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MLRI: Tenants' Rights (Recorded)

  • Training

  • 5 Hours
  • May 7, 2025
  • Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (MCLE)
  • ID: 6101108
Eviction records can serve as long-term barriers to tenants seeking future housing. But, as of May 5, 2025, a new law went into effect that allows tenants to file a petition to seal certain eviction records. The training is for advocates, community groups, law students, paralegals, and attorneys. It focuses on how to determine eligibility, how to help tenants prepare to seal their eviction records, and how to use the court’s new online “Guided Interview” to complete a petition. The training also includes information about how tenant screening impacts tenants and how to challenge denials of housing.

Course Content

1:00pm - 1:05pm - Welcome and Introduction
Annette R. Duke, Esq.,
MLRI, Boston

1:05pm - 2:00pm - Overview of the Eviction Sealing Law and How to Seal
Annette R. Duke, Esq.,
MLRI, Boston

Susan Hegel, Esq.,
Cambridge & Somerville Legal Services,an office of Greater Boston Legal Services, Cambridge

Daniel Jacobson, Esq.,
Greater Boston Legal Services, Boston

Todd S. Kaplan, Esq.,
Greater Boston Legal Services, Boston

Prof. Ana M. Rivera, Esq.,
Boston College Law School, Newton Centre

Quinten Steenhuis, Esq.,
Suffolk University Law School, Boston

2:00pm - 2:10pm - Break

2:10pm - 2:40pm - Demonstration of the Trial Court's Guided Interview
Panel

2:40pm - 3:00pm - Tenant Screening and Eviction Records
Todd S. Kaplan, Esq.,
Greater Boston Legal Services, Boston

3:00pm - 3:30pm - 'Ask the Experts' Q&A Session and Key Takeaways
Panel

Speaker(s)

Chair

Annette R. Duke, Esq.,
MLRI, Boston

Faculty

Susan Hegel, Esq.,
Cambridge & Somerville Legal Services,an office of Greater Boston Legal Services, Cambridge

Daniel Jacobson, Esq.,
Greater Boston Legal Services, Boston

Todd S. Kaplan, Esq.,
Greater Boston Legal Services, Boston

Prof. Ana M. Rivera, Esq.,
Boston College Law School, Newton Centre

Quinten Steenhuis, Esq.,
Suffolk University Law School, Boston
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