Students will review applicants’ criminal history records and determine their eligibility to expunge or obtain orders of nondisclosure of criminal records. Students will learn about the expunction and nondisclosure process, apply this knowledge in reviewing criminal history reports for eligibility, and identify additional documentation needed. 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 people to not disclose offenses on applications for housing or employment.
Organization
Texas Law Expunction Project
The Expunction Project is an internal project of the Richard and Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program.
Project Details
- Project Date
January 12 OR January 20
- Project Time
- 5pm-8pm
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 5 hours, including asynchronous training
- Training
- Students should plan to spend approximately 2 hours completing the Expunction Project Eligibility Training Module on the Mithoff Program’s Canvas page before the live session; Pro Bono Scholars will be available to assist with training materials and will review key points during the first 30 minutes of each live session
- Skills used
- Document preparation/review; legal analysis
- Project location
- Virtual
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 20 per session
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- Students with an interest in social justice, navigating the criminal legal system, and engaging with criminal history records are encouraged to volunteer
- To Apply
- Register at https://expintakepbj21.eventbrite.com ; students should register to attend only one intake session in January if they obtain a confirmed volunteer spot and are not placed on a waitlist