Criminal Record Clearing Pro Bono Project
Virtual Seminar

Thursday, December 4, 2025
12:00 PM EST - 2:00 PM EST

1.5 Substantive Credits, .5 Ethics Credits

Join the ranks of attorney volunteers who help our neighbors remove barriers to employment, housing, education and professional licensure, thereby expanding their opportunities for stable lives. This continuing legal education program will explain eligibility criteria for clearing Pennsylvania criminal records through petitions for expungement and limited access (sealing). The program will address practical and procedural issues relating to preparing and filing petitions as a pro bono volunteer in Allegheny County through Neighborhood Legal Services and the Pittsburgh Pro Bono Partnership.

Attorneys who commit to volunteering in this project can register free of charge. 

Presenters:

Melissa Evans, Esq. - NLS, Managing Attorney for Economic Security
Olivia O'Donnell, Esq. - NLS, Staff Attorney
Liz Parker, Esq. - NLS, Managing Attorney for Pro Bono

For any questions, comments, or concerns, please contact:

Julia Marasco at MarascoJ@nlsa.us or (412)586-6140

This course has been approved for the listed CLE credits by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board.

Neighborhood Legal Services is the CLE provider