JTDL: Crowdfunding cold cases; Pros & cons of online jury trials + New jobs

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Editor’s Note

There will not be a newsletter next Monday. However, 40 Futures will run on Thursday.

-Jason

News

Apple and Meta gave user data to hackers who used forged legal requests. (Bloomberg) (h/t Caleb Bushner)

When the police can’t afford to solve cold cases using DNA databases, deep-pocketed donors can. (New York Times)

The Phoenix City Council says its police department can have surveillance drones without any policy in place. (TechDirt) Arizona becomes the first state to offer driver’s licenses and state IDs in Apple Wallet. (TechCrunch)

The inspector general says the post office surveillance program exceeded legal authority. (Yahoo) (h/t Caleb Bushner)

As jury trials move online, courts see pros and cons. (NPR)

The NAACP is suing South Carolina over their ban on web scraping of public data. (Twitter)

The UK government illegally seized the phones of 2,000 asylum seekers. (Guardian)

How did Britain’s worst cyberstalker evade justice for so long? (Guardian)

Measures for Justice has a criminal justice data commons platform. (M4J)

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Events

A talk on the nature and justification of algorithmic power at Harvard is April 7. (H)

A talk by Danielle Citron on cyber civil rights is May 5. (Pitt)

RightsCon is June 6-10. (RC)

Jobs & Opportunities

ACLU needs an associate software engineer. (ACLU)

Amnesty International Tech has multiple positions. (AIT) (h/t Damini Satija)

The Anti-Defamation League needs a assistant director of tech policy. (ADL)

Arlington County, VA’s states attorney needs a data and litigation support analyst. (ACSA) (h/t Oren Gur)

Bay Area Legal Services (Florida) needs a digital project manager. (BALS)

Boundless has numerous openings. (B) (h/t Chase Hertel)

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

Color of Change needs devs and PMs. (CoC) (h/t Archana Ahlawat)

The Criminal Justice Administrative Records System at the University of Michigan is looking for fellows. (CJARS)

Data & Society need a senior designer. (DS)

The Day One Project has numerous openings. (D1P)

Georgetown’s Center for Privacy and Technology needs a senior associate. (GU) (h/t Samantha Simonsen)

Harvard’s Library Innovation Lab needs a technologist-in-residence. (LIL)

HeatSeek needs a program associate. (HS)

JustFix is hiring for multiple roles. (JF) (h/t Pinky Chan)

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

LawSites needs a part-time editorial assistant. (LS)

The Legal Education Fund in the UK needs a research principle. (LEF)

The Legal Services Corporation has an RFI out for a mixed methods researcher. (LSC) (h/t Sarah Abdelhadi)

[New] Measures for Justice has multiple positions open. (M4J)

The National Center for State Courts needs court consultants. (NCSC)

The National Freedom of Information Coalition invites research proposals focused on FoI and technology. (NFOIC) (h/t Brittany Suszan)

The National Registry of Exonerations needs an ED. (NRE) (h/t Amani Smathers)

The New York County District Attorney’s Office needs a technical product specialist. (DANY)

North Carolina’s Indigent Defense Services needs a research director. (IDS)

Northeastern University needs a information justice prof. (NEU)

Northwestern Law is launching the Journal des Refusés and accepting statements of interest. (JdR)

[New] Paladin has multiple openings. (P) (h/t Felicity Conrad)

PEW seeks a freelancer for a lit review on research related to court time and costs, email your interest to the link. (PEW) (h/t Darcy White)

The Philly District Attorney's Office is looking to fill a number of roles, including for a dev. (PDAO)

The Policing Project needs a legislative director. (PP) (h/t Kaylynn Lopez)

ProBonoNet needs a product manager. (PBN)

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

Stand Together Ventures Lab needs an investment analyst. (STVL)

Stanford CodeX is looking for fellows. (SC)

Stanford Law School needs a justice innovation lead. (SLS) (h/t Andrew Wichmann)

Stanford RegLab needs a research director. (SRL) (h/t Christine Tsang)

Surveillance Technology Oversight Project has openings. (STOP) (h/t Eleni Manis)

Systemic Justice is hiring for multiple roles. (SJ)

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

[New] Texas Indigent Defense Commission needs a data analyst. (TIDC)

The University of North Carolina needs a post-doc researcher on AI decision making. (UNC)

The University of North Carolina’s Criminal Justice Innovation Lab needs a research director. (UNC)

Upsolve, the bankruptcy platform, is hiring for multiple roles. (US)

Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center needs a principle research associate. (UI) (h/t Emily Tiry)

Vera needs an innovation senior associate. (Vera)