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Friday, December 8 • 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Clean Slate: The Future of Sealing Will Be Automated

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Expungement and sealing of criminal records have become increasingly popular with state legislatures across the country, and they have been expanding eligibility. But there is another level to which record clearing can go: Automated sealing of cases, using technology in lieu of individual petitions. A Pennsylvania bill is pioneering "Clean Slate" with bipartisan support. Hundreds of thousands of cases may be sealed in this way, without requiring lawyers. Learn how the bill was drafted to make maximum use of the available technology and how the bipartisan and stakeholder support was generated. Possible adaptation of the automation concept to other legal areas will also be discussed with the audience.
Speakers
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Sharon Dietrich

Litigation Director, CLS Philadelphia
Sharon Dietrich has been an attorney with the Employment Unit of Community Legal Services, Philadelphia, since 1987. She became CLS’ Managing Attorney for Public Benefits and Employment in 1997 and has been its Litigation Director since 2014. A focus of Ms. Dietrich’s work has... Read More →
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Rebecca Vallas

Center for American Progress, Senior Fellow
Rebecca Vallas is a senior fellow at American Progress, where she has spent the past five years helping to build and lead CAP’s Poverty to Prosperity Program in a range of roles including as the program’s managing director and vice president—and along the way, helping to launch... Read More →

Friday December 8, 2017 2:30pm - 4:00pm EST
Meeting Room 15 Meeting Room Level
  Joint: Civil & Defender

Attendees (10)