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Rachel Goodman

Former Staff Attorney

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Bio

Rachel Goodman was a Staff Attorney with the Racial Justice Program, where she focused on economic justice issues, particularly on discrimination in housing and lending, and on algorithmic discrimination. She represented the plaintiffs in Sandvig v. Lynch, a constitutional challenge to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act brought on behalf of computer researchers and journalists wishing to test websites for discrimination but chilled by the prospect of criminal liability. She also litigated cases addressing discrimination in the subprime mortgage securitization system, racial profiling in air travel, and the school-to-prison pipeline. Ms. Goodman drafted amicus briefs for proceedings at all levels and engaged in direct advocacy to private companies on data and discrimination issues, in partnership with privacy advocates and technologists inside and outside of the ACLU. She clerked for the Honorable Joseph A. Greenaway, III on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. She graduated magna cum laude from New York University School of Law, where she was an Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Fellow, and from Yale College.


Featured work

Jun 4, 2019

Lawsuit Challenges Discriminatory Housing Policy in Chesterfield County, Virginia

Lawsuit Challenges Discriminatory Housing Policy in Chesterfield County, Virginia

Oct 12, 2018

Why Amazon’s Automated Hiring Tool Discriminated Against Women

Why Amazon’s Automated Hiring Tool Discriminated Against Women

Jul 19, 2018

Big Data Could Set Insurance Premiums. Minorities Could Pay the Price.

Big Data Could Set Insurance Premiums. Minorities Could Pay the Price.

Jun 13, 2018

Minnesota City’s Ordinance Illegally Targets People of Color in Rental Housing

Minnesota City’s Ordinance Illegally Targets People of Color in Rental Housing

May 8, 2018

We're Suing Ben Carson for Trying to Dismantle the Fair Housing Act

We're Suing Ben Carson for Trying to Dismantle the Fair Housing Act

Apr 4, 2018

Facebook’s Targeting System Can Divide Us on More Than Just Advertising

Facebook’s Targeting System Can Divide Us on More Than Just Advertising

Feb 1, 2018

Savannah Police Suspend Its Discriminatory ‘Crime Free Housing Program’

Savannah Police Suspend Its Discriminatory ‘Crime Free Housing Program’

Dec 1, 2017

Facebook Can’t Clean Up Ad Discrimination on Its Own

Facebook Can’t Clean Up Ad Discrimination on Its Own

Oct 13, 2017

Tips for Data Journalism in the Shadow of an Overbroad Anti-Hacking Law

Tips for Data Journalism in the Shadow of an Overbroad Anti-Hacking Law

May 1, 2017

Supreme Court Recognizes Discrimination Hurts Entire Cities

Supreme Court Recognizes Discrimination Hurts Entire Cities