Artificial Intelligence Roadmap for Practicing Attorneys [AI Bootcamp]
In an era where algorithms increasingly shape investigations, charging decisions, and surveillance, criminal defense lawyers can no longer afford to treat artificial intelligence as a niche or futuristic issue. This program provides a clear, defense-focused roadmap for understanding how AI, machine learning, and data-driven systems are already embedded in everyday criminal cases—from cellphone extractions and social media monitoring to facial recognition, license plate readers, ShotSpotter, probabilistic genotyping, and predictive policing. Elizabeth Daniel Vasquez demystifies these technologies, giving defenders the vocabulary and conceptual grounding they need to recognize AI-driven practices when they appear in discovery and investigations.
Moving beyond background, the program squarely addresses the constitutional, statutory, and evidentiary vulnerabilities of AI-driven law enforcement tools. Drawing on Fourth Amendment jurisprudence, First Amendment principles, and emerging scholarship, this session explains why traditional oversight mechanisms often fail to capture the true scope of digital surveillance and data aggregation. Defense attorneys will learn how concepts like the mosaic theory, aggregation harms, and chilling effects on associational freedoms can be leveraged to challenge government use of big data—especially where police obscure or underreport their reliance on algorithmic systems. The program also walks through concrete litigation strategies, including discovery demands, Daubert/Frye challenges, authentication arguments, and motions aimed at limiting retention and reuse of sensitive client data.
Most importantly, this program equips criminal defense lawyers with practical, case-driven tools they can deploy immediately. You will learn how to frame discovery and Brady demands around hidden data systems, seek protective and sealing orders to constrain future misuse of client data, and even turn data analytics to the defense’s advantage. By grounding cutting-edge technology in familiar defense practice—motions, hearings, and constitutional claims—this training empowers defenders to protect clients’ privacy, expose unreliable or biased systems, and push back against unchecked technological overreach in the criminal legal system.
Note: This program appears in more than one collection on NACDL MyCLE On-Demand. Before purchasing, please ensure that you do not already have access to this program.
Elizabeth Daniel Vasquez has focused on the intersection of data, science, technology and the criminal legal system for more than a decade. She is the co-founder and President of The Forensic Evidence Table and is also a principal in a cutting-edge forensic consulting firm. Elizabeth created and ran the Science & Surveillance Project at Brooklyn Defender Services, worked as a staff attorney in the trial division of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, and litigated wrongful conviction and civil rights cases involving forensic error and misconduct throughout the country at Neufeld Scheck & Brustin, LLP. Through her work, Elizabeth has cultivated deep technical and strategic experience working with experts and investigators across disciplines and handling cases that involve complex science and data science. Elizabeth remains a national leader in litigation involving DNA, surveillance technology, and artificial intelligence, and is trained in and licensed to run STRMix.
CLE State Accreditation
- General 0.75
- General CLE-AL: 1.00
- General CLE-KS: 1.00
- General CLE-HI: 0.75
- General CLE-GA: 1.00
- General CLE-SD: 0.75
- General CLE-DE: 1.00
- General CLE-CA: 0.75
- General CLE-PA: 1.00
- General CLE-NJ: 1.00
- General CLE-CO: 1.00
- General CLE-IL: 0.75
- General CLE-UT: 1.00
- General CLE-TN: 0.75
- General CLE-LA: 0.75
- General CLE-OK: 1.00
- General CLE-MT: 0.75
- General CLE-NV: 1.00
- General CLE-AK: 0.75
- General CLE-OH: 0.75
- General CLE-MO: 1.00
- General CLE-IA: 0.75
- General CLE-MD: 0.75
- General CLE-NM: 0.75
- General CLE-WV: 1.00
- General CLE-VT: 0.75
- General CLE-MA: 0.75
- General CLE-DC: 0.75
- General CLE-ND: 0.75
- General CLE-OR: 0.75
- General CLE-VA: 0.50
- General CLE-WA: 0.75
- General CLE-CT: 0.75
- General CLE-TX: 1.00
- General CLE-NH: 0.75
- General CLE-IN: 0.75
- General CLE-VI: 0.75
- General CLE-AZ: 0.75
- Technology CLE-NY: 1.00
- Technology CLE-NC: 1.00
- Technology CLE-FL: 1.00
CLE State Accreditation:
- General 0.75
- General CLE-AL: 1.00
- General CLE-KS: 1.00
- General CLE-HI: 0.75
- General CLE-GA: 1.00
- General CLE-SD: 0.75
- General CLE-DE: 1.00
- General CLE-CA: 0.75
- General CLE-PA: 1.00
- General CLE-NJ: 1.00
- General CLE-CO: 1.00
- General CLE-IL: 0.75
- General CLE-UT: 1.00
- General CLE-TN: 0.75
- General CLE-LA: 0.75
- General CLE-OK: 1.00
- General CLE-MT: 0.75
- General CLE-NV: 1.00
- General CLE-AK: 0.75
- General CLE-OH: 0.75
- General CLE-MO: 1.00
- General CLE-IA: 0.75
- General CLE-MD: 0.75
- General CLE-NM: 0.75
- General CLE-WV: 1.00
- General CLE-VT: 0.75
- General CLE-MA: 0.75
- General CLE-DC: 0.75
- General CLE-ND: 0.75
- General CLE-OR: 0.75
- General CLE-VA: 0.50
- General CLE-WA: 0.75
- General CLE-CT: 0.75
- General CLE-TX: 1.00
- General CLE-NH: 0.75
- General CLE-IN: 0.75
- General CLE-VI: 0.75
- General CLE-AZ: 0.75
- Technology CLE-NY: 1.00
- Technology CLE-NC: 1.00
- Technology CLE-FL: 1.00