Students will 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. Note: students will work in pairs. Each pair will have at least one J.D. student.
Organization
Educational Equity Project, Mithoff Pro Bono Program
The Expunction Project is an internal project of the Richard and Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program’s Educational Equity Project.
Project Details
- Project Date
Tuesday, April 16
- Project Time
- 5:30pm-9:00pm
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 3.5 hours, including training; Students must be available to arrive at or prior to the start time.
- Training
- Volunteers will be trained in the first 30 minutes of the work session
- Skills used
- Client interviewing; document preparation/review
- Project location
- Travis County Law Library, 314 W. 11th Street
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 24
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- Language: Spanish helpful but not necessary
- To Apply
- Register at https://expexit2sp19.eventbrite.com