Know Your Rights: Employment and Criminal Records

Going back to work? Applying or interviewing for a job and have a criminal record? Make sure you know your rights! There are some protections under Pennsylvania law that may help you get hired. What can employers consider? Under Pennsylvania law, employers can only...

Getting Legal Help for Your Record

Click for Video: Getting Legal Help for Your Record Good Afternoon, There may be times when you want to get help from a lawyer for your record. A lawyer can help you understand confusing legal issues and file paperwork for expungement or petition based sealing. If you...

Expungement Explainer

Click for Video: Expungement Explainer  Expungement is when a criminal record is completely erased. When a record is expunged, no one—not even the police or courts—have access to it. After a record has been expunged, it no longer exists. Not many kinds of records can...

Know Your Rights: Employment and Criminal Records

Applying or interviewing for a job and have a criminal record? Make sure you know your rights! There are some protections under Pennsylvania law that may help you get hired. What can employers consider? Under Pennsylvania law, employers can only legally consider...

Pardons 101

Currently, many serious convictions cannot be sealed under Clean Slate. You can check here to see if you are eligible for record sealing. If you are not eligible for Clean Slate, you can apply for a pardon. Recently, reforms have been passed that make it easier to...

Has Your Record Been Sealed by Clean Slate?

Did you know that more than 40 million criminal records have been sealed automatically in Pennsylvania under Clean Slate? Clean Slate may automatically seal criminal cases ending without convictions (not guilty or dropped charges), summary offenses after 10 years, and...