The Use of Criminal History Records in College Admissions Reconsidered, Center for Community Alternatives (CCA), Marsha Weissman, Ph.D., Alan Rosenthal, Esq. and Patricia Warth, Esq., Elaine Wolf, Ph.D, Michael Messina-Yauchzy, Ph.D.

Criminal Justice Section Report "Sealing Records of Conviction Regarding Certain Crimes" adopted by the NYSBA House of Delegates January 27, 2012.

Sealing a person's criminal record requires balancing competing interests. On the one hand, a person with a criminal record has, after a suitable period of lawful living and rehabilitation, an interest in pursuing employment, licensing, housing, education, and other benefits without the stigma of a prior arrest or conviction. Click here to see the full report.

Honorable Harold Baer, Jr., United States District Court Justice, Southern District of New York has written a booklet regarding "Consequences of Conviction: A Reminder of Some Possible Civil Penalties" and provided here by permission of The New York Law Journal.

Read the article written by Judge Harold Baer, Jr., and Jacqueline Harrington on Collateral Consequences and published in the New York Law Journal, January 30, 2012 that explains the need for and summarizes the booklet "Consequences of Conviction: A Reminder of Some Possible Civil Penalties."

See here for another NYLJ article about the NYSBA Criminal Justice section report and its adoption by the NYSBA House of Delegates.

menuf.cgi and search for S6733 or Chapter 19 of the Laws of 2012.

"Re-Entry and Reintegration: The Road to Public Safety" Report and Recommendations of the Special Committee on Collateral Consequences of Criminal Proceedings, May 2006