JTDL: Disrupting data cartels on Wikipedia; Robot lawyer sued + New jobs

Mar 20, 2023

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Can a robot lawyer defend itself against a class action lawsuit for unauthorized practice of law? (Tech Dirt)

Disrupting data cartels by editing Wikipedia. (SSRN) (h/t Ashwin Ramaswami)

Artificial intelligence, virtual courts, and real harms. (Lawfare) (h/t Irina Raicu)

Legislation to ban the government’s use of facial recognition hits the US Senate for the third time. (Engadget)

Macon, Georgia’s new surveillance project raises privacy concerns. (GovTech)

Germany’s Parliament rejects the EU Commission’s call for client-side scanning. (Tech Dirt)

The Legal Services Corporation posted talks and panels from this year’s Innovations in Technology Conference. (LSC)

Migrants must overcome a new barrier at the border: The U.S. government’s terrible app. (Rest of World)

Georgetown’s Cop Out: Automation in the Criminal Legal System event is March 29. (GULC)

Harvard’s Technology and the Public Interest talk is March 29. (BKC)

Suffolk Law’s LIT Con and DocaCon are April 3-4. (SL)

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

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)

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

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

The Criminal Justice Administrative Records System needs data fellows. (CJARS)

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

[New] The Engine Room needs a senior research associate. (ER)

The Federal Trade Commission needs technologists. (FTC)

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)

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)

The Judicial Innovation Fellowship is looking for fellows. (JIF)

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

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

Measures for Justice needs a comms director. (MfJ)

[New] North Carolina Legal Aid needs a chief innovation officer. (NCLA) (h/t Kieth Porcaro)

Northeastern University needs an AI and social justice prof. (NU)

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)

[New] 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)

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

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)