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Clean Slate Record Clearing: A Policy Tailored for the Digital Age

Clearing a criminal record can change the course of a person’s life. Every year, one thousand low-income individuals come to Community Legal Services of Philadelphia (CLS) because they are facing barriers to employment caused by criminal records. Consider CLS client James, who struggled for years with under and unemployment and could not sufficiently provide for…

New Pennsylvania Law Allows Old and Minor Convictions to be Sealed

As of November 14, 2016, people with certain misdemeanor convictions can ask the court to seal their record. A sealed record will only be available to law enforcement.  It will NOT be available to employers or the public. You may be eligible if all of the following apply: 1. You were convicted (plead guilty or were found guilty) of…