Students will meet with petitioners over Zoom to finalize petitions and proposed orders to expunge or seal criminal records, help prepare affidavits seeking waiver of filing fees, and prepare applicants for the process of filing and obtaining a hearing on their petitions.
Organization
Mithoff Pro Bono Program
The Expunction Project is an internal project of the Richard and Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program. 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.
Project Details
- Project Date
Thursday, April 8
- Project Time
- 5pm-8pm
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 4 hours, including training
- Training
- Training materials will be available on Canvas for self-study before the session and require approximately 1 hour to complete; additional training will be provided during the first 30 minutes of the exit session
- Skills used
- Document preparation/review; client communication and support; legal records review; financial advocacy
- Project location
- Virtual
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 26
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- Students with an interest in social justice, navigating the criminal justice system, and engaging with client records are encouraged to volunteer
- To Apply
- Register at https://expexit3sp21.eventbrite.com