About the Workshops
The Data Integration Support Center (DISC) and Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy (AISP) recently partnered to offer a series of online, free workshops to increase the use of cross-sector data for evidence and action. The Legal Professionals workshop series consisted of 16 one-hour sessions over a year and a half, offered to legal professionals and non-lawyers involved in data sharing.
The recordings of these sessions are available for your use. Simply click on the title of the workshop you are interested in for the recording and a list of associated resources.
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Foundational Legal Pathways
Navigating Federal Laws and Myths in Data Sharing
Unit 1 explores the major federal laws governing the sharing of data, including individually identifiable information, privacy frameworks, ethics, risk management, social policy, data governance, and security. It dispelled commonly held myths about the legality of data integration and data sharing generally.
Navigating the Data Frontier: The Role of Lawyers in Data Sharing and Integration
Data 101 for Lawyers: Navigating the Data Life Cycle
Federal Privacy Basics Part 1 (FERPA 101 & HIPAA 101)
Getting Started: Legal Frameworks for Data Sharing and Legal Analytics 101
IDS Use Across Sectors
Federal Privacy Basics Part 2
Tech 101: Tech Used in Integrated Data Systems for Lawyers
Modernizing IDS
Creating Efficiencies and Promoting Transparency
The workshops in Unit 2 explore issues around modernizing IDS, creating efficiencies, and sharing outputs from IDS.
Federal Privacy Basics Continued (42 CFR Part 2)
Navigating State Law
Navigating within the Legal Frameworks (201)
Hand it Over: Navigating State Public Records Acts in Data Sharing & Integration
Navigating Nuances
Complex Issues in Data Sharing
The workshops in Unit 3 explore more nuanced and complex issues to expand data integration efforts. Unit 3 workshops will begin in February 2025.
De-Identification & Preventing Re-Identification
FEB 20, 2025 | 12:00 PM ET
Introduction to Tribal Data Sovereignty and the Role of Tribal Epidemiology Centers
MAR 20, 2025 | 1:00 PM ET
Yes, No, Maybe?: Legal & Ethical Considerations on Informed Consent in Data Sharing and Integration
APR 24, 2025 | 1:00 PM ET
Demystifying Privacy Preserving/Enhancing Technologies
MAY 15, 2025 | 1:00 PM ET
Meet the Hosts
The Data Integration Support Center (DISC) at WestEd helps public agencies address the challenges of data integration and support equity. DISC provides comprehensive technical assistance relative to privacy and security, external legal support, legislative analysis and governance, and system security.
Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy (AISP), based at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice, helps state and local governments collaborate and responsibly use data to improve lives. AISP operates a network of 38 sites across the U.S. and provides technical assistance to jurisdictions at various stages of developing integrated data systems.
