JTDL: Defenders struggle w/ tech; Police data practices + New jobs
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News
The Judicial Innovation Fellows opened applications for fellows. (Georgetown)
Major news outlets are still pumping up predictive crime analytics. (CBS)
Face recognition software led to his arrest, and it was dead wrong. (Wired)
As crime-solving goes hi-tech, public defenders scramble to keep up. (The Guardian)
The Biden administration asks Congress to reauthorize a warrantless surveillance law. (NYT)
The US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the right of people to live stream their traffic stops. (EFF)
Algorithms were supposed to reduce bias in criminal justice, but do they? (Phys.org)
Philly police body camera footage goes largely unreviewed. (Axios)
The White House wants info on state law enforcement data practices. (State Scoop)
In Canada, courts still use fax machines, while law firms are using AI to tailor arguments for judges. (CBC) (h/t Justice Goodridge)
More CCTV, more crime: India’s most-surveilled cities are the least safe. (Rest of World)
Why court watching matters, with Fiona Apple and Courtwatch PG. (Teen Vogue)
Events
[New] Harvard’s Technology and the Public Interest talk is March 29. (BKC)
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)
Jobs & Opportunities
All Tech is Human is hiring a program associate. (ATIH)
[New] Baltimore City are looking for data fellows program manager. (Balt)
[New] Center for Democracy and Technology has multiple open positions. (CDT) (h/t Alex Givens)
[New] The Criminal Justice Administrative Records System needs data
fellows. (CJARS)
Data and Society is hiring for various roles. (DS)
[New] The Federal Trade Commission needs technologists. (FTC)
Just Tech has numerous openings. (JT) (h/t Legal Tech Jobs)
The Justice Tech Association needs an intern. (JTA) (h/t Maya Markovich)
Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center needs a director for its ethical tech reserach. (BKC)
Harvard’s Social and Historical Perspectives on Calculation in the Law symposium is accepting abstracts. (HU)
The International Symposium has a call for papers on governing AI, legal and regulatory responses. (IS)
[New] The Judicial Innovation Fellowship is looking for fellows. (JIF)
JusticeText needs a marketing lead. (JT) (h/t Devshi Mehrotra)
Measures for Justice needs a comms director. (MfJ)
New America’s Open Technology Institute needs a policy counsel. (NA)
Northeastern University needs an AI and social justice prof. (NU)
Paladin has multiple openings. (P) (h/t Kristin Sonday)
The Philly District Attorney's Office is looking to fill a number of roles, including for a DB admin and content interns. (PDAO) (h/t Oren Gur)
[New] The Policing Project has multiple openings. (PP) (h/t Kaylynn Lopez)
SimpleCitizen, an immigration tech company, has engineering, product and sales roles. (SC) (h/t Eleni Manis)
Surveillance Resistance Lab needs a senior research fellow. (SRL) (h/t Rebecca Williams)
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] UNESCO needs a AI policy program specialist. (UNESCO)
US Senator Jeane Shaheen needs counsel to help with judiciary and cybersecurity, among other issues. (JS)
