Access to Justice is Access to Employment

Access to Justice is Access to Housing

Access to Justice is Access to Community

Access to Justice is Access to Education

Access to Justice is Access to Counsel

Opening Doors to Close the Justice Gap

The Access Project expands the reach of legal services organizations and their community partners by connecting them with large-scale volunteer assistance. We use innovative program design and cloud technology to create meaningful, effective pro bono opportunities for the private bar.

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What We're Doing Now

Working with pro bono attorneys, we’ve offered clean slate services to thousands of formerly incarcerated community college students through a partnership with the Rising Scholars Network.

With support from the California Access to Justice Commission, we've built the Clean Slate Engine, a secure end-to-end application that uses computational law principles to extract data from California criminal records, analyze remedies, and auto-populate submission-ready petitions.

We’ve published an interactive California county map with specific information on clean slate filing procedures, forms, and local requirements.

Our Mission

The Access Project was founded in 2019 to improve access to high-quality legal services to people of limited means. Through creative use of technology and innovative program design, we leverage the resources and enthusiasm of law firm volunteers to complement and support the work of legal services organizations.

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