A presentation on expungement law and court debt for attorneys volunteering at Iowa Legal

Aid’s Expungement and Employment Barriers Clinic in Waterloo. This one-hour presentation discusses

opportunities in Iowa law for addressing issues faced by clients with criminal record involvement. The

substantive law covered includes juvenile sealing, deferred judgments, and the new dismissal/acquittal

expungement law. The presentation also covers various court debt issues, such as offsets, barriers to

obtaining a driver’s license, and opportunities for reducing or discharging court debt. Presented by Rob

Poggenklass, staff attorney at Iowa Legal Aid.