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Friday February 3
2017
 Reentry Initiative: Helping Low-Income New Yorkers Overcome Barriers to Employment

This session will train pro bono volunteers on Certificates of Relief from Disabilities and Certificates of Good Conduct. The program will provide an overview of the relevant law—Article 23-A of the NY State Correction Law and the NYC Fair Chance Act. Participants will also learn about the benefits of obtaining a Certificate of Relief or Good Conduct, eligibility requirements, and the application components and process in order to prepare them for representing clients in obtaining these valuable, but underutilized Certificates.   

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  • When
    Friday, February 3, 2017
    12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
  • Location
    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
    919 Third Avenue
    New York, NY 10022
  • CLE Credits
    Skills: 0.50
    Areas of Professional Practice: 1.00
  • Format
    Traditional Live Classroom
  • Practice Area(s)
    Employment
  • Price: $0

About the Faculty

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    christine clarke (Speaker)

    Christine Clarke (she, her) is Chief of Litigation and Advocacy at Legal Services NYC. In this role, she leads LSNYC’s strategic advocacy on behalf of low-income New Yorkers, including by initiating and overseeing high impact and complex civil litigation and working closely with advocates and community groups to engage in thoughtful and cutting-edge policy advocacy. Christine comes most recently from Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s Public Policy Litigation & Law Department, where she represented Planned Parenthood affiliates in litigation around the country, challenging abortion bans and other threats to reproductive healthcare access and fighting for the right of all people to make their own decisions about their bodies, lives, and futures. She also previously served as LSNYC’s Director of the Civil Rights Justice Initiative, where she spearheaded LSNYC’s citywide civil rights litigation and advocacy on behalf of low-income New Yorkers, including by working with community-based organizations and other LSNYC advocates on lawsuits against government agencies —including the New York City Police Department, NYC’s Human Resource Administration and the NYC Housing Authority—that resulted in critical changes to policies and procedures. She has previously worked in private practice as an employee-side employment lawyer working on wage and hour and anti-discrimination litigation. She is a graduate of Oberlin College and Yale Law School.