Description:

Stanford Law’s Project Clean Slate partners with the Record Clearance Project at San Jose State University to help people expunge their criminal records and get their lives back on track. Clients come to the Record Clearance Project to re-open doors that otherwise were closed to them because of their record, like the opportunity to use their skills and advance their career.

Commitment Required of Members:

Students must attend a training the quarter they begin, meet with San Jose State University students to prepare in advance of any speed screening they attend, and attend at least one speed screening during each quarter. For each client interview, SLS students will be paired with SJSU RCP students and meet with them at the fall training or another date in advance of client interviews to review clients’ criminal history reports. Total hours: 10 max including training.

Open Membership Spots: 12

Adv. Degree Student Participation: Permitted

Winter Start: Permitted; Fall Start Preferred

Eligible for Meeting NYS Bar Pro Bono Requirement: Likely

Trauma-Informed Training: Mandatory

Project Leaders: Marvin R. Fourte, Noah Maximillian Berg & Maya Serna