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Know Your Rights Resources

Cabrini Green Legal Aid supports individuals negatively impacted by the criminal justice system and offers free legal information to answer your legal questions.

About Know Your Rights Trainings

We provide Know Your Rights trainings for anyone, but especially for people who have a criminal record or know someone who has a criminal record. Our team of attorneys, community organizers, and community leaders provide trainings that focus on how to clear a criminal record, rights around housing, employment, and voting, and ways to take action when one’s rights are violated. Please note, we provide information about the sealing and expungement process, eligibility, and connection to legal services, but we cannot file petitions to expunge or seal records at outreach events. Additionally, we compile digital resources for those who are looking to learn about their rights or the record relief process at their own pace. 

How To Request A Training

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CGLA's Community Outreach Coordinator:

Curtis Ferdinand

CurtisFerdinand@cgla.net

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CGLA's Outreach Administrative Coordinator:

Sydney Haney

SydneyHaney@cgla.net

Community Outreach Calendar

Legal and Reentry Resources

What can be Expunged
or Sealed

What Happens After I File for Expunge/Seal?

Iniciar Un Caso Para Eliminar O Sellar Antecedentes Criminales

Housing Discrimination: Criminal Record (ILAO)

Employment Discrimination: Criminal Record (IDHR)

Executive Clemency: Pardon or Commutation (ILAO)

Certificates of Good Conduct and Relief From Disability (ILAO)

Health Care Worker Waiver (ILAO)

Know Your Rights: Police Interactions (ACLU)

Voting With A Record in Illinois (ACLU)

Immigrant Community Resources (ICIRR)

Education Justice Project, Mapping Your Future: A Guide to Successful Reentry, 2025 Illinois Edition

Education Justice Project, Construyendo tu futuro: una guía para la reintegración exitosa, Edición 2024

Getting a FOID Card (ILA0)

Clearing Cannabis Convictions (New Leaf)

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