Collateral Consequences of Incarceration: The Clean Slate Act and Beyond (CLE)

This CLE will discuss the recently signed Clean Slate Act, which will expand opportunities for over 2.3 million New Yorkers with conviction records. With this new law, New York has joined eleven other states in passing legislation that will automatically seal certain convictions and allow people to overcome systemic barriers to jobs, housing, and education. However, this Act does not cover all those with conviction records. We will discuss what barriers remain for those who are formerly incarcerated and who was not included with the Clean Slate Act and how this can impact clients in a variety of areas of the legal system.

Presenters:
Darren Breeden, Community Intake Advocate, Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem—Civil Defense Practice
Aleksandra Ciric, Staff Attorney, Special Litigation Unit, The Legal Aid Society
Zoni (Alexandra) Rockoff (’19), Staff Attorney – Civil Defense Practice, Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem

Credits:
3 CLE credits: 2 Professional Practice, 0.5 Ethics & Professionalism, 0.5 Diversity, Inclusion & Elimination of Bias

Cost:
Free for CUNY Law alumni, faculty, staff, and students. $75.00 for all others. Financial assistance is available. Please email john-paul.kocot@law.cuny.edu with your request.

Registration is required. Click here to register.

CLE Credits are provided by the Community Legal Resource Network at CUNY School of Law:
This CLE program is approved for both experienced and newly admitted attorneys, except that newly admitted attorneys are not eligible for the 0.5 diversity credit. Consistent with NY State regulations, CLE credit will be offered only to those attorneys completing the entire session; attorneys attending only part of a session are not eligible for partial credit. Attorneys arriving late are welcome to attend the program but will not be eligible for credit. Also note that for remote trainings, attorneys must attend on the webinar; we cannot extend credit for audio-only participation.