ECI Clean Slate Cooperative Application for Legal Services

The Earl Carl Institute Clean Slate Cooperative assists with clearing criminal records for individuals whose crimes occurred on or before their 25th birthday and who live in Harris County, Texas.  For individuals who live in Brazoria County, Chambers County, Fort Bend County, Galveston County, Liberty County, Montgomery County or Waller County, we may be able to assist with the preparation of pro se legal documents to help you with getting your criminal record cleared on your own.  
 
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All information received from an applicant is strictly confidential. Our firm makes every effort to protect your personal privacy. The data submitted via this form is encrypted and secured using industry-standard 128-bit SSL encryption.

Your Social Security number and other personal information will only be used in the event that you hire the firm to represent you in your legal matter, and then, only when necessary in limited use during the course of your case. 

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us at 713-313-4876.  This application will take about 10 minutes to complete.  

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Upon submission, a copy of this form will be sent to the primary email.
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The Clean Slate Cooperative does not have income eligibility requirements.  Income information is collected for statistical purposes to provide to our funder and may be needed for the Court to assist with getting court costs and fees waived in your case.   Please answer the questions below so that we can determine your eligibility.  

Please answer in number format. Example: "1", "4", "3"...

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Please select all that apply. If a person lives with their family, add income of all family members. Family includes only those persons related by blood or by law as relatives to the applicants for whom the applicant has a legal responsibility to support.

 

You will need to complete an additional application for cases in counties not listed.

Your completed application will be reviewed to determine if representation is appropriate, determine the scope of representation and assignment of the appropriate case handler, who may be a volunteer attorney.

The case review and assignment process can take up to 3 weeks depending on current volume, though some cases will be approved and assigned sooner. You will be contacted by your case handler once your case has been assigned.

At this time there is no Attorney/Client Relationship. This means that your case is NOT being accepted for representation at this time. However, it is under review to see if there is a legally viable means of assisting you. Therefore you are responsible for meeting any legal deadlines in your case on your own until we or another attorney provide you written notice that your case has been accepted.