JTDL: Judicial Innovation apps open; justice tech sci-fi + New jobs
JTDL: Judicial Innovation apps open; justice tech sci-fi + New jobs
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Editor’s Note
Tomorrow is the big day! Applications open for our inaugural cohort of Judicial Innovation Fellows. On Tuesday at 12:30pm PT/3:30pm ET, we will host a webinar for anyone interested in learning more and asking questions. There’s still time to sign up on our webpage.
News
Generative AI is coming for the lawyers. (Wired)
The paralegal trying to hold DoNotPay accountable does a full interview. (Law Sites)
A new report finds NYPD’s AI governance is a mess. (Vice)
Courtwatchers and Fiona Apple fight against an “assembly line of injustice.” (Washington Post) (h/t Elizabeth Grossman)
Why digital policing is different. (SSRN) The IRS is conducting criminal investigations online through proxies. (Vice)
Germany raises red flags about Palantir’s big data dragnet. (Ars Technica)
A new multi-million pound effort to collect court data launches in the UK. (Justice Lab)
Against predictive optimization. (Princeton)
Omniscient is a Brazilian sci-fi show about a city with such persistent surveillance that there’s no police and courts are a rubber stamp for the tech company—oh, and there’s a murder. (Netflix)
Events
The Judicial Innovation Fellows Program’s information session for technologists and designers is Feb. 28. (JIF)
The Federation of American Scientists’ Racial Equity in Tech Policy Showcase is March 2. (FAS)
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)
Center for Democracy and Technology has multiple open positions. (CDT) (h/t Alex Givens)
Data and Society is hiring for various roles. (DS)
Just Tech has numerous openings. (JT) (h/t Legal Tech Jobs)
The Justice Tech Association needs an intern. (JTA) (h/t Maya Markovich)
Georgetown’s Beeck Center needs an intergovernmental software collaborative fellow. (BC)
Georgetown’s Center on Privacy and Technology is hiring justice fellows. (CPT)
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)
[New] The International Symposium has a call for papers on governing AI, legal and regulatory responses. (IS)
JusticeText needs a marketing lead. (JT) (h/t Devshi Mehrotra)
[New] 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)
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)
Stanford Law School needs a justice innovation lead. (SLS)
Surveillance Resistance Lab needs a senior research fellow. (SRL) (h/t Rebecca Williams)
[New] The Tech Talent Project is hiring for multiple roles. (TTP)
Theory and Principle, a legal software development boutique, is hiring. (T&P)
[New] UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project seeks Research Director. (UCLA)
University of Michigan needs a professor in racial justice in science and tech policy. (UM)
Upsolve, the bankruptcy platform, needs an engineer. (U)
US Attorney's Office for DC is looking for a data analyst intern. (USA) (h/t Connor Concannon)
US Senator Jeane Shaheen needs counsel to help with judiciary and cybersecurity, among other issues. (JS)
