As CTO of JusticeText, Leslie Jones-Dove is changing the way criminal defense attorneys process data so they can better represent their clients. Along with fellow winner Devshi Mehrota, Leslie created valuable software that provides defense attorneys with a searchable transcript generated from video and audio files. They were inspired to create JusticeText while students at the University of Chicago, where they learned that public defenders didn’t have the resources to process an overwhelming increase in audio and video evidence. The duo focused on the disparity in resources between prosecutors and public defenders, in particular. Since then, JusticeText has been praised by public defenders nationwide and has received awards and recognition from Google and MIT, among others. Leveraging data collected from its users, JusticeText aims to provide 30 to 50% time savings for attorneys.
