Public Defenseless 81: How to Craft Ethical Tech Solutions to the Many Issues with the Legal System w/Jason Tashea
On this episode, Hunter spoke with Jason Tashea to discuss the exciting intersection of tech and the legal system. As the Director and Co-Founder of the Georgetown Judicial Innovation Fellowship, Jason is constantly thinking about ways to ethically integrate technology into the legal world. As an institution predicated on tradition, precedent, and intentionally inefficient legal protections, the legal profession has been incredibly slow to adopt the forward thinking, efficiency mindset so prevalent in the tech world.
It is the juxtaposition of the two that sits at the center of today's conversation. How do we ensure that the efficiency goals of tech don't trample the rights of others? How do we make sure that the vitally necessary data collection practices are implemented safely without privacy violation? All these questions and more are explored in this episode!
Guest:
Jason Tashea, Director and Co-Founder of the Georgetown Judicial Innovation Fellowship
Key Topics:
How Jason's Career got him here [5:40]
Where does the use of tech currently stand in the legal profession [7:50]
Access to Justice Gap [9:28]
Understanding the difficulties of a public-private partnership [13:41]
Lessons from other countries [16:22]
Data Privacy Concerns [19:56]
What policies need to be implemented to ensure equal access to new tech [23:50]
Balancing tech's desire for efficiency with the law's inefficient legal protections [27:05]
More ethical issues with law and tech [34:50]
Faith in reforms [38:13]
Limiting power of centralization of data [40:40]
The Fellowship [45:10]
Pushing for an Open Source Environment [52:00]
Getting into the Fellowship [53:00]
What Public Defenders can do to get more tech solutions [56:00]
Resources:
Links for Judicial Innovation Fellowship
https://www.law.georgetown.edu/tech-institute/programs/judicial-innovation/
https://twitter.com/JIFGeorgetown
https://www.linkedin.com/company/judicial-innovation-fellowship/
Justice as a Platform
https://law.mit.edu/pub/justiceasaplatform/draft?access=wd47u265
A Human Rights Approach to Justice Technology Procurement
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4246039
How the US can Compete with China on digital justice technology
Talk Justice Podcast
https://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/talk-justice/
Code for America
Legal Hackers
Contact Hunter Parnell:
hwparnell@publicdefenseless.com
@PublicDefenselessPodcast
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