Your Old Client Files Are Sitting on a Federal Remedy: § 925(c) Firearm Rights Restoration After the DOJ Rule (Webinar) 1 CLE HR

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Your Old Client Files Are Sitting on a Federal Remedy: § 925(c) Firearm Rights Restoration After the DOJ Rule

Webinar: Online Via Zoom
Date:  December 8, 2026
Time: 12:00 pm 
Fee: CDAM Members $40 / Non-members $50
CLE: 1 CLE hour

(Direct Billing Agreement partners register free. Check with your funding unit.)

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   Session Overview   

Presented by Barton Morris

Description of the event: For thirty years, 18 U.S.C. § 925(c) sat unfunded — a statutory remedy no client could actually use. That changed with the DOJ’s 2026 final rule, and the first application window is now open to a limited national pool. This session covers who qualifies, why state expungement and set-asides do not restore federal rights, and what a complete application requires: the records, the psychiatric and substance-abuse evaluations, character references, the personal statement, and the constitutional argument. Attendees receive a filing checklist and brief structure, plus guidance on counseling former clients about eligibility and timing

Takeaways:

• Screen a former client for § 925(c) eligibility — identify disqualifying convictions, the records required, and the threshold facts that determine whether an application is viable.
• Explain to a client why a state expungement or set-aside does not restore federal firearm rights — and what federal relief actually requires.
• Assemble a complete application file — charging instruments, plea transcripts, psychiatric and substance-abuse evaluations, character references, and the personal statement — using the provided filing checklist.
• Structure the constitutional argument supporting restoration — using the brief framework distributed at the session.
• Advise a client on timing — how the limited first application window operates, what happens to applicants outside it, and why preparation now is never wasted.

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