America Summit is May 16-17. (CfA)

The Privacy Law Scholars Conference is June 1-2. (PLSC)

RightsCon is June 5-8. (RC)

WeRobot is September 29-30. (WR)

Jobs & Opportunities

Aspen Tech Policy Hub’s Nonprofit and Public Interest Policy Training Fellowship is accepting applicants. (ATPH)

Baltimore City is looking for data fellows program manager. (Balt)

Center for Democracy and Technology has multiple open positions. (CDT) (h/t Alex Givens)

[New] Cornell’s Clinic to End Tech Abuse needs remote volunteers. (CU) (h/t Alana Ramjit)

Data and Society is hiring for various roles. (DS)

The Federal Trade Commission needs technologists. (FTC)

The Free Law Project needs a development director. (FLP) (h/t Mike Lissner)

The Ford Foundation needs a missions investments technology fellow. (FF)

[New] The Ford Foundation needs a program officer for tech and society. (FF) (h/t Keith Porcaro)

[New] Frontline Justice needs a CEO. (FJ)

[New] Georgetown is accepting applications for its masters in law and tech program. (GU) (h/t Mary Pat Dwyer)

The Legal Services Corporation has tech and innovation RFPs open. (LSC) (h/t Sarah Abdelhadi)

The Journal of Science and Law is accepting papers on justice tech. (JSL) (h/t Sasha Davenport)

Just Tech has numerous openings. (JT) (h/t Legal Tech Jobs)

MacArthur Foundation needs a program officer focused on public interest tech. (MF) (h/t Keith Porcaro)

[New] The National Center for State Courts needs an A2J consultant. (NCSC) (h/t Zach Zarnow)

Open Contracting Partnership has a grant for procurement reformers. (OCP) (h/t Reilly Martin)

[New] The Oxford Internet Institute needs a post-doc researcher for their trustworthiness auditing AI project. (Ox)

The Philly District Attorney's Office is looking to fill a number of roles. (PDAO) (h/t Oren Gur)

The Policing Project has multiple openings. (PP) (h/t Kaylynn Lopez)

Raheem is hiring for numerous roles. (R)

Rejis needs an executive director. (R) (h/t Anjali Fernandes)

SimpleCitizen, an immigration tech company, has engineering, product and sales roles. (SC) (h/t Eleni Manis)

Stanford University needs a civil justice and innovation fellow. (SU)

Surveillance Resistance Lab needs a senior research fellow. (SRL) (h/t Rebecca Williams)

Tech Matters needs a research assistant for a new book and a data commons project. (TM)

The Tech Talent Project is hiring for multiple roles. (TTP)

Theory and Principle, a legal software development boutique, is hiring. (T&P)

UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project seeks Research Director. (UCLA)

The University of Florence (Italy) is seeking applicants for its school on digital constitutionalism. (UF)

The University of Virginia needs a fellow focused on data and democracy. (UVA)

[New] Willful is hiring a head of legal. (W) (h/t Erin Bury)

This issue is adjourned.

JTDL: North Carolina eCourts mess; Police take digital bribes + New jobs

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News

The North Carolina Courts’ $100 million eCourts mess. (Assembly)

Clearview AI scraped 30 billion images from Facebook and gave them to the cops. (Business Insider)

ICE is grabbing data from schools and abortion clinics. (Wired)

The DEA has added Apple’s AirTags to its surveillance arsenal. (Tech Dirt)

ChatGPT cannot be a panacea for access to justice. (Law360) OpenAI was threatened with a landmark defamation lawsuit over ChatGPT’s false claims. (Ars Technica) ChatGPT invented a sexual harassment scandal and named a real law professor as the accused. (Washington Post)

The high cost of staying in touch while incarcerated can linger long after release. (PBS)

Mexicans say some police officers are taking bribes with mobile payment services. (Rest of World)

Why do Western governments delegate border control to AI more and more? (Global Voices)

Teaching inmates in Argentina to make video games in prison. (Rest of World)

A guiding framework to vetting public sector technology vendors. (Ford Foundation)

Artificial intelligence and the courts: Materials for judges. (AAAS)

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Events

Stanford CodeX’s FutureLaw is April 13. (CX)

I’ll be speaking at Hofstra’s Technological Growth in Tort Liability & Practice April 14. (Hofstra)

Meta Lab’s conversation on the personal cost of human rights work is April 19. (ML)

The Code for America Summit is May 16-17. (CfA)

The Privacy Law Scholars Conference is June 1-2. (PLSC)

RightsCon is June 5-8. (RC)

WeRobot is September 29-30. (WR)

Jobs & Opportunities

Aspen Tech Policy Hub’s Nonprofit and Public Interest Policy Training Fellowship is accepting applicants. (ATPH)

Baltimore City is looking for data fellows program manager. (Balt)

Center for Democracy and Technology has multiple open positions. (CDT) (h/t Alex Givens)

[New] Data and Society is hiring for various roles. (DS)

The Federal Trade Commission needs technologists. (FTC)

The Free Law Project needs a development director. (FLP) (h/t Mike Lissner)

The Ford Foundation needs a missions investments technology fellow. (FF)

The Legal Services Corporation has tech and innovation RFPs open. (LSC) (h/t Sarah Abdelhadi)

The Journal of Science and Law is accepting papers on justice tech. (JSL) (h/t Sasha Davenport)

Just Tech has numerous openings. (JT) (h/t Legal Tech Jobs)

JusticeText needs a marketing lead. (JT) (h/t Devshi Mehrotra)

MacArthur Foundation needs a program officer focused on public interest tech. (MF) (h/t Keith Porcaro)

Open Contracting Partnership has a grant for procurement reformers. (OCP) (h/t Reilly Martin)

The Philly District Attorney's Office is looking to fill a number of roles. (PDAO) (h/t Oren Gur)

The Policing Project has multiple openings. (PP) (h/t Kaylynn Lopez)

Raheem is hiring for numerous roles. (R)

Rejis needs an executive director. (R) (h/t Anjali Fernandes)

SimpleCitizen, an immigration tech company, has engineering, product and sales roles. (SC) (h/t Eleni Manis)

Stanford University needs a civil justice and innovation fellow. (SU)

Surveillance Resistance Lab needs a senior research fellow. (SRL) (h/t Rebecca Williams)

[New] Tech Matters needs a research assistant for a new book and a data commons project. (TM)

The Tech Talent Project is hiring for multiple roles. (TTP)

Theory and Principle, a legal software development boutique, is hiring. (T&P)

UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project seeks Research Director. (UCLA)

[New] The University of Florence (Italy) is seeking applicants for its school on digital constitutionalism. (UF)

[New] The University of Virginia needs a fellow focused on data and democracy. (UVA)

This issue is adjourned.