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Service Will Connect Technologists with Civil Liberties Cases

Are you a technologist interested in helping out on civil
liberties cases? Are you an attorney looking for some help
understanding technical issues in lawsuits? EFF is setting
up a listserv to help connect technologists to attorneys
on cases that are core to EFF’s mission but beyond what
we can handle in-house.

Over the years, EFF has connected hundreds of tech-savvy
lawyers with potential clients through our Cooperating
Attorneys listserv. This has worked so well, we thought
we’d provide the same service for those who need
technical assistance on litigation and civil liberties
issues.

Here’s how the Cooperating Techs list will work: Attorneys
needing technical assistance on cases will contact us and
let us know what kind of help they need and whether they
can pay. After we receive the request and determine if
it is appropriate for our list, we’ll post a note to the
list with a basic description of the project. (For example:
“CA attorney needs a tech familiar with Microsoft
Exchange servers to assist in recovering allegedly deleted
email messages needed for lawsuit. Can pay reduced fee.”)
If you’re on the list and are qualified and interested,
you contact us, and we’ll connect you to the attorney.
That’s it. EFF won’t investigate or vouch for either
side – we don’t have those kinds of resources. We’ll

simply provide the connection.

Interested in being an Cooperating Tech? Send a note
to cooptechs@eff.org with your: name, email address, and
the city/state in which you reside, and we’ll add you
to the list. If you’re an attorney facing a tech civil
liberties issue and could use some technical help, send
a note to techhelp@eff.org, and we’ll try to help you
find someone.