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Continuing Legal Education
Sealing
CORI
Records
Wednesday March 17, 2010
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Suffolk Law School, Room 295, 120 Tremont Street,
Boston
No
cost.
2 CLE
credits
for
SLJ
panel
attorneys.
RSVP
to
mmendonca@sljinc.org or 617-348-0088
Presenters:
Renay Frankel, Soros Justice Advocacy Fellow with the Community Justice
Collaborative Pauline Quirion, Director of the Greater Boston Legal Services Re-entry
Project
Moderator:
Sarah McClean, SLJ panel attorney.
After people are released from jail, have their criminal cases dismissed, or are found not guilty of a crime, they have a CORI (Criminal Offender Record Information). CORI's have continuing consequences that perpetuate economic disadvantages, especially in communities of color. People with criminal records face discrimination when seeking employment and are often ineligible for housing. They lose many of the opportunities for economic mobility that most people take for granted. As a result, people with criminal records are often trapped in a cycle of poverty and homelessness.
Joblessness, underemployment, and lack of economic opportunity for people with criminal records or a history of incarceration have created an economic crisis in Boston’s communities of color. Indeed, the war on drugs, mandatory sentencing, and racial profiling have lead to racially disparate rates of arrest, prosecution, and incarceration. As a result, CORI has become a racial justice issue and led to a movement to try to revise antiquated laws that require a waiting period of up to 15 years to seal a CORI. The legislature has been slow to act and many financially strapped people need immediate help to seal their records.
This
free training
educates
bar advocates
on
how
to
advise their clients about
sealing
records
of
both convictions and non-convictions. In addition,
attorneys
will
learn
to assist clients in sealing a case at the same time the case is dismissed, nolle prossed or results in a not-guilty finding.
Please
note: CPCS will not compensate attorneys for this service.
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