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Constitutional Rights at the Border: Digital Device Searches & Related Issues
Produced on June 18, 2020
Course Information
Course Description
This program, taught by Esha Bhandari, Senior Staff Attorney with the ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, will provide attendees with a review and analysis of the current state of the law regarding constitutional rights at the U.S. border with respect to searches, with a focus on warrantless device searches. The program will cover federal government policies and practices on border searches of electronic devices, as well as constitutional limitations and relevant case law. The course will also provide guidance to practitioners on safeguarding sensitive information when traveling into or out of the United States with electronic devices and will discuss strategies to suppress the evidence from device searches.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify current federal government policies and practices with respect to border device searches
- Review the state of the law on border device searches, including relevant First and Fourth Amendment issues
- Provide practical guidance to legal practitioners on safeguarding sensitive information
- Discuss strategies for suppressing evidence in court
Credit Information
Faculty
Esha Bhandari
American Civil Liberties Union
Esha Bhandari is a senior staff attorney with the ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, where she works on litigation and advocacy to protect freedom of expression and privacy rights in the digital age. She also focuses on the impact of big data and artificial intelligence on civil liberties. She has litigated cases including Sandvig v. Barr, a First Amendment challenge to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act on behalf of researchers who test for housing and employment discrimination online, and Alasaad v. Nielsen, a challenge to suspicionless electronic device searches at the U.S. border.
Bar Admissions:
New York State
Reviews
The teacher did a GREAT job of explaining the material!!
Excellent presenter
Although I am a county assistant prosecuting attorney and not in a county with a border or international airport, I found the case law discussions valuable.
Loved the presenter.
Excellent and efficient presentation.
excellent presentation: logical, informative and sharp
Excellent analysis of cases
She is perhaps the best presenter that I have seen. So articulate and knowledgeable. Very impressive.
Great course with good, practical advice
Very nicely done - presentation was well organized and nicely structured to flag what someone new to these issues should keep an eye out for. One of the best Lawline presentations I’ve listened to.
Excellent presentation!
Excellent presenter
She was particularly good.
Excellent speaker, great topic!!!
great topic
Thank you, this was extremely informative.
A+
Really good speaker on an important and interesting topic
Excellent!!!
Informative!
Excellent presentation.
Extremely articulate speaker.
Great course
Speaker was excellent. Very knowledgeable and up to date in a very narrow area of law.
very knowledgeable
Took this more to learn about the area of law, given our current political society. It was very interesting.
I had no idea the warrantless device search power was so broad. Boo to the 11th circuit!
Really interesting and timely
Good information.
Excellent!
Super detailed and well cited. Practical and helpful. Wonderful!!
strongly agree. not sure if that is a 1 or 4
This is a thorough review of the subject matter. Useful content and terrific presenter.
Excellent presentation
Good course materials.
good travel tips, thank you
A great program! I appreciated the practical guidance and examples.