#LegalHack Serial: Cell phone data and the criminal justice system, then and now

DC Legal Hackers is the DC Chapter of a growing movement of more than twenty (https://legalinformatics.wordpress.com/2013/09/12/legal-hacking-technology-and-innovation-groups/) legal hacking, technology, or innovation groups around the country.

A legal hacker is someone who cares about the intersection of law and technology and seeks to improve legal practice through technology while simultaneously using legal skills to promote technological innovation and exploration.

Join us on Wednesday, February 4, 2015 for a Serial-inspired discussion on cell phone data & the criminal justice system: then and now.

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Were you obsessed with the popular podcast Serial (http://serialpodcast.org/) this winter? Us too! We wondered: Just how do cell phone towers work? How definitive is the data? How has that data changed since 1999's Serial case? How often has this information been used in criminal cases? How do IMSI catchers and E911 fit into this discussion? If this is now, what will the future look like?

To answer those questions and more we've gathered a panel of experts to #LegalHack cell phone data and the criminal justice system.

Speakers:

• Susan Simpson, Attorney and blogger at The View from LL2 (http://viewfromll2.com/)

• Laura Moy, Senior Policy Counsel, Open Technology Institute (http://newamerica.org/oti/)

• Kevin Bankston, Policy Director, Open Technology Institute (http://newamerica.org/oti/)

• Michael Cherry, C.E.O. of Cherry Biometrics (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/experts-say-law-enforcements-use-of-cellphone-records-can-be-inaccurate/2014/06/27/028be93c-faf3-11e3-932c-0a55b81f48ce_story.html), Digital Evidence Experts

Schedule:

6:00pm: Drinks/Networking

6:45pm: Panel Introductions

7:00pm: Panel

7:45pm: Q&A

Join us and our hosts, Open Technology Institute, for the legal geek supplement to Serial.