Knoxville Urban League Hosts Expungement Clinics

KNOXVILLE (May 22, 2023) – Since 2012, the Tennessee Bar Association has been increasingly involved in helping Tennessee residents get past convictions expunged from their records.

One way they are helping is through expungement events held by the Knoxville Area Urban League (Knoxville, TN).

The University of Tennessee Legal Clinic partners with the Urban League several times a year via the Urban League’s Workforce Development Program.

Jackie Robinson, director of the program, has been commended for her work in finding participants who need this kind of assistance. Knox County General Sessions Court Judge Chuck Cerny says, “Sometimes people have a sense that once they’ve been involved in the criminal justice system, it’s hopeless. I’m so proud of Jackie Robinson and the UT Legal Clinic for seeing the need and stepping up to serve others in this way.”

Within the first year of Urban League expungement clinics, over 200 people have been able to expunge their records.

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