JTDL: Neurotech surveillance; Mental sovereignty + New jobs
JTDL: Neurotech surveillance; Mental sovereignty + New jobs
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Editor’s Note
Applications for the Judicial Innovation Fellowship close this Friday at 12pm PT. We’ve already received a number of great applicants, and I would appreciate your help in finding a few more. I’d appreciate shares of our posts on Twitter and LinkedIn (a supportive comment would be extra kind). As well, if you are in any Slack groups or on listservs that you think would be interested in our tech and design work, I’ve included some copy below for reposting.
On a personal note, I just want to thank everyone who has been so supportive as we’ve gotten this project off the ground. People in this community have offered their time, expertise, and resources to make this program a reality. So, to everyone that’s made this work possible: thank you.
- Jason
For reposting:
The Judicial Innovation Fellowship is an exciting new opportunity for technologists, data scientists, and designers to use their talents for justice.
They are currently accepting applications through April 7 at 12pm PT. Projects include developing internal processes for court customer development research and a style guide for court tools; designing an electronic filing system that works for people without a lawyer; and auditing how courts and information technology departments share data to understand court patron experiences across government services, the criminal justice system, and court debt obligations in an effort to break cycles of debt, homelessness, and criminal recidivism. Job postings are open for these positions in Hamilton County, Tennessee (Chattanooga), Kansas City, Kansas, and Salt Lake City, Utah.
News
AI, brain scans, and cameras: the spread of police surveillance tech. (New York Times)
Neurotech’s battles impact our brains’ future, mental sovereignty is no longer a given. (Spectrum IEEE) (h/t Keith Porcaro)
Police relied on hidden technology and put the wrong person in jail. (New York Times)
The DEA bought customer data from rogue employees instead of getting a warrant. (Vice)
The walls are closing in on Clearview AI. (MIT Tech Review) Clearview AI has been used nearly one million times by US police. (BBC)
A judge ruled that the NYPD must overhaul its data systems to end its unlawful use of sealed arrest records. (Bronx Defenders)
Sixty percent of consumers turn to AI for general legal advice. (ABA Journal)
Law’s AI revolution is here. (Canadian Bar Association)
A US agency rejected face recognition and landed in big trouble. (Wired)
The Greek government used predator spyware to spend a year surveilling a US citizen. (Tech Dirt)
A new podcast by the California Innocence Project was launched. (Legal Talk Network) (h/t Laurence Colletti)
Events
Suffolk Law’s LIT Con and DocaCon are April 3-4. (SL)
Harvard presents Bruce Schneier’s A Hacker’s Mind April 6. (BKC)
Stanford CodeX’s FutureLaw is April 13. (CX)
Meta Lab’s conversation on the personal cost of human rights work is April 19. (ML)
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)
WeRobot is September 29-30. (WR)
Jobs & Opportunities
Aspen Tech Policy Hub’s Nonprofit and Public Interest Policy Training Fellowship is accepting applicants. (ATPH)
Baltimore City is looking for data fellows program manager. (Balt)
Center for Democracy and Technology has multiple open positions. (CDT) (h/t Alex Givens)
Data and Society is hiring for various roles. (DS)
The Federal Trade Commission needs technologists. (FTC)
The Free Law Project needs a development director. (FLP) (h/t Mike Lissner)
The Ford Foundation needs a missions investments technology fellow. (FF)
[New] The Legal Services Corporation has tech and innovation RFPs open. (LSC) (h/t Sarah Abdelhadi)
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)
The Judicial Innovation Fellowship is looking for fellows. (JIF)
JusticeText needs a marketing lead. (JT) (h/t Devshi Mehrotra)
MacArthur Foundation needs a program officer focused on public interest tech. (MF) (h/t Keith Porcaro)
Measures for Justice needs a comms director. (MfJ)
Northeastern University needs an AI and social justice prof. (NU)
Open Contracting Partnership has a grant for procurement reformers. (OCP) (h/t Reilly Martin)
The Philly District Attorney's Office is looking to fill a number of roles. (PDAO) (h/t Oren Gur)
The Policing Project has multiple openings. (PP) (h/t Kaylynn Lopez)
[New] Raheem is hiring for numerous roles. (R)
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)
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)
