Students will meet with petitioners to finalize petitions to expunge criminal records or obtain orders of nondisclosure of criminal records, help prepare affidavits seeking waiver of filing fees, and prepare petitioners for the process of filing and obtaining a hearing on their petitions. Expunging records allows people to legally deny offenses and erases records from criminal histories, mitigating future harm stemming from arrests that do not result in a criminal conviction. Orders of nondisclosure direct police departments and other agencies not to disclose criminal records on background checks and allow a person to not disclose offenses on applications for housing or employment.
Organization
Mithoff Pro Bono Program
The Expunction Work Session is a student-led pro bono effort administered by the Mithoff Program.
Project Details
- Project Date
Monday March 3
- Project Time
- 6pm-9pm
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 4 hours, including training
- Training
- Friday, February 28, 1:15pm-2:15pm (TNH 2.124) OR Monday, March 3, 12pm-1pm (TNH 2.124)
- Skills used
- Client interviewing; document preparation/review
- Project location
- Virtual (Zoom link provided before session)
- Address
- 727 E. Dean Keeton Street, Austin, TX 78705
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 12
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- To Apply
- Register at https://expexit3-3-35.eventbrite.com