Collateral Consequences of Criminal Conviction: Law, Policy and Practice

Comprehensive resource for practicing lawyers, judges and policymakers on the legal restrictions and penalties that result from a criminal conviction over and above the court-imposed sentence, by Margaret Colgate Love, Jenny Roberts and Wayne A. Logan

National Clean Slate Clearinghouse

Information on practice resources governing record clearance for adult criminal records and records of juvenile adjudications from the Council of State Governments Justice Center 

Federal Sentencing & Collateral Consequences

CCRC practice resource on federal judicial authority to factor collateral consequences into sentencing decisions (April, 2016)

Criminal Justice Resources (Legal Action Center)

A collection of resources focusing on criminal records, collateral consequences, and relief

Criminal Records Clearinghouse (National HIRE Network)

Information about governmental agencies and community-based organizations that assist people with criminal records, practitioners, researchers, and policy makers

Practice Advisory for Criminal Defenders, New Deferred Action Parental Accountability (DAPA) Program 

Strategies for criminal defense lawyers to preserve client eligibility for deferred action under Obama immigration initiative (Immigrant Legal Resource Center and National Lawyers Guild)

NELP Ban-the-Box Toolkit

Advocacy resources and related information about limiting consideration of criminal background in the hiring process

Collateral Consequences Resource List

2010 memorandum from the Sentencing Resource Counsel Project digesting cases about consideration of collateral consequences in federal sentencing decisions.

A Juvenile Defender’s Guide To Conquering Collateral Consequences

A practice checklist from the National Juvenile Defender Center

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>> See also Compilations & inventories of collateral consequences << 

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