{"id":1289,"date":"2025-04-04T04:59:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T04:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paperprisons.org\/news\/?p=1289"},"modified":"2025-04-16T17:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T17:43:11","slug":"technological-developments-tools-in-the-criminal-legal-system-webinar-april-3-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paperprisons.org\/news\/all\/news\/technological-developments-tools-in-the-criminal-legal-system-webinar-april-3-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Technological Developments &amp; Tools in the Criminal Legal System Webinar (April 4, 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Alivia Dawson, 2nd year undergrad student, Berkeley&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Paper Prisons Initiative recently presented our <a href=\"https:\/\/rja.paperprisons.org\/\">Racial Justice Act (RJA) tool<\/a>, forthcoming \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/paperprisons.org\/news\/all\/blog\/delivering-freedom-from-americans-paper-prisons-this-juneteenth-a-research-agenda\/\">Digital Juneteenth<\/a>\u201d expungement notification campaign with the Santa Clara Public Defender, and how <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4733061\">AI tools can be leveraged to increase access to justice<\/a>, before hundreds of public defenders during a webinar on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.berkeley.edu\/event\/technological-developments-tools-in-the-criminal-legal-system-eligible-for-1-hour-mcle-specialty-credit-in-technology-in-the-practice-of-law\/\">Technological Developments &amp; Tools in the Criminal Legal System<\/a> hosted by the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology and Berkeley Criminal Law &amp; Justice Center.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch the video <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1yaeFaO2TydLyHmLy4hBSm7XJmlbBgC94\/view?usp=drive_link\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some highlights:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Paper Prisons\u2019 RJA Tool Walkthrough [0:00-15:14]<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To learn more about how to use the Racial Justice Act (RJA) <a href=\"https:\/\/rja.paperprisons.org\/\">tool<\/a>, viewers can watch Berkeley Law Professor Colleen Chien&#8217;s walkthrough on navigating its data to evaluate claims of bias. Additionally, Alonzo Harvey, a formerly incarcerated UC Berkeley student and Paper Prisons member, shares his perspective on the tool, emphasizing how its data reveals a deeper story about racial disparities in the criminal justice system.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Slides available <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1_3Bv8eleZbWSvkXkErxL6IuZZlIjrkxi\/view?usp=sharing\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Automating Expungements &amp; Notifications [15:15- 23:54]<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To learn more about Paper Prisons\u2019 collaboration with the SCPD and notification of&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/codes\/california\/code-pen\/part-2\/title-8\/chapter-1\/section-1203-425\/\">CA Penal Code \u00a7 1203.425<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/codes\/california\/code-pen\/part-2\/title-3\/chapter-5\/section-851-93\/\">CA Penal Code \u00a7 851.93<\/a>, check out Jake Rhodes (from the Santa Clara Public Defender\u2019s Office) explain the laws that govern automated and petition-based expungement. The collaboration will notify eligible individuals about relief opportunities and provide valuable insights regarding notification, along with its potential impacts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Slides available <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/14kqfz1Q8aTLdG7ABDlOlESRFGb165IF7\/view?usp=sharing\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>How GenAI Can Address the Access-to-Justice Gap in Expungement [23:55- 34:55]<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To learn more about how AI can address the access to justice gap in expungement, Professor Colleen Chien discusses <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4733061\">her paper addressing this topic<\/a> (with Miriam Kim) and forthcoming work. Pilot demonstration projects include going from eligibility flows to multilingual chatbots in just a few steps (as described in this database <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/AIA2J\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/AIA2J<\/a> at entry 94 et seq) and helping people navigate record clearance and complex legal language as well as pre-trial notifications and navigation &#8211; aimed at making the legal system more accessible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Slides available <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1OHPxL_Kuz6wYd5nTtSxdYoXtym6kmJhg\/view?usp=sharing\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><strong>.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Using Notebook LM to create a podcast about the RJA tool [34:55-39:52]<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To learn how the RJA tool\u2019s audio guide was developed and how to apply similar techniques, viewers can observe the process of using <a href=\"https:\/\/notebooklm.google\/?gad_source=1&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiA5pq-BhBuEiwAvkzVZV7wNQvB2NAwh50NFa1a0ztWee15rrSeuYF4y8buES6Sz4aqNs__tRoCqHMQAvD_BwE\">Notebook LM<\/a> to create an initial draft of a podcast, which was subsequently refined and re-recorded. The resulting audio guide is now available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/rja.paperprisons.org\/\">website<\/a>, providing another way to understand the tool&#8217;s functionality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The webinar recording that includes just the Paper Prisons content is available <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1yaeFaO2TydLyHmLy4hBSm7XJmlbBgC94\/view?usp=sharing\">here<\/a>, while the entire, webinar recording (and slides) is located <a href=\"https:\/\/bcle.law.berkeley.edu\/program?id=85533\">here<\/a>. Additionally, check out Berkeley Law\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.berkeley.edu\/article\/tech-tools-artificial-intelligence-criminal-law-justice-evidence-continuing-legal-education\/\">article<\/a> highlighting key takeaways and discussions from the event, which provides further information about the webinar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alivia Dawson, 2nd year undergrad student, Berkeley&nbsp;&nbsp; The Paper Prisons Initiative recently presented our Racial Justice Act (RJA) tool, forthcoming \u201cDigital Juneteenth\u201d expungement notification campaign with the Santa Clara Public Defender, and how AI tools can be leveraged to increase access to justice, before hundreds of public defenders during a webinar on Technological Developments 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