JTDL: Utah ODR hurts debt defendants; Improving use of force data + New jobs
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News
Payday lenders are big winners in Utah’s online justice program. (Markup) (h/t Natalie Byrom)
US Justice Department admits that it doesn't know how many predictive policing tools it funded. (Gizmodo)
A private vendor tracks nearly 200,000 immigrants and we don’t know what happens to that data. (Guardian)
The FTC is making companies delete their algorithms. (Protocol)
US Department of Justice can improve publication of police use of force data and oversight of excessive force allegations. (Government Accountability Office)
A California bill would permanently bar facial recognition on police body cameras. (BioMetric) A US Defense project aims to identify people from drones by more than just their face. (NextGov)
[en Español] Diagnosis of the implementation of technological tools in judiciaries in Mexico. (México Evalúa) Guidelines for technological transformation in the administration of justice. (México Evalúa)
A new comic explores algorithmic bias. (NPR)
Events
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)
Arlington County, VA’s states attorney needs a data and litigation support analyst. (ACSA) (h/t Oren Gur)
Bay Area Legal Services (Florida) needs a digital project manager. (BALS)
Blue Ridge Labs is accepting fellowship applications. (BRL)
Boundless has numerous openings. (B) (h/t Chase Hertel)
Center for Democracy and Technology has multiple open positions. (CDT) (h/t Alex Givens)
The Civil Beat Law Center needs a staff attorney. (CBLC) (h/t Brian Black)
Color of Change needs devs and PMs. (CoC) (h/t Archana Ahlawat)
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China needs staff for it’s technology-enhanced authoritarianism research. (CECC)
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)
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)
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 Law Society of Alberta’s regulatory sandbox is taking applications. (LSA) (h/t Len Polsky)
The Law Society of Ontario’s regulatory sandbox is taking applications. (LSO) (h/t Will Morrison)
The Legal Education Fund in the UK needs a research principle. (LEF)
The Legal Services Corporation has an RFI out for a mixed methods researcher. (LSC) (h/t Sarah Abdelhadi)
Measures for Justice has multiple positions open. (M4J)
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 National Registry of Exonerations needs an ED. (NRE) (h/t Amani Smathers)
The New York County District Attorney’s Office needs a technical product specialist. (DANY)
North Carolina’s Indigent Defense Services needs a research director. (IDS)
Northeastern University needs a information justice prof. (NEU)
Northwestern Law is launching the Journal des Refusés and accepting statements of interest. (JdR)
Paladin is hiring a front end engineer. (P) (h/t Felicity Conrad)
PEW seeks a freelancer for a lit review on research related to court time and costs, email your interest to the link. (PEW) (h/t Darcy White)
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 CodeX is looking for fellows. (SC)
Stanford Law School needs a justice innovation lead. (SLS) (h/t Andrew Wichmann)
[New] 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)
Theory and Principle, a legal software development boutique, is hiring. (T&P)
Texas Indigent Defense Commission needs a director of research. (TIDC)
The University of North Carolina needs a post-doc researcher on AI decision making. (UNC)
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)
[New] Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center needs a principle research associate. (UI) (h/t Emily Tiry)
Vera needs an innovation senior associate. (Vera)
Yale’s Internet Society Project needs an executive director. (ISP)