{"id":951,"date":"2013-09-25T01:59:08","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T01:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cucsj.org\/?p=951"},"modified":"2013-09-25T01:59:08","modified_gmt":"2013-09-25T01:59:08","slug":"speed-screenings-and-record-clearance-changing-lives-one-petition-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cucsj.org\/es\/2013\/09\/25\/speed-screenings-and-record-clearance-changing-lives-one-petition-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Speed Screenings and Record Clearance: Changing Lives One Petition at a Time"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chris Avalos, Kristine Castillo and Alvin Huang prepare for their client’s interview. Photo by Peggy Stevenson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Francisco Padilla and Ulviya Gamidova prepare to interview their client. Photo by Peggy Stevenson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Alim Hicks and Leo Lomibao interview a client. Photo by Peggy Stevenson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ulviya Gamidova and Francisco Padilla started school at San Jos\u00e9 State University early this year. In mid-August 2013, they and other advanced students in the Proyecto de Borrado de Antecedentes<\/a> began interviewing their first clients. The Record Clearance Project has since completed nine clients\u2019 cases and has ten more clients\u2019 cases in progress.<\/p>\n

The SJSU Record Clearance Project is the only known program in the United States where undergraduates represent their own clients, under the supervision of Professor Peggy Stevenson, an attorney. The Justice Studies students apply the knowledge they gained from Spring 2013 in Justice Studies 140 Practical Legal Skills<\/em>, where they learned expungement law, legal interviewing, and research enabling to work with their own clients this semester.<\/p>\n

Advanced students have facilitated eleven community education presentations and presentations at Elmwood Jail from March 2013 through May 2013. They also interviewed individuals at Speed Screenings, including one held at McKinley Neighborhood Center. In April and May, Record Clearance Project students and alumni interviewed 113 individuals about their next steps in the expungement process.<\/p>\n

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Leena Nofal and Eugene Mayba review their client’s file. Photo by Peggy Stevenson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At court hearings scheduled on October 22 and December 3, the Record Clearance Project will learn again whether their petitions are successful. Regardless of the outcome, clients tell us that the Record Clearance Project is succeeding in \u201cChanging Lives \u2013 One Petition at a Time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speed Screenings<\/h3>\n
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To find out whether your conviction(s) can be dismissed, come for a free, one-on-one interview with a student, supervised by an attorney.\u00a0 Please bring your\u00a0rap sheet<\/a>\u00a0or background check report.<\/p>\n

To be eligible to dismiss a conviction for which you were sentenced to jail or probation, California law requires that you:<\/p>\n