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This training program will aid those working to defend persons accused of homicide in drug-related overdose deaths. Each section of the program focuses on a different aspect of these cases. CLE is not available for this program.
Presentation on surveillance tech on juvenile clients from Artifical Justice: AI, Tech, and Criminal Defense by NACDL's Fourth Amendment Center and Georgetown's Center on Privacy and Technology.
Panel on AI-generated police reports from Artifical Justice: AI, Tech, and Criminal Defense, presented by NACDL's Fourth Amendment Center and Georgetown's Center of Privacy and Technology.
Forensic Genetic Genealogy (FGG) panel from Artifical Justice: AI, Tech, and Criminal Defense, presented by NACDL's Fourth Amendment Center and Georgetown's Center of Privacy and Technology.
Panel on big data and jail surveillance from Artifical Justice: AI, Tech, and Criminal Defense, presented by NACDL's Fourth Amendment Center and Georgetown's Center of Privacy and Technology.
Panel on facial recognition from Artifical Justice: AI, Tech, and Criminal Defense, presented by NACDL's Fourth Amendment Center and Georgetown's Center of Privacy and Technology.
Presentation on surveillance technology that targets and criminalizes youth from Artifical Justice: AI, Tech, and Criminal Defense by NACDL's Fourth Amendment Center and Georgetown's Center on Privacy and Technology.
Panel on Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs) from Artifical Justice: AI, Tech, and Criminal Defense, presented by NACDL's Fourth Amendment Center and Georgetown's Center of Privacy and Technology.
Panel on defense access to social media evidence from Artifical Justice: AI, Tech, and Criminal Defense, presented by NACDL's Fourth Amendment Center and Georgetown's Center of Privacy and Technology.
Presentation on a report by Georgetown's Center on Privacy and Technology detailing the US Government's abuse of immigration powers to add DNA profiles collected by immigration enforcement to DOJ's DNA database.
NACDL's Fourth Amendment Center offers direct assistance to defense lawyers handling cases involving new surveillance tools, technologies and tactics that infringe on the constitutional rights of people in America. The Center is available to help members of the defense bar in bringing new Fourth Amendment challenges, providing a range of support: from training and resources to expert consultation and direct litigation, all free of charge.
This month John Wesley Hall reviews The Digital Fourth Amendment: Privacy and Policing in Our Online World by Orin Kerr.
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellee Bruce Silva
To identify suspects, law enforcement officers are turning increasingly to reverse search warrants, such as geofence warrants and keyword search warrants. These are searches used to find suspects and are not conducted to find evidence on a targeted individual. This trend presents novel challenges to the Fourth Amendment and privacy rights in the United States.
NACDL applauds the PCLOB for its premiere report on the telephone records program conducted under Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC). NACDL recognizes that the 702 surveillance program remains subject to more classification authorities than the 215 program, and understands that the PCLOB‘s report on the 702 program may be more limited in its public analysis than the 215 report. However, NACDL encourages the PCLOB, to the maximum extent consistent with national security, to make its report public, with limited redactions.
