Students in the Expungement Externship (Criminal Justice Externship: Expungement) achieved very successful results from the fall semester. Students appeared for court hearings throughout the month of January and represented the school and their clients well, demonstrating excellent oral advocacy skills.
As with many past semesters, students had a one-hundred percent success rate in getting client petitions granted. Five clients – with a total of 39 convictions – were able to have their prior criminal records dismissed in the interest of justice.
Participants in the externship also had the opportunity to counsel several Santa Clara Law students about handling their own prior criminal convictions and getting available expungements completed prior to their Moral Character applications, how to handle job applications, interviews and other issues that arise with a past conviction.
The Expungement Externship looks forward to another successful semester in the upcoming academic year.
