Pennsylvania's Clean Slate Law Expands! (Virtual Event)

  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Eastern Time (US & Canada)
  • By: Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc.
  • Map:
    Virtual Event, PA
Topics:
  • Criminal Records
  • Pro Bono

 

Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc. - 50 Years logoPennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc. is hosting a webinar entitled Pennsylvania's Clean Slate Law Expands! on Monday, January 29, 2023 from 2:00 PM-3:30 PM Eastern.

Pennsylvania was the first state in the nation to pass a Clean Slate law back in 2018, leading to the automated sealing of over 40 million records to date. Now, we are joining the majority of states that allow some felony convictions to be sealed.

Clean Slate expansion, also known as Clean Slate 3.0, will allow some drug felony convictions to be sealed by automation and property felonies to be sealed by petition, after 10 years. The waiting periods for sealing eligible misdemeanor and summary convictions were also reduced to 7 and 5 years respectively.

This CLE will cover the major changes to the Clean Slate law, review eligibility rules, and discuss what a sealed record means for clients.

Presenters:

Katie Svoboda-Kindle, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia
Jamie Gullen, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia

  • CLE Credit Comments:

    This program has been approved by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board for 1.0 hours of substantive law, practice and procedure CLE credit and 0.5 hours of ethics, professionalism or substance abuse CLE credit.

    The Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board has set the following requirements for 2023 and 2024:

    For compliance periods ending in 2022 and thereafter, or until further modification by the Board, the number of credits earned through accredited pre-recorded/on-demand (asynchronous) programs shall not exceed six (6).

    Credits earned through accredited live-online (synchronous) programs shall be treated the same as traditional classroom courses. Only credits earned through live-online and in-person/classroom courses taken during this period may carry forward (up to two compliance periods).

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  • Contact:
    Kelly Bock Yeckley
    Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc.