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News
Citizen reportedly plans to test a private security partnership in Chicago. (Verge) (h/t Keith Porcaro)
Inside the app Minnesota police used to collect data on journalists at protests. (MIT Tech Review)
The NYPD was sued over an “illegal and unregulated DNA database” of 33,000 profiles. (Crime Report)
Federal legislation seeks to block lengthy gag orders on tech firms after government surveillance. (Hill)
Rhode Island state troopers get $3,000 stipends for use of body cameras. (Providence Journal)
The alarming gaps in national crime data. (Trace)
A risk assessment can improve pretrial release outcomes for defendants irrespective of race. (NIJ)
There’s more to AI bias than biased data. (NIST) What’s wrong with explainable AI? (Fortune)
An excellent new resource helps plan the end of a technology project. (Tiny Chat) (h/t Zach Zarnow)
Events
Transformative Justice and Knowledge Production in Tech is March 31. (HMB)
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)
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)
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)
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 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)
[New] 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)
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)
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)