This program will provide an overview of the statute and practice tips for sealing and expunging criminal and juvenile cases. Panelists will cover the recent changes and updates to CORI (Criminal Offender Record Information) sealing and expungement, including the Supreme Judicial Court’s recent decisions and new legislation passed in 2022. Topics to be discussed include:
- Sealing records through the commissioner of Probation
- CARI (Court Activity Record Information) versus CORI
- How to seal under section 100A
- What can be sealed
- Exclusions
- How to unseal
- Effect of sealing
- Sealing records through the court
- What can be sealed in court
- How to seal in court
- What to file
- Legal standard for sealing
- How to unseal
- Effect of sealing
- Expungement
- When to expunge versus seal records
- Section 100K expungement
- Section 100K ¼ cannabis offence expungement — recent law on cannabis offenses
- Section 100F to 100H — expunging juvenile records and offenses before age 21
- Effect of expungement
- New SJC case law on sealing and expungement
CORI Basics: Sealing and Expungement
Friday, May 19, 1-2:30 p.m.
MBA Zoom Webinar
Click here to register.
This webinar will be hosted using Zoom. Registration is required by 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 18, in order to participate in this program. After you register with the MBA, please look for an email from MassBar Education with the Webinar ID and password. The email will be sent before the program.