Practitioner Focus Group: A Reality Check on Background Checks
Sat, Oct 11
|In person - Location TBD
Have professional experience dealing with background checks or expungements? Join us in the late summer/fall of 2025 and be a part of critical research about the implementation and effectiveness of the Minnesota's new Clean Slate law.
Time & Location
Oct 11, 2025, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
In person - Location TBD
About the event
Have you ever worked with clients to expunge a record? Have you used criminal background checks in your work and run into issues? Have you helped clients remedy or challenge a criminal record? We want to hear from you! Join us for a focus group and be a part of critical research about the implementation and effectiveness of the Minnesota's new Clean Slate law.
About the project:
The consequences of a criminal record can be devastating. Private sector criminal background checks are widely used to screen applicants for housing, employment, and volunteering opportunities. A law in 2024 sought to address this discrimination: “Clean Slate” was enacted by the Minnesota State legislature to automatically seal many criminal records. But the extent to which these companies comply with the new law is unknown. At the Minnesota Justice Research Center, we want to know… Is the law working? Are private companies complying? Are people experiencing the…