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Re-entry Clinic

Free Legal Help
2022-10-22 10:00:00 2022-10-22 13:00:00 America/New_York Re-entry Clinic Trained volunteer lawyers and law students will assist with expungement, CQE, clemency, license restoration, & more. No registration; clinic may end before 1 pm if capacity is reached. Main Library - Meeting Room 3, Auditorium, Atrium, Meeting Room 1, Meeting Room 2AB

Saturday, October 22
10:00am - 1:00pm

Add to Calendar 2022-10-22 10:00:00 2022-10-22 13:00:00 America/New_York Re-entry Clinic Trained volunteer lawyers and law students will assist with expungement, CQE, clemency, license restoration, & more. No registration; clinic may end before 1 pm if capacity is reached. Main Library - Meeting Room 3, Auditorium, Atrium, Meeting Room 1, Meeting Room 2AB

Main Library

Meeting Room 3, Auditorium, Atrium, Meeting Room 1, Meeting Room 2AB

Trained volunteer lawyers and law students will assist with expungement, CQE, clemency, license restoration, & more. No registration; clinic may end before 1 pm if capacity is reached.

University of Akron School of Law's Re-entry Clinic for October is hosted at Akron-Summit County Public Library's Main location!

In one-on-one sessions, individuals with criminal records will have the opportunity to seek assistance with:

  • Certificate of Qualification for Employment (CQE, please bring information for employment history, three non-relative references, & three family references),
  • clemency (please visit https://www.drc.ohio.gov/clemency to learn about the pardon process),
  • expungement & sealing (the law has changed & you might qualify for sealing even if you did not qualify in the past),
  • license restoration (clinic cannot pay associated fees),
  • and more!

Note: The clinic may end before 1 pm if capacity is reached. For questions or additional information, contact the Business, Government & Science Division at 330.643.9020 or bgsdiv@akronlibrary.org.

For more assistance or further reading, check out these resources:

Law for Laypersons books (Genre)
"The Criminal Law Handbook: Know Your Rights, Survive the System" by Paul Bergman & Sara Berman (Nonfiction)
Gale Legal Forms (Database)

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Law & Legal |

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Main Library
Phone: 330.643.9000
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Mon, Sep 08 10:00AM to 8:00PM
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Main Library, located in the heart of downtown Akron, combines compelling public space with meaningful and relevant public library services for all members of our community. Since opening in 2004, the downtown library welcomes more than one million visitors each year.

Subject divisions include: Business, Government & Science, Culture & AV, Magazines & Newspapers, Special Collections (local history & genealogy), TechZone@Main, Teen, and a 12,000 square feet Children's Library.

Special services available at Main Library include: a Patent & Trademark Resource Center; U.S. Passport and Notary services; a Microbusiness Center; a Maker Space; a resource lab for early childhood educators; and regularly scheduled computer training classes. Also available at Main Library are more than 125 public access computers, color photocopiers/printers, laminating, scanning, faxing, and free Wi-Fi.

Specialized spaces include a 425-seat auditorium, public meeting rooms, and a used bookstore. An interior glass block walkway leads to a 600-space parking garage owned by the City of Akron. An outdoor amphitheater and landscaped park complete the complex.

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