JTDL: Driverless car flees scene; 911 for the Metaverse + New Jobs
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News
I was interviewed about my 40 Futures project and how fiction can help us envision a more just future. (Reimagining Justice)
I moderated a discussion on the tsunami of consumer debt lawsuits, including how tech is both helping and hurting defendants. (Talk Justice)
A driverless car appears to have fled the scene after being pulled over by cops. (Ars)
Asking the right questions is crucial when computer evidence is disputed. (Financial Times) Trial by file formats: Exploring public defenders' challenges working with novel surveillance data. (Assoc. for Computing Machinery)
Europe is building a huge international facial recognition system. (Wired) Police surveillance and facial recognition: Why data privacy is an imperative for communities of color. (Brookings) (h/t Nick Rishwain)
Portland, Oregon police lack a written policy for surveillance tools. (Willamette Week) (h/t Caleb Bushner)
Inside the Bitcoin bust that took down the web’s biggest child abuse site. (Wired)
911 systems and open data. (Data.World) We need 911 for the metaverse. (Information)
Remote hearings take longer but can be improved. (NCSC)
An MIT study identified ways that lawyers could make their written documents easier for the average person to read. (MIT)
ProBonoNet launched a new project for those experiencing overlapping civil and criminal legal issues. (Justice Impact Network) (h/t Sam Harden)
A virtual law clinic provides a platform for law firms and legal organizations to manage their pro bono matters. (LawSites)
Machine Learning has a validity problem. (Arg Min)
John Oliver looked at data brokers, including how they create Fourth Amendment workarounds for law enforcement. (Last Week Tonight) (h/t Justin Surber)
Supreme Court IT guy walks Ketanji Brown Jackson through logging into gavel. (Onion)
Events
The Future Is Now: Legal Services conference by the Illinois Supreme Court is April 21. (ILSC) (h/t Laura Bagby)
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)
[New] Aspen Institute needs a research manager. (AI)
Bay Area Legal Services (Florida) needs a legal tech and 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)
[New] Endless Frontier Fellowship is looking for fellows. (EFF)
[New] Finequity needs a founding engineer. (h/t Briane Cornish) (FE)
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)
[New] The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law has multiple openings. (HiiL)
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)
Measures for Justice has multiple positions open. (M4J)
[New] MIT needs a postdoctoral associate focused on digital teaching simulations and AI coaching. (MIT)
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 New York County District Attorney’s Office needs a technical product specialist. (DANY)
Paladin has multiple openings. (P) (h/t Felicity Conrad)
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 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)
[New] TechCongress needs a program operations manager. (TC)
Theory and Principle, a legal software development boutique, is hiring. (T&P)
Texas Indigent Defense Commission needs a data analyst. (TIDC)
[New] The University of Helsinki Legal Tech Lab needs a doctoral researcher in automated systems and administrative legal frameworks. (UH)
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)
[New] Vera has numerous openings for data scientist and IT roles. (Vera)