By: ASHLEIGH PELTO Michigan’s criminal record relief law for human trafficking survivors received a failing grade in 2019. This article explains...
Ashleigh Pelto
Ashleigh is a third-year law student at the University of Michigan Law School. While in law school, she worked for Michigan's Human Trafficking Law Clinic, assisting clients with various legal needs related to their trafficking experiences such as immigration and criminal record relief. She served as Chair of the law student organization Human Rights Advocates, as an Article Editor on the Michigan Journal of Gender & Law and worked on the pro bono Syrian Accountability Project. She interned over her law school summers for both the United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Michigan and the Boston Federal Defender Office.
#InContext: William Wilberforce
William Wilberforce was a nineteenth century British member of Parliament who dedicated his life and political career to the abolition of slavery....