Access & Algorithms is a place for plain-English notes on technology, rights, and access to justice.
The project starts from a simple premise: digital systems are now part of how people encounter law and public institutions. That includes AI tools, privacy rules, legal technology, court systems, public-benefits infrastructure, criminal defense technology, data brokers, education technology, workplace systems, and the ordinary portals and databases that decide whether people can find information or challenge a decision.
The goal is not to cover technology as spectacle. It is to explain how technical systems affect legal rights, public institutions, civil rights, and practical access to justice.
What to expect
Briefs will be longer explainers on issues that deserve more context. News Notes will be shorter updates tied to legal, policy, or technology developments. Resources will collect practical guides, glossaries, checklists, and reading paths.
A recurring Local Lens will eventually focus on New Mexico and the broader Southwest: courts, legal access, rural infrastructure, public institutions, education, criminal defense, and civil rights issues where technology meets place.
The first brief explains why technology law should be understood as an access-to-justice issue. That frame will guide much of what follows.