Social Justice Law Project

AOUON v Hamrick: The Soclal Justice Law Project "SJLP" serves as co-counsel in Hamrick that challenges the policy and practice of a court in not destroying the records of certain arrests and convictions in listing the date of birth of persons arrested and in alertering some arrest or conviction records by providing potential employers with documents in which the court uses black marks to "black out" information that is prejudiicial and may not be lawfully disclosed. Substantial time in 2023 was spent developing the matter for trial including depositions and requests for production.

F v Department of Social Services "DSS": SJLP spent substantial time researching the potential constitutional validity of a California statue that had been employed to require the exclusion of a class of persons convicted of a specified crime from employment with DSS.

42 USC Section 9101: SJLP spent substantial time and expenses on extensive research drafting and development of challenge to a federal statute 42 USC section 9101 that has been interpreted to require state agencies including local courts and the California Department of Justice to disclose the complete State created criminal history record to the Federal government and federal agencies for persons seeking employment with the Federal government or for employment with private employers with a federal contract.