BURLINGTON – Attorney General T.J. Donovan will partner with the Association of Africans Living in Vermont (AALV), The Caroline Fund, Vermont Legal Aid, and Code for BTV to host an expungement “tele-clinic” on Friday, March 5 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Expungements wipe from your record specific convictions and dismissed charges after a certain period of time has passed. Under Vermont law, many misdemeanors, 14 different felony offenses, and all dismissed charges can be expunged. The free tele-clinic will focus on expunging criminal charges and convictions for clients of AALV, Migrant Justice, and Mercy Connections and will be open to the public by telephone appointment.
A sample of the program In its ongoing efforts to reform the state s criminal justice system, Vermont owes a debt to the civic hackers at Code for BTV. Since 2018, volunteer attorneys at expungement clinics have used an internet browser extension created by the group. It allows them to cut nearly an hour of work from the process of preparing legal petitions to erase certain qualifying misdemeanors and felony convictions from an individual s criminal record. Those black marks often get in the way of rehabilitation. In many cases, we re talking about people getting jobs, getting
better jobs, getting access to social services, said Micah Mutrux, the cofounder of Code for BTV and one of the project leaders. And if we can help the attorneys do that twice as fast or more, that s really important.
AG Donovan, Association of Africans Living in Vermont, The Caroline Fund & Vermont Legal Aid to Host Expungement Tele-Clinic
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Attorney General T.J. Donovan will partner with the Association of Africans Living in Vermont (AALV), The Caroline Fund, Vermont Legal Aid, and Code for BTV to host an expungement “tele-clinic” on Friday, March 5 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Expungements wipe from your record specific convictions and dismissed charges after a certain period of time has passed. Under Vermont law, many misdemeanors, 14 different felony offenses, and all dismissed charges can be expunged. The free tele-clinic will focus on expunging criminal charges and convictions for clients of AALV, Migrant Justice, and Mercy Connections and will be open to the public by telephone appointment.
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