Description

Join the Boston Bar Association and Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS) in learning the skills needed to volunteer at the virtual CORI Sealing Clinic. This volunteer opportunity is open to licensed attorneys.

This project was launched in partnership with GBLS to serve our low-income communities in Boston. As CORI records can present a significant barrier to housing, employment, and educational opportunities, assisting clients with sealing is an important way that volunteers can make a difference in someone’s life.

Following the training, attendees will be able to volunteer with GBLS to accept referrals from the virtual CORI Sealing Clinic. We ask that in exchange for this free training by subject matter experts, Pauline Quirion and Ventura Dennis, attendees agree to accept at least one case in 2023-2024. 

At this training you can expect to learn:

• What is CORI
• CORI and the various levels of access to CORI by employers and others
• The waiting periods to seal records
• How to seal criminal and juvenile records through the administrative process
• How to seal criminal records in court
• How to expunge records and how expungement differs from sealing
• FBI provisions in the law related to CORI
• New provisions in the law for automatic sealing of "not guilty" dispositions 
• New case law and new statute on expungement

Questions? Inquiries about program materials? Contact Trenon Browne at tbrowne@bostonbar.org