College of Law/Maxwell School professor the Hon. James E. Baker (center) is sworn in as one of eight judges on the Data Protection Review Court.
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland recently held a formal investiture ceremony for the Data Protection Review Court (DPRC) at the U.S. Justice Department. The , professor of law, director of the and professor of public administration in the , was formally sworn in as one of eight judges on the DPRC.
Last October, the attorney general issued regulations creating the DPRC within the Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties at the Department of Justice. The DPRC serves as the second level of the new redress process established by the president through Executive Order 14086, which also strengthened other safeguards for U.S. signals intelligence activities.
The DPRC will independently review determinations made by the civil liberties protection officer of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in response to qualifying complaints sent by individuals through appropriate public authorities that allege certain violations of U.S. law in the conduct of U.S. signals intelligence activities.
For more information on the DPRC and the bios of the DPRC judges, visit the .
