“When… data is organized, processed and given a context, it [becomes] information. It is this information that is… critical in decision making.” Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance’s (BNIA) goal is “to strengthen Baltimore neighborhoods by providing meaningful, accurate, and open data at the community level.” One way BNIA brings this information […]
Yearly Archives: 2021
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Google and Oracle have been involved in a legal dispute since the mid aughts. Back in 2005, Google acquired Android in order to build a new software platform for mobile devices, such as phones and tablets. In order to make development relatively easy for their developers, Google copied over 11,000 […]
Earlier this year, The Legal Data and Design Clinic assisted the Office of the Attorney General by providing testimony in support of House Bill 0580, which opposed driver’s license suspensions for child support arrearages. The rationale behind suspending licenses due to nonpayment of child support is that it would […]
Introduction To drive any data-driven research project in the right direction, framing the research question properly is the first fundamental step. A key decision that goes into the framing of a research question is to decide how the data should be tracked. This requires some keen observations on the part […]
On March 9, UB Law in Focus held a live webinar entitled “Google Eyes and Big Brother Lies: Data, Privacy and Algorithmic Justice” as part of an ongoing discussion series. The webinar was moderated by the LDDC’s own Professor Starger, and included a panel of experts in technology and law: […]
Criminal legal reform is at the top of the list for the Biden administration. This comes as no surprise as part of Biden’s presidential campaign platform promised reducing the United States’ unreasonable reliance on incarceration, correctional supervision, and fines and fees associated with the criminal justice system. It is also […]
A startup company is generally one that is just getting off the ground, and it usually has high costs and a small amount of revenue. In order to maintain operations, many startups seek capital from friends, family, venture capital, crowd sourced funds and loans. When developing their identity startups must […]
The year is 1994, CompStat is introduced, in part, as an answer to “limited communication” and a “lack of up-to-date information” within the NYPD, which made a “thorough analysis of crime patterns practically impossible.” The program would go on to allow “timely crime statistics to push precinct commanders to greater […]
On January 17th, the Legal Data and Design Clinic (LDDC) had the pleasure of welcoming Joe Spielberger, an attorney with the ACLU of Maryland and author of the recently published report Chasing Justice: Addressing Police Violence and Corruption in Maryland, to the weekly seminar. Mr. Spielberger and the LDDC engaged […]
Across our nation, courts have jailed increasing numbers of people, mostly black who are awaiting trial. In layman’s terms, courts are putting innocent people in jail for months or years just because they can’t afford to pay their bail. Bail reform legislation has been introduced in Maryland every year since […]
What is the Carceral Tech Resistance Network (CTRN)? A coalition for “those organizing against the design, experimentation and deployment of carceral technologies (CCTV, drones, electronic monitoring, facial recognition, etc.) by building community archives, community knowledge, community defense and community power.” In a Logic Magazine interview with Sarah T. Hamid (policing […]
The Legal Data and Design Clinic (LDDC) is back and ready to go! In order to commemorate the start of a new semester, the clinic has released an updated version of its website. This release contains information about the new student attorneys and features a new “LDDC Alumni” page. This […]