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{{toplink|url=http://www.plsephilly.org/|name=plsephilly.org}}'''PLSE provides free legal advice and representation to low-income Philadelphia residents whose criminal records are holding them back''' from achieving their social and career potentials. PLSE seeks a more equitable social environment for those with criminal records through individual representation, strategic litigation, community education, research and advocacy. PLSE does this by seeking expungements in criminal court and pardons from the Governor; educating elected and community leaders; empowering and organizing under-resourced communities; and leading legislative, administrative and systemic reform.
  
[http://www.paexpungementproject.org/ paexpungementproject.org]
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''Note:''  The above descriptive information came from the organization's [http://www.plsephilly.org home page].
  
Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity (PLSE) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit legal aid organization. PLSE’s mission is to advance and protect the rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by providing low-income Pennsylvania residents with free or low-cost advice, representation in civil legal matters, advocating for their legal rights under the law, and conducting community education about the legal issues that most affect them.  
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==In The News==
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*[http://technical.ly/philly/2020/06/26/code-for-philly-volunteer-data-scrapers-philadelphia-lawyers-social-equity-preserve-client-court-records/ Volunteer data scrapers helped Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity preserve client court records], Technical.ly Philly, June 26, 2020.
  
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==Info==
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*Facebook:&nbsp;[http://www.facebook.com/PLSEphilly/ @PLSEphilly]
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*Legal Information:&nbsp;[http://www.plsephilly.org/self-help/ Self-Help]
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*Legal Information:&nbsp;[http://www.plsephilly.org/video-library/ Video Library]
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*Twitter:&nbsp;[http://twitter.com/plsephilly/ @plsephilly]
  
== Expungement Impact Hotline: 267.908.4397  ==
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[[Category:Serves-Ex_Offenders]][[Category:Serves-Returning_Citizens]]
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(Please share your story about the impact of criminal records on your life and lend your voice to advocacy for criminal records reform. With your story, leave your first name, age, and neighborhood where you live but withhold any other confidential information since your story may be used for advocacy purposes. Thanks for sharing with us so we can work together to bring about reform!)<br>
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[[Contact Email::info@plsephilly.org| ]]
 
 
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215.995.1230<br>Please note that this is an answering service. We will return your call within 10 days.
 
 
 
1501 Cherry Street<br>Philadelphia, PA 19102<br>Please note that we do not accept walk-ins
 
 
 
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Latest revision as of 16:59, 18 August 2020

plsephilly.org

PLSE provides free legal advice and representation to low-income Philadelphia residents whose criminal records are holding them back from achieving their social and career potentials. PLSE seeks a more equitable social environment for those with criminal records through individual representation, strategic litigation, community education, research and advocacy. PLSE does this by seeking expungements in criminal court and pardons from the Governor; educating elected and community leaders; empowering and organizing under-resourced communities; and leading legislative, administrative and systemic reform.

Note:  The above descriptive information came from the organization's home page.

In The News

Info