JTDL: ShotSpotter still useless; FCC requires video for deaf prisoners + New jobs
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News
A study of ShotSpotter in Kansas City finds “no meaningful change” in violence. (Albuquerque Journal)
The FCC requires prison phone companies to provide video options for the deaf. (Marshall Project)
Comprehensive Illinois gun violence data is “unattainable.” (Quad-City Times)
Baltimore County reports one set of sexual assault data to the FBI, they tell the public another story. (Baltimore Banner)
The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals tells Twitter it can’t reveal exactly how many national security letters it receives because the DOJ showed it some scary stuff. (Tech Dirt)
The TSA confirms biometric scanning won’t be optional, even for domestic travelers. (Tech Dirt)
ChatGPT-like AI will not change our world. (Internet Policy Review) Algorithmic black swans. (SSRN)
How California and other states are tackling AI legislation. (Brookings)
Drafting the job specs for a re-imagined data stewardship role. (Medium)
Thomson Reuters expands support of the SALI legal open standard. (Thomson Reuters)
Events
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)
Harvard presents Bruce Schneier’s A Hacker’s Mind April 6. (BKC)
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)
Jobs & Opportunities
[New] 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 Engine Room needs a senior research associate. (ER)
The Federal Trade Commission needs technologists. (FTC)
[New] The Free Law Project needs a development director. (FLP) (h/t Mike Lissner)
[New] The Ford Foundation needs a missions investments technology fellow. (FF)
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)
[New] 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)
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)
