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If you are searching for expungement services in your area please use the curated search below. The Directory includes Legal Aid organziations that can assist members of the community on an ongoing basis, but this is not an exhaustive list of resources.
This webinar acknowledged Second Chance Month and will feature advocates working toward reforming expungement provisions in several jurisdictions, specifically Pennsylvania and California.
Criminal records can have significant collateral consequences, for decades after a conviction, that affect virtually every aspect of a person’s life including employment and licensing, education, public benefits, voting rights and even volunteer opportunities. Expungement, the legal process of removing a criminal record, including arrests and convictions, from the public record, offers an opportunity for individuals to receive a meaningful second chance. Learn more about NACDL’s expungement clinics below.
NACDL supports the passage of clean slate legislation in New York.
New York’s Clean Slate Act will help address the systemic barriers to jobs, housing and education posed by old conviction records. Under the current system, people who have successfully served their time are subjected to perpetual punishment long after their sentence is served. Doors that were once open – to jobs, a place to live, an education – can remain closed for a lifetime, and this impact reverberates across children, families, and whole communities, disproportionately impacting Black and brown New Yorkers and deepening already-existing inequalities in civic life.
NACDL worked with state partners to advocate for expungement reform legislation in South Carolina.
NACDL successfully advocated for the passage of expungement legislation in New Mexico.
NACDL Letter to New Mexico Governor in support of HB 370, the "Criminal Record Expungement Act."
On April 23rd, 2022, The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) is partnering with the Texas Fair Defense Project (TFDP), University of Texas Law Richard and Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program, Lone Star Legal Aid, the United Food & Commercial Workers Internal Union (UFCW), and UFCW 540 to host a Record Clearing and Class C Ticket Clinic in Waco, Texas to assist the local community with expunction and nondisclosure services, and Class C misdemeanor cases.
Brief of the New York Council of Defense Lawyers and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner-Appellee and Affirmance.
