Record Clearing Practice and Policy Advocacy in the Time of COVID-19

*Presented by Community Legal Services of Philadelphia through the National Record Clearing Project, with funding from the WK Kellogg Foundation* Presenters: Rebecca Vallas, Center for American Progress; Cynthia Cornelius, Cabrini Green Legal Aid in Illinois; Muirne Heaney, Legal Aid of Nebraska; Jamie Gullen, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia Moderated by Janet Ginzberg, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia Presented via Webinar COVID-19 has disrupted so much about everyday life, and our record clearing practices are no exception. This session will provide space for practitioners to discuss the challenges they are currently facing in their practices and successes in working with courts and others to keep record clearing moving forward during this time. The session will also cover how to message about why record clearing practice and policy reforms are important priorities, as we move into a phase of projected recession and unemployment where individuals with criminal records will be disproportionately harmed.

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