KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – WMU-Cooley Law School will host a “Michigan’s New Expungement Policies – Know Your Rights” Expungement Fair Town Hall on April 28 in collaboration with Attorney General Dana Nessel, State Representatives Emily Dievendorf and Kara Hope, Senator Sarah Anthony, Safe & Just Michigan, Legal Services of South Central Michigan, and Capital Area Michigan Works!
Event organizers say the fair, which will be held from noon to 5 p.m., will help Michigan residents through the process of expunging their records in order to gain greater employment opportunities and housing options.
Michigan law has always allowed for expungements, but the “Clean Slate” legislation enacted in 2020 made more individuals and offenses eligible for expungement.
Under the new law, individuals with up to three expungement-eligible felonies and any number of misdemeanors can have their records expunged to include misdemeanor marijuana convictions that would not have been considered crimes after recreational marijuana was legalized in Michigan can be expunged.
Those interested in attending can register online through Friday, April 21.
