JT/DL: AI-fueled lawsuits; police & self-surveillance
Plus new jobs
The JT/DL is a twice-monthly newsletter about justice technology news, events, and opportunities. My opinions do not reflect those of my employers or professional partners.
News
Absurd AI-powered lawsuits are causing chaos in courts. (Futurism) (h/t Keith Porcaro)
Oregon attorney slapped with record fine after citing case law hallucinated by AI. (The Oregonian)
The Federal Judicial Center pulled the climate science chapter from its Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence after political pressure. (Ars Technica) The National Academies of Science, which produces the manual, didn’t. (Ars Technica)
Anonymous crime tip software was hacked. (Ars Technica)
Kash Patel admits under oath that the FBI is buying location data on Americans. (The Guardian) Policing in the age of self-surveillance. (NYU Press) “Sensorveillance” turns ordinary life into evidence. (IEEE Spectrum)
Public records shed light on the justice system, but it can be a battle to get them. (Marshall Project)
As Trump pushes deportations, immigration data becomes harder to find. (Associated Press)
Evaluating AI-assisted sentencing bias for California Racial Justice Act claims. (Arxiv)
A quantitative analysis of defense use of digital discovery in criminal cases. (Justice Quarterly)
A judge is irate as a defendant joins by Zoom while driving and lies about it. (Ars Technica)
Pro Bono Net is now Scale Justice. (LawNext)
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has a new leader. (Ars Technica)
Events
Suffolk Law is hosting LIT Con April 13. (SLS)
We Robot 2026 is April 23-25 in Berlin. (WR)
RightsCon is May 5-8 in Zambia. (RC)
Wikimania will be in Paris July 23-5. (WM)
The A2J Network Conference will be in Cincinnati in October. (A2JN)
Jobs & Opportunities
Arnold Ventures is looking for a criminal justice innovation fellow. (AV)
The Brennan Center for Justice has multiple openings. (BCJ)
The Center for Democracy and Technology has multiple openings. (CDT)
Code for America has multiple openings. (CfA) (h/t Russ Finkelstein)
Google.org has a new challenge for AI in government. (G.o)
The Institute for Law and AI has multiple openings. (ILAI)
[New] Maryland Legal Services Corporation needs a director of strategic technology. (MLSC) (h/t Dave Pantzer)
Recidiviz needs a product manager. (R)
[New] Recoding America Fund needs a head of strategic communication. (RAF)
The University of South Carolina needs a directors for its AI Ethics & Law Initiative. (USC) (h/t Keith Porcaro)
[New] The Texas Indigent Defense Commission is hiring a data analyst. (TIDC)
The University of Texas School of Law needs an AI and legal practice fellow. (UT)