AI-Powered Record Clearing
BackgroundClear is an AI-powered screening tool that helps legal aid attorneys identify which criminal records qualify for expunction or nondisclosure under Texas law. It uses Claude by Anthropic — one of the most capable AI models available — for both document understanding and legal reasoning.
An attorney uploads a criminal background check PDF. Within minutes, the system extracts every charge, cross-references the applicable Texas statutes, and produces a fully cited eligibility determination — evaluating expunction first, then automatic nondisclosure, then petition-based nondisclosure, always selecting the most favorable remedy available.
The system pre-computes waiting periods, flags ambiguous facts for human attention, and cites every statute in proper legal bracket format. It is an augmented drafting tool — not an autonomous decision-maker. Every determination enters an attorney review queue where counsel approves, overrides, or rejects the recommendation before any action is taken.
Who It's For
BackgroundClear is built for legal aid organizations, pro bono programs, and public defender offices that handle high-volume record-clearing work with limited staff. It reduces per-case research time from roughly an hour to five minutes of attorney review.
Built for Security, Scale, and Attorney Control
Runs in your own cloud environment
BackgroundClear deploys inside your organization's cloud account. Your documents never leave your environment — no data is sent to third-party servers or shared tenants. You maintain full custody of client information at all times.
Near-zero cost while idle
The architecture is fully serverless. When no cases are being processed, your monthly infrastructure cost is effectively zero. You pay only for what you use.
Integrates with your existing case manager
BackgroundClear connects to your current case management system. Attorneys don't have to learn a new interface or change their workflow — determinations appear where they already work.
Attorney judgment stays central
The AI identifies eligible cases and drafts the legal reasoning. The attorney makes the decision. Every determination includes a full reasoning trace with statutory citations so counsel can verify the logic in seconds, not hours.
Deterministic where it matters
Date arithmetic, waiting period calculations, and statutory disqualifier checks are handled by verified code — not the AI model. The system never guesses on math that affects someone's eligibility date.
Audit-ready output
Every determination includes bracketed citations to specific Texas statutes, a step-by-step reasoning trace, and flags for any ambiguity the attorney should examine. If a determination is ever questioned, the full basis is documented.
Zero-retention PII handling
Source PDFs are encrypted with customer-managed keys and deleted automatically after attorney review. No database of criminal records accumulates over time.
Scales with your caseload
Whether you process ten cases a month or ten thousand, the system scales automatically. There's no capacity planning, no server provisioning, and no performance degradation at volume.
Key Capabilities
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