On March 22, Cooley Law School, Michigan Department of Attorney General, Legal Services of South Central Michigan, and Safe & Just Michigan held an expungement fair to aid in the removal of certain arrests and convictions from qualifying individuals’ public criminal records. Volunteer attorneys and law students under the supervision of licensed attorneys assisted 71 attendees with expungement paperwork; 55 people were qualified to receive assistance. Through pre-registration, nearly 150 individuals were screened to see if they qualified before the expungement fair.
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