Inland Counties Legal Services launched an expungement-clinic project last month to help low-income residents of Riverside and San Bernardino counties clear convictions from their records.
The need for expungement assistance was evident, said ICLS pro bono coordinator Paulette Gray by phone Oct. 28. Convictions on rap sheets are often an obstacle to employment, housing, school loans and more, so people seeking pro bono help were calling ICLS regularly.
“‘Now I feel like I can start again,’ ‘Now my child will look at me differently because I don’t have this technically on my record,’ ‘I’m a different, better person.’ These are all comments that I’ve heard as an attorney doing this type
