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 ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û. 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
Oct 12, 2018
Why Amazon’s Automated Hiring Tool Discriminated Against Women
Jul 19, 2018
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
May 8, 2018
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
Feb 1, 2018
Savannah Police Suspend Its Discriminatory ‘Crime Free Housing Program’
Dec 1, 2017
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
May 1, 2017
Supreme Court Recognizes Discrimination Hurts Entire Cities