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Ohio Justice & Policy Center urges expanded expungement and CQE use; offers pop-up legal clinics and full representation
Summary
The Ohio Justice & Policy Center described post‑conviction legal tools — record sealing, expungement and Certificates of Qualification for Employment (CQE) — and promoted pop‑up clinics, representation and partnerships to help residents overcome criminal‑record barriers to housing and work.
Jane Adhanalian, senior attorney and director of the Second Chance Project at the Ohio Justice & Policy Center (OJPC), told the Healthy Neighborhoods Committee on May 20 that the organization provides year‑round clinic services, pop‑up legal clinics with community partners, and full representation for people seeking record sealing, expungement, CQEs and other post‑conviction relief.
Adhanalian explained the difference between record sealing and the recently established statutory expungement pathway. “There is confusion in our community that record sealing and expungement are the same thing, but it's not,” she said, adding that expungement can provide a closer equivalent to record deletion for…
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