Cooley Law School Hosts Expungement Fair in Partnership with Michigan Attorney General's Office

Cooley Law School, in collaboration with the Michigan Attorney General’s Office and Safe & Just Michigan, held an expungement fair at the law school’s Lansing campus on Friday, Oct. 27. During the fair, volunteer attorneys and law students under the supervision of licensed attorneys assisted 91 guests with their expungement paperwork.

Expungement removes arrests and convictions from a person’s public criminal record. Criminal offenses that have been expunged are no longer accessible to employers or landlords. Michigan law has always allowed for expungements, but the “Clean Slate” legislation enacted in 2020 made more individuals and offenses eligible for expungement. Under the new law, individuals with up to three expungement-eligible felonies and any number of misdemeanors can have their records expunged. Certain traffic violations and first-time operating while intoxicated offenses can be expunged. Additionally, misdemeanor marijuana convictions that would not have been considered crimes after recreational marijuana was legalized in Michigan can be expunged.

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Cooley Law School, in collaboration with the Michigan Attorney General’s Office and Safe & Just Michigan, held an expungement fair at the law school’s Lansing campus on Friday, Oct. 27. During the fair, volunteer attorneys and law students under the supervision of licensed attorneys assisted 91 guests with their expungement paperwork.