ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE

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May be used to satisfy the Writing Requirement. In the last 15 years, the proliferation of cell phones and other smart devices have given American citizens access to nearly limitless information and connectivity. This technology has also opened up a new frontier in Fourth Amendment litigation, and this course focuses on caselaw in the world of electronic surveillance in law enforcement, including, but not limited to facial recognition, social media and cryptocurrency metadata, and real-time surveillance (CSLI and cell towers). A large majority of the caselaw this course will explore is drawn from the last decade, and several of these topics have circuit splits, which means that they are ripe for Supreme Court review. This class will combine discussion of the case law, guest practitioner speakers, and review of actual (redacted) court orders from prosecutors.