Help Clearing a Criminal Record From MidPenn Legal Services

MidPenn Legal Services runs an Employment Law Project that helps people clear up criminal records through expungements, sealing records and pardons so that they can gain employment. The same project helps people overcome other barriers to employment, obtain unemployment compensation, and preserve the jobs they already have.

MidPenn is a non-profit, public interest law firm that provides free civil legal services to low-income residents and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in 18 counties in Central Pennsylvania. Its services are free to eligible individuals in civil cases. The page does not print the income limits or other rules for who counts as eligible, so ask when you call. Help is offered to people in Adams, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Centre, Clearfield, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin, Perry, Schuylkill and York Counties.

To apply for services, call 1-800-326-9177 or apply online at apply.midpenn.org. The intake unit is open from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

If you are a survivor of domestic or sexual violence, MidPenn's Legal Intervention for Victims and Empowerment project, known as LIVE, offers additional free legal representation in expungement as well as protection orders, family law and housing. The LIVE project operates in Berks, Blair, Clearfield, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Lancaster, Lebanon and Schuylkill Counties.

MidPenn's administrative offices are at 100 North Cameron Street, Suite 401 West, Harrisburg, PA 17101, and (717)234-0492 is listed as the administration phone for general questions, not for applying. The page gives few other details: it does not say what documents to bring, whether cases are taken at the office nearest you, or how long a case takes.

Source: midpenn.org/what-we-do/services.html, read September 18, 2026.

The details

Call1-800-326-9177Our intake unit is open from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Who it’s for
MidPenn Legal Services is a non-profit, public interest law firm that provides high quality free civil legal services to low-income residents and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in 18 counties in Central Pennsylvania.
Area: For Help in Adams, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Centre, Clearfield, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin, Perry, Schuylkill & York Counties: (800)326-9177People leaving jail or prison
Cost
MidPenn Legal Services services are free to eligible individuals in civil cases.
How to apply
To Apply For Services Call 1-800-326-9177 or apply online at apply.midpenn.org .
Apply with MidPenn Legal Services
WhereAnywhere in Berks County
CheckedChecked September 18, 2026

In MidPenn Legal Services’s words

Employment Law Project: MidPenn's Employment Law Project assist individuals in overcoming barriers to employment, obtaining unemployment compensation, preserving their existing jobs, and clearing up criminal records through expungements, sealing records and pardons so that they can gain employment.

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