Criminal Law 101: What Every Poverty Lawyer Must Know About the Criminal Justice System

A video of a training originally offered on June 6, 2006. This video is presented without charge.

More than one in three New Yorkers have a criminal record. The legal and practical consequences reach far into every practice area. Avoiding these collateral consequences, however, requires advocates to have a basic knowledge of criminal justice system. This session will give a crash course in law and practice in the criminal justice system, including the path of a criminal case, warrants, types of offenses, juvenile proceedings, criminal records and sealing, certificates of relief from disabilities, and what services are permitted under LSC restrictions. It will also introduce a new online tool that provides proven solutions to overcoming collateral consequences.

Presenters: McGregor Smyth, Bronx Defenders; Nancy Rosenbloom, Legal Aid Society; Alan Rosenthal, Center for Community Alternatives.

This session was originally offered during the New York State Bar Association's Legal Services Partnership Conference on June 6, 2006.

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