The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) immigration attorneys’ expertise focuses on family-based immigration, humanitarian relief, naturalization and citizenship, immigration enforcement, and removal defense.
Since 1979 we have helped expand the immigration expertise of attorneys, nonprofit staff, criminal defenders, and others assisting immigrant clients.
In addition to authoring the ILRC’s practice manuals, our expert attorneys have been published by Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), ILW.com, Huffington Post, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Center for Law and Social Policy, The Hill, LexisNexis Emerging Issues, and Fox News Latino.
We have also provided training to National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), American Bar Association Commission on Immigration, Federal Bar Association, The State Bar of California, Legal Aid Association of California, Judicial Council of California and more.
<p><strong>Dates</strong><br />May 19 - 20, 2016<br /><br /><strong>Times</strong><br />May 19, 2016: 8:30 am – 3:45 pm<br />May 20, 2016:9:30 am – 4:00 pm<br /><br /><strong>Registration Deadline</strong><br />May 12, 2016<br /> </p><p><strong>Place</strong><br />University of California, Hastings College of the Law<br />Alumni Resource Center<br />200 McAllister Street, 2nd Floor<br />San Francisco, CA 94102<br /> <br /><strong>MCLE</strong><br />May 19: 5.5 CA MCLE (1.0 CA will count towards Elimination of Bias)<br />May 20: 3.5 CA MCLE (1.0 CA will count towards Legal Ethics)</p><p><br /><strong>Conference Sponsors</strong> <br />Rebellious Lawyering Institute<br />Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC)<br />Pegasus Legal Services for Children<br /><br /><strong>Conference Organizers</strong></p><p><strong>Eric Cohen, J.D.</strong><br /><strong>Executive Director</strong><br /><strong>Immigrant Legal Resource Center</strong><br /><strong>San Francisco, CA</strong><br /><br />Eric is the ILRC’S Executive Director and has been with the ILRC since 1988. For six years while at the ILRC, Eric was a co-supervisor of Stanford Law School’s Immigration Law Clinic. Eric has extensive experience training attorneys and law students. In fact, he has been on the faculty of over 75 CLE trainings. Eric has co-authored several of the ILRC's manuals and other publications, including <em>Motions to Suppress</em>, <em>Naturalization and U.S Citizenship: The Essential Legal Guide</em>, and <em>How to Successfully Appeal Naturalization Denials</em>. For nearly 20 years Eric has served as a liaison between community groups and the CIS (Citizenship and Immigration Services). He helped develop ILRC's community model for effectively processing naturalization applications and works with community organizers and others on voter education and civic engagement campaigns.<br /><br /><strong>Tara Ford, J.D.</strong><br /><strong>Co-Founder and Attorney </strong><br /><strong>Pegasus Legal Services for Children</strong><br /><strong>Albuquerque, NM </strong><br /> </p><p><strong>Senior Attorney</strong><br /><strong>Young Minds Advocacy</strong><br /><strong>San Francisco, CA</strong><br /><br />Tara has been involved in children’s legal issues for over twenty years. Before going to law school, she worked with children and families at Peanut Butter and Jelly Therapeutic Pre-School, an intensive interactive parenting program. Since 1993, she has continued her focus on issues related to children, families and poverty. She was the co-founder of Pegasus Legal Services for Children, a non-profit law firm serving children and their families in New Mexico. Since moving to California in 2013, she has continued to work as the Legal Director for Pegasus. She is now also working as a Senior Attorney for Young Minds Advocacy, a non-profit organization that improves the mental health services available to young people. Tara has focused her career on issues impacting children, including special education, health care, mental health care and child welfare.<br /><br /><strong>Gerald P. López, J.D.</strong><br /><strong>Professor of Law </strong><br /><strong>UCLA School of Law</strong></p><p>Gerald P. López is Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law, where he is faculty member of the Critical Race Program. He teaches <em>Rebellious Lawyering Clinic, Legal Analysis Workshop, Civil Rights Litigation Clinic, Transforming Legal Education Workshop, Community Outreach, Education, and Organizing Clinic</em>, <em>Economic Development Clinic, </em>and <em>Problem-Solving Workshop.</em> López has been one of the nation’s leading theorists about lawyering as problem-solving, developing the “rebellious vision” of progressive practice, not just for lawyers but for every individual and institution engaged in problem-solving work. With diverse collaborators, including his current and former students, he engages regularly in civil rights litigation, diverse work with immigrants, with those incarcerated and living with criminal convictions, with those pursuing economic development projects, with those aiming radically to improve education (including legal education), and with those building and sustaining organizing campaigns and social movements. Before returning to UCLA, López was Clinical Professor of Law at New York University and the Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law at Stanford University. He co-founded at Stanford the Lawyering for Social Change Program and at UCLA the Program in Public Interest Law and Policy, among the nation’s very first sequenced curricula training future progressive practitioners. At New York University, he founded the Center for Community Problem-Solving in New York City, dedicated to working with low-income, of color, and immigrant communities. And in his early years in San Diego, California, he was a founding partner of Jones, Cazares, Adler, and López, a radical storefront law office. He is the author of <em>Rebellious Lawyering</em>, an influential book about radical law practice as part of community problem-solving, and many community-focused books and scholarly articles on race, problem-solving, immigration, legal education, health, financial literacy, workplace justice, political and constitutional theory, legal analysis, and still more. He has been honored with many community, civil rights, writing, and teaching awards.<br /><br /><strong>Shauna Marshall, J.D.</strong><br /><strong>Professor of Law and Academic Dean</strong><br /><strong>UC Hastings College of the Law</strong><br /><br />Shauna Marshall joined the Hastings faculty in 1994 as a Clinical Law Professor. Prior to joining the faculty, she spent 15 years working on behalf of the public interest. She began her career as a trial attorney for the US Department of Justice, Antitrust Division. Five years later, she joined Equal Rights Advocates as a staff attorney working on impact cases, policy initiatives and mobilizing campaigns on behalf of low income women and women of color. She then spent four years in the Stanford and East Palo Alto community, lecturing in the areas of civil rights and community law practice at Stanford Law School and directing the East Palo Alto Community Law Project. She served as Hastings Associate Academic Dean from 2000 – 2002 and Academic Dean from 2005 – 2013. She stepped down as Academic Dean in 2013 and joined the emeritus faculty in 2014. Professor Marshall writes in the area of community law practice and social justice. Professor Marshall's greatest joy is mentoring future social justice advocates. In her new semi-retired role, she is able to meet former students for lunch, a drink or a cup of coffee and learn about the amazing work they do with their UC Hastings degree.<br /><br /><strong>Wendell Y. Tong, J.D.</strong><br /><strong>Counsel to the Firm</strong><br /><strong>Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo PC</strong><br /><br />Wendell Y. Tong is Counsel to the Firm with Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo PC, one of New York's oldest plaintiffs' personal injury law firms. Her practice areas are toxic torts, products liability, and mass torts. Her clients are working people who have been injured by consumer products that, due to design defects or failure to warn, should never have been sold. She has litigated cases against manufacturers of pharmaceutical drugs, medical devices, unreasonably flammable products, and industrial equipment. As part of the plaintiffs' co-liaison counsel team in the World Trade Center Disaster Site Litigation, Wendell has represented 9/11 rescue and recovery workers who had not been provided with respiratory protection equipment and subsequently became afflicted with severe injuries. Wendell graduated from the UCLA School of Law in 2000 after earning a B.A. from Brown University and M.A. from Columbia University, both in comparative literature (English, Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish).<br /><br /> </p>
<p>Partners that are not affiliated with the New Americans Campaign should use this page to pay for the conference registration. If you are unsure whether you are affiliated with the New Americans Campaign, please contact Sarah Letson at <a href="mailto:sletson@ilrc.org">sletson@ilrc.org</a>.</p><p><strong>Dates</str… /> August 4 - 5, 2016</p><p>A large workshop will follow on August 6, 2016 (no fee required for attending the workshop only)</p><p><strong>Place</strong><br /> University of California, Hastings College of the Law<br /> Louis B. Mayer Lounge<br /> 198 McAllister Street, 1st Floor<br /> San Francisco, CA 94102<br /> </p>
<p>This webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of Motions to Reopen, including the following topics: “Regular” Motions to Reopen: * Where to file? * Bases to file * Differences between motions to reopen and motions for reconsideration and remand and when to file each * Stays of deportation * Time and numerical bars and how to overcome them. * The requirement of due diligence and what it means * Motions to reopen for ineffective assistance of counsel; requirements * Motions to reopen for adjustment * Motions to reopen for asylum * Motions to reopen based on new law * Regulations governing motions to reopen and voluntary departure in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dada. * Post-departure motions to reopen In Absentia Motions to Reopen: * No Notice Cases What Notice must be provided? Proving lack of notice; cases Duration of the automatic stay of deportation What to do if your client is detained? Pre-IIRIRA cases * Exceptional Circumstances: How defined in regulations Time limit & tolling Case law defining Rules governing older cases Deadline to Register: 9/14/10 Presenters: Nora Privitera, ILRC Special Projects Attorney & Lead Staff Attorney, Attorney of the Day (AOD) Consultation Service Nora is the author of ILRC's most popular publication, Hardship in Immigration Law: How to Prepare a Winning Case in Waiver and Cancellation of Removal Cases, and Remedies and Strategies for Permanent Resident Clients. Laura L. Lichter, Lichter & Associates, P.C. NOTE: Registration is limited to one registrant per connection. One must pay a registration fee even if one plans to participate as a group, using a single computer and phone connection. We only provide certificate of attendance to those who have registered & paid the full fee. We CANNOT accept registrations after the deadline. I am not a member of the California State Bar. Will I receive CLE credit for participating in your seminars & webinars? We will provide a Uniform Certificate of Attendance after the session, which you can submit to your state bar. Please contact your state bar for details on whether or not credit is acceptable.</p>
<p>During this webinar, we will cover the various ways immigrant crime victims’ family members may obtain immigration benefits through U nonimmigrant status. We will cover the definitions of spouses, parents, children and siblings, who can qualify as a direct victim, indirect victim, principal applicant or derivative, unique derivative duration of status issues, age out issues, who may obtain lawful permanent residency directly as a qualifying family member, and how to help family members through these processes. Presenters: Sally Kinoshita, ILRC Deputy Director & Staff Attorney Sally is the principal author of the ILRC publication entitled, The U Visa: Obtaining Immigration Status for Immigrant Victims of Crime and the co-author of the ILRC publications, The VAWA Manual: Immigration Relief for Abused Immigrants; Special Immigrant Juvenile Status for Children Under Juvenile Court Jurisdiction and Immigration Benchbook for Juvenile and Family Court Judges. Susan Bowyer, Attorney at Family Violence Law Center in Oakland Susan has been the Managing Attorney at IIBA, an attorney and echoing green fellow at the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, and the Acting Director at the Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment. For the past decade, she has provided immigration legal services for low income immigrants, and she has special expertise in immigration applications for survivors of domestic violence and other crimes. In addition, she has presented dozens of trainings on immigration relief for battered immigrants, including presentations at the 2008 California and 2009 National AILA Conferences. Jessica Farb, Immigrant Victim Legal Services Coordinator at International Institute of the Bay Area (IIBA) in Oakland Jessica began working with immigrant crime victims in 2003 as an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer at Casa Cornelia Law Center in San Diego. Then while pursuing her law degree in Washington D.C., she worked for the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and helped represent immigrant clients at Ayuda and Holland & Knight. In August 2008, Jessica returned to California to work at IIBA's immigrant crime victim program, through direct services, outreach, and technical assistance. Catherine Ward-Seitz, Regional Immigration Coordinator for Bay Area Legal Aid Catherine has been working in the field of immigration law since 1990, starting out as legal assistant and then a BIA Accredited Representative before her admission to the bar in December of 2001. Before joining Bay Area Legal Aid as Regional Immigration Coordinator in July of 2009, she worked at Canal Alliance, the International Institute of the East Bay, and the private immigration law firm of Simmons & Ungar. NOTE: Registration is limited to one registrant per connection. One must pay a registration fee even if one plans to participate as a group, using a single computer and phone connection. We only provide certificate of attendance to those who have registered & paid the full fee. We CANNOT accept registrations after the deadline. I am not a member of the California State Bar. Will I receive CLE credit for participating in your seminars & webinars? We will provide a Uniform Certificate of Attendance after the session, which you can submit to your state bar. Please contact your state bar for details on whether or not credit is acceptable.</p>
<p>This option allows you to register for all four U Visa webinars for a discounted rate: * Assisting Family Members through the U Nonimmigrant Status Process * Traveling with a U Visa * Addressing Inadmissibility Issues for U Nonimmigrants * U Visa Removal Issues For descriptions of each webinar and to purchase webinar recordings, please go back to the main listing and choose the sessions you are interested in.</p>
<p>This webinar will cover various topics of good moral character. We will discuss discretionary and statutory bars to proving good moral character and the balance test that CIS must employ when deciding if an applicant who is not statutorily ineligible has good moral character. In addition, we will cover how failure to register for the selective service, failure to pay child support, failure to file income taxes, and other issues that affect one’s naturalization application. This webinar is appropriate for practitioners who are new to naturalization, as well as those who are experienced, but need a review or fine-tuning. Deadline to Register: 10/6/10 Presenter: Eric Cohen, ILRC Executive Director Eric has been with the ILRC since 1988 and has extensive experience training both legal workers and lay advocates. His immigrant leadership trainings and expertise working with grassroots and union organizers remains a great asset. He has worked on many of the ILRC's manuals and other publications, including Naturalization & U.S. Citizenship: The Essential Legal Guide and How to Successfully Appeal Naturalization Denials. Eric has also conducted numerous trainings on a variety of immigration related issues and has served as a liaison between community groups and CIS (Citizenship and Immigration Services) officials. He helped develop ILRC's community model for effectively processing naturalization applications in groups and trained both legal workers and lay advocates in the Bay Area and in Los Angeles, and works with community organizers and others on voter education for naturalized citizens. NOTE: Registration is limited to one registrant per connection. One must pay a registration fee even if one plans to participate as a group, using a single computer and phone connection. We only provide certificate of attendance to those who have registered & paid the full fee. We CANNOT accept registrations after the deadline. I am not a member of the California State Bar. Will I receive CLE credit for participating in your seminars & webinars? We will provide a Uniform Certificate of Attendance after the session, which you can submit to your state bar. Please contact your state bar for details on whether or not credit is acceptable.</p>
<p>This webinar will focus specifically on enhancing your understanding of how to prepare a winning waiver application in the context of consular processing, especially at Ciudad Juárez. Presenters will also address how to screen your clients for the “permanent bar” under INA § 212(a)(9)(C), and cover the procedures and timing for waivers submitted in Ciudad Juárez. Deadline to Register: 10/19/10 Presenters: Mark Silverman, ILRC Director of Legalization and Community Organizing Projects Mark is an expert in asylum law, Central American Policy, family immigration, and lawyering that supports civic action throughout Northern California and the Central Valley. He is the co-author of ILRC publication, Motions to Suppress, and he is the main author of the Asylum and Related Immigration Protection manual. Erica Tomlinson, Partner at Immigration Law Offices of Mahoney & Tomlinson Erica has practiced immigration law in the areas of family, employment, asylum, naturalization and removal since 1999. She serves as an AILA mentor on adjustment of status issues and is current a CLE coordinator for AILA NorCal. She is a contributing editor to ILRC’s Advocate’s Guide, and has volunteered and spoken at various Immigration Forums throughout Northern California sponsored by community groups, churches, and non-profit agencies and institutions, such as the Catholic Diocese, the University of California Davis School of Law, CRLAF, and the ILRC. NOTE: Registration is limited to one registrant per connection. One must pay a registration fee even if one plans to participate as a group, using a single computer and phone connection. We only provide certificate of attendance to those who have registered & paid the full fee. We CANNOT accept registrations after the deadline. I am not a member of the California State Bar. Will I receive CLE credit for participating in your seminars & webinars? We will provide a Uniform Certificate of Attendance after the session, which you can submit to your state bar. Please contact your state bar for details on whether or not credit is acceptable.</p>
<p>During this webinar, we will go step-by-step through the consular processing practice of helping U nonimmigrants travel into the United States with a U visa. This information will be helpful for those assisting U principals and derivatives who may be outside the United States at the time of their U nonimmigrant approval, as well as for U nonimmigrants who travel to their home countries and now wish to return. We will cover the process for obtaining the visa, in addition to how to prepare clients who want to travel. Deadline to Register: 10/26/10 Presenters: Sally Kinoshita, ILRC Deputy Director & Staff Attorney Sally is the principal author of the ILRC publication entitled, The U Visa: Obtaining Immigration Status for Immigrant Victims of Crime and the co-author of the ILRC publications, The VAWA Manual: Immigration Relief for Abused Immigrants; Special Immigrant Juvenile Status for Children Under Juvenile Court Jurisdiction and Immigration Benchbook for Juvenile and Family Court Judges. Susan Bowyer, Attorney at Family Violence Law Center in Oakland Susan has been the Managing Attorney at IIBA, an attorney and echoing green fellow at the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, and the Acting Director at the Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment. For the past decade, she has provided immigration legal services for low income immigrants, and she has special expertise in immigration applications for survivors of domestic violence and other crimes. In addition, she has presented dozens of trainings on immigration relief for battered immigrants, including presentations at the 2008 California and 2009 National AILA Conferences. Jessica Farb, Immigrant Victim Legal Services Coordinator at International Institute of the Bay Area (IIBA) in Oakland Jessica began working with immigrant crime victims in 2003 as an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer at Casa Cornelia Law Center in San Diego. Then while pursuing her law degree in Washington D.C., she worked for the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and helped represent immigrant clients at Ayuda and Holland & Knight. In August 2008, Jessica returned to California to work at IIBA's immigrant crime victim program, through direct services, outreach, and technical assistance. Catherine Ward-Seitz, Regional Immigration Coordinator for Bay Area Legal Aid Catherine has been working in the field of immigration law since 1990, starting out as legal assistant and then a BIA Accredited Representative before her admission to the bar in December of 2001. Before joining Bay Area Legal Aid as Regional Immigration Coordinator in July of 2009, she worked at Canal Alliance, the International Institute of the East Bay, and the private immigration law firm of Simmons & Ungar. NOTE: Registration is limited to one registrant per connection. One must pay a registration fee even if one plans to participate as a group, using a single computer and phone connection. We only provide certificate of attendance to those who have registered & paid the full fee. We CANNOT accept registrations after the deadline. I am not a member of the California State Bar. Will I receive CLE credit for participating in your seminars & webinars? We will provide a Uniform Certificate of Attendance after the session, which you can submit to your state bar. Please contact your state bar for details on whether or not credit is acceptable.</p>
<p>On this webinar, we will review the most common and difficult inadmissibility challenges faced by U nonimmigrant applicants, arguments for those that do not apply, and how to screen for them, discuss how to address them on the Form I-918 application and the Form I-192 waiver request, strategies for winning waivers, and what kinds of inadmissibility waivers have succeeded or failed and why. We will also discuss how to address inadmissibility issues that are triggered after the filing of a U application, after approval of a U application, upon departure from the United States, and at adjustment. Deadline to Register: 11/30/10 Presenters: Sally Kinoshita, ILRC Deputy Director & Staff Attorney Sally is the principal author of the ILRC publication entitled, The U Visa: Obtaining Immigration Status for Immigrant Victims of Crime and the co-author of the ILRC publications, The VAWA Manual: Immigration Relief for Abused Immigrants; Special Immigrant Juvenile Status for Children Under Juvenile Court Jurisdiction and Immigration Benchbook for Juvenile and Family Court Judges. Susan Bowyer, Attorney at Family Violence Law Center in Oakland Susan has been the Managing Attorney at IIBA, an attorney and echoing green fellow at the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, and the Acting Director at the Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment. For the past decade, she has provided immigration legal services for low income immigrants, and she has special expertise in immigration applications for survivors of domestic violence and other crimes. In addition, she has presented dozens of trainings on immigration relief for battered immigrants, including presentations at the 2008 California and 2009 National AILA Conferences. Jessica Farb, Immigrant Victim Legal Services Coordinator at International Institute of the Bay Area (IIBA) in Oakland Jessica began working with immigrant crime victims in 2003 as an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer at Casa Cornelia Law Center in San Diego. Then while pursuing her law degree in Washington D.C., she worked for the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and helped represent immigrant clients at Ayuda and Holland & Knight. In August 2008, Jessica returned to California to work at IIBA's immigrant crime victim program, through direct services, outreach, and technical assistance. Catherine Ward-Seitz, Regional Immigration Coordinator for Bay Area Legal Aid Catherine has been working in the field of immigration law since 1990, starting out as legal assistant and then a BIA Accredited Representative before her admission to the bar in December of 2001. Before joining Bay Area Legal Aid as Regional Immigration Coordinator in July of 2009, she worked at Canal Alliance, the International Institute of the East Bay, and the private immigration law firm of Simmons & Ungar. NOTE: Registration is limited to one registrant per connection. One must pay a registration fee even if one plans to participate as a group, using a single computer and phone connection. We only provide certificate of attendance to those who have registered & paid the full fee. We CANNOT accept registrations after the deadline. I am not a member of the California State Bar. Will I receive CLE credit for participating in your seminars & webinars? We will provide a Uniform Certificate of Attendance after the session, which you can submit to your state bar. Please contact your state bar for details on whether or not credit is acceptable.</p>
<p>During this webinar we will discuss how to represent clients with current and past removal issues, when and how to file the various motions that may apply (motions to reopen, continue, substitute counsel, or change venue), the bases for a stay of removal or how to request one, how to identify and address past removal issues, including expedited removals, and more. Deadline to Register: 12/7/10 Presenters: Sally Kinoshita, ILRC Deputy Director & Staff Attorney Sally is the principal author of the ILRC publication entitled, The U Visa: Obtaining Immigration Status for Immigrant Victims of Crime and the co-author of the ILRC publications, The VAWA Manual: Immigration Relief for Abused Immigrants; Special Immigrant Juvenile Status for Children Under Juvenile Court Jurisdiction and Immigration Benchbook for Juvenile and Family Court Judges. Susan Bowyer, Attorney at Family Violence Law Center in Oakland Susan has been the Managing Attorney at IIBA, an attorney and echoing green fellow at the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, and the Acting Director at the Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment. For the past decade, she has provided immigration legal services for low income immigrants, and she has special expertise in immigration applications for survivors of domestic violence and other crimes. In addition, she has presented dozens of trainings on immigration relief for battered immigrants, including presentations at the 2008 California and 2009 National AILA Conferences. Jessica Farb, Immigrant Victim Legal Services Coordinator at International Institute of the Bay Area (IIBA) in Oakland Jessica began working with immigrant crime victims in 2003 as an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer at Casa Cornelia Law Center in San Diego. Then while pursuing her law degree in Washington D.C., she worked for the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and helped represent immigrant clients at Ayuda and Holland & Knight. In August 2008, Jessica returned to California to work at IIBA's immigrant crime victim program, through direct services, outreach, and technical assistance. Catherine Ward-Seitz, Regional Immigration Coordinator for Bay Area Legal Aid Catherine has been working in the field of immigration law since 1990, starting out as legal assistant and then a BIA Accredited Representative before her admission to the bar in December of 2001. Before joining Bay Area Legal Aid as Regional Immigration Coordinator in July of 2009, she worked at Canal Alliance, the International Institute of the East Bay, and the private immigration law firm of Simmons & Ungar. NOTE: Registration is limited to one registrant per connection. One must pay a registration fee even if one plans to participate as a group, using a single computer and phone connection. We only provide certificate of attendance to those who have registered & paid the full fee. We CANNOT accept registrations after the deadline. I am not a member of the California State Bar. Will I receive CLE credit for participating in your seminars & webinars? We will provide a Uniform Certificate of Attendance after the session, which you can submit to your state bar. Please contact your state bar for details on whether or not credit is acceptable.</p>
<p>This webinar will focus specifically on enhancing your understanding of how to prepare a winning waiver application in the context of consular processing, especially at Ciudad Juárez. We will address how to screen your clients for the “permanent bar” under INA § 212(a)(9)(C), and cover the procedures and timing for waivers submitted in Ciudad Juárez. In addition, we will discuss a risk/benefit analysis for the decision on whether to go to Ciudad Juárez in the context that Congress is very unlikely to enact a legalization program in the next two years.<br /><br /><b>Presenters: </b><br /><b>Mark Silverman</b>, ILRC Director of Legalization and Community Organizing Projects<br />Mark is an expert in asylum law, Central American Policy, family immigration, and lawyering that supports civic action throughout Northern California and the Central Valley. He is the co-author of ILRC publication, <a href="https://www.ilrc.org/publications/detail.php?id=65" target=""><b><i>Motions to Suppress</i></b></a>, and he is the main author of the <a href="https://www.ilrc.org/publications/detail.php?id=67" target=""><i><b>Asylum and Related Immigration Protection</b></i></a> manual.<br /><br /><b>Erica Tomlinson</b>, Partner at Immigration Law Offices of Mahoney & Tomlinson<br />Erica has practiced immigration law in the areas of family, employment, asylum, naturalization and removal since 1999. She serves as an AILA mentor on adjustment of status issues and is current a CLE coordinator for AILA NorCal. She is a contributing editor to ILRC’s Advocate’s Guide, and has volunteered and spoken at various Immigration Forums throughout Northern California sponsored by community groups, churches, and non-profit agencies and institutions, such as the Catholic Diocese, the University of California Davis School of Law, CRLAF, and the ILRC.<br /><br /><br /><b>NOTE:</b> Registration is limited to one registrant per connection. One must pay a registration fee even if one plans to participate as a group, using a single computer and phone connection. We only provide certificate of attendance to those who have registered & paid the full fee. We CANNOT accept registrations after the deadline.<br /><br /><b><i>I am not a member of the California State Bar. Will I receive CLE credit for participating in your seminars & webinars?</i></b><br />We will provide a Uniform Certificate of Attendance after the session, which you can submit to your state bar. Please contact your state bar for details on whether or not credit is acceptable.</p>
<p>During this webinar, we will cover the complex issues involving citizenship for children. We will review acquisition and derivation of citizenship, as well as INA§322 citizenship for children. We will concentrate on how to use the ILRC’s easy to read charts, which spell out eligibility for acquisition and derivation and will walk through examples of each kind of citizenship for children. After attending this webinar, practitioners will be significantly more comfortable assisting their clients through the acquisition and derivation processes.<br /><br /><br /><b>Presenter:</b> Eric Cohen, ILRC Executive Director<br />Eric has been with the ILRC since 1988 and has extensive experience training both legal workers and lay advocates. His immigrant leadership trainings and expertise working with grassroots and union organizers remains a great asset. He has worked on many of the ILRC's manuals and other publications, including <font color="#0000ff"><a href="https://www.ilrc.org/publications/detail.php?id=4"><b><i>Naturalization & U.S. Citizenship: The Essential Legal Guide</i></b></a></font> and <i>How to Successfully Appeal Naturalization Denials</i>. Eric has also conducted numerous trainings on a variety of immigration related issues and has served as a liaison between community groups and CIS (Citizenship and Immigration Services) officials. He helped develop ILRC's community model for effectively processing naturalization applications in groups and trained both legal workers and lay advocates in the Bay Area and in Los Angeles, and works with community organizers and others on voter education for naturalized citizens.<br /><br /><br /><b>NOTE:</b> Registration is limited to one registrant per connection. One must pay a registration fee even if one plans to participate as a group, using a single computer and phone connection. We only provide certificate of attendance to those who have registered & paid the full fee. We CANNOT accept registrations after the deadline.<br /><br /><b><i>I am not a member of the California State Bar. Will I receive CLE credit for participating in your seminars & webinars?</i></b><br />We will provide a Uniform Certificate of Attendance after the session, which you can submit to your state bar. Please contact your state bar for details on whether or not credit is acceptable. </p>
<p>An absence from the U.S. can affect one’s ability to naturalize in a myriad of ways. In some instances, an unsuspecting naturalization applicant can even be found removable from the U.S. due to an absence. During this webinar, we will discuss the different ways in which an absence from the U.S. can affect a client’s naturalization application, including the effect upon his or her continuous residence, physical presence, abandonment of residence, and removability. We will discuss the law, important cases, and hypothetical cases. <br /><br /><br /><b>Presenter:</b> Eric Cohen, ILRC Executive Director<br />Eric has been with the ILRC since 1988 and has extensive experience training both legal workers and lay advocates. His immigrant leadership trainings and expertise working with grassroots and union organizers remains a great asset. He has worked on many of the ILRC's manuals and other publications, including <font color="#0000ff"><a href="https://www.ilrc.org/publications/detail.php?id=4"><b><i>Naturalization & U.S. Citizenship: The Essential Legal Guide</i></b></a></font> and <i>How to Successfully Appeal Naturalization Denials</i>. Eric has also conducted numerous trainings on a variety of immigration related issues and has served as a liaison between community groups and CIS (Citizenship and Immigration Services) officials. He helped develop ILRC's community model for effectively processing naturalization applications in groups and trained both legal workers and lay advocates in the Bay Area and in Los Angeles, and works with community organizers and others on voter education for naturalized citizens.<br /><br /><br /><b>NOTE:</b> Registration is limited to one registrant per connection. One must pay a registration fee even if one plans to participate as a group, using a single computer and phone connection. We only provide certificate of attendance to those who have registered & paid the full fee. We CANNOT accept registrations after the deadline.<br /><br /><b><i>I am not a member of the California State Bar. Will I receive CLE credit for participating in your seminars & webinars?</i></b><br />We will provide a Uniform Certificate of Attendance after the session, which you can submit to your state bar. Please contact your state bar for details on whether or not credit is acceptable. </p>
<p>This webinar will provide nuts-and-bolts information for practitioners who want to add the T visa and T visa-based adjustment of status applications to their current roster of immigration options for current and future clients. We will review various elements of human trafficking, noting common red flags and special circumstances particular to both adult and child victims. We will also comprehensively discuss the forms, supporting documents, and miscellaneous pieces that comprise the T visa application, as well as strategies to prove the elements, techniques for preparing a successful application, procedures for filing a T visa, time-lines for adjudication of a T visa application, and finally, the adjustment of status regulations for T visa holders.<br /><br />This session will be led by Ivy Lee and Lynette Parker, practitioners who both have more than 14 years of anti-human trafficking experience, providing comprehensive legal services and other services to survivors of human trafficking.</p><p><br /><b>Presenters:</b><br /><b>Ivy Lee</b>, formerly at Asian Pacific American Legal Outreach<br />Ivy directed the API Legal Outreach Immigrant Rights & Human Trafficking Project, and her practice focused on representation of immigrant victims of crime, including human trafficking, for immigration and civil legal relief; legislative and policy advocacy at the local, state, and federal levels; and technical assistance and training for nongovernmental organizations and law enforcement agencies.<br /> </p><div class="TabbedPanelsContent TabbedPanelsContentVisible" style="display: block;"> </div>
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<p>In this webinar, we will analyze the grounds of inadmissibility and waivers of those grounds and discuss the 2009 amendments to the CIS Adjudicator’s Field Manual on the grounds of inadmissibility. We will also explain the requirements for eligibility for Non-LPR Cancellation of Removal under INA § 240A(b)(1). In addition, we will explore the different standards of hardship in immigration law and how they have been applied by the DHS, the BIA, and the courts in different contexts, with particular emphasis on looking at the differences and similarities between “extreme hardship” and “exceptional and extremely unusual hardship,” as defined by case law. We will also teach you how to use the case law to make effective arguments for establishing both “extreme” and “exceptional and extremely unusual hardship,” and how to work with clients to elicit the information necessary to substantiate their hardship claims.<br /><br /><br /><b>Presenter:</b><br /><b>Nora Privitera</b>, ILRC Special Projects Attorney & Lead Staff Attorney, Attorney of the Day (AOD) Consultation Service<br />Nora is the author of ILRC's most popular publication, <i><a href="https://www.ilrc.org/publications/detail.php?id=3">Hardship in Immigration Law: How to Prepare a Winning Case in Waiver and Cancellation of Removal Cases</a></i>, and <a href="https://www.ilrc.org/publications/detail.php?id=63" target=""><i>Remedies and Strategies for Permanent Resident Clients</i></a>.<br /><br /><br /><b>NOTE:</b> Registration is limited to one registrant per connection. One must pay a registration fee even if one plans to participate as a group, using a single computer and phone connection. We only provide certificate of attendance to those who have registered & paid the full fee. We CANNOT accept registrations after the deadline.<br /><br /><b><i>I am not a member of the California State Bar. Will I receive CLE credit for participating in your seminars & webinars?</i></b><br />We will provide a Uniform Certificate of Attendance after the session, which you can submit to your state bar. Please contact your state bar for details on whether or not credit is acceptable. <br /> </p>
<p>This webinar will cover advanced VAWA issues, including addressing good moral character bars, inadmissibility grounds, and motions to reopen.<br /><br /><br /><b>Presenters:</b><br /><b>Sally Kinoshita</b>, ILRC Deputy Director & Staff Attorney<br />Sally is the principal author of the ILRC publication entitled, <a href="https://www.ilrc.org/publications/detail.php?id=64"><i><b>The U Visa: Obtaining Immigration Status for Immigrant Victims of Crime</b></i></a> and the co-author of the ILRC publications, <a href="https://www.ilrc.org/publications/detail.php?id=8" target=""><i><b>The VAWA Manual: Immigration Relief for Abused Immigrants</b></i></a>; <i>Special Immigrant Juvenile Status for Children Under Juvenile Court Jurisdiction</i> and <i>Immigration Benchbook for Juvenile and Family Court Judges</i>.<br /> </p><div class="TabbedPanelsContent TabbedPanelsContentVisible" style="display: block;"> </div>
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<div>This webinar will provide nuts-and-bolts information for practitioners who want to add the T visa and T visa-based adjustment of status applications to their current roster of immigration options for current and future clients. We will review various elements of human trafficking, noting common red flags and special circumstances particular to both adult and child victims. We will also comprehensively discuss the forms, supporting documents, and miscellaneous pieces that comprise the T visa application, as well as strategies to prove the elements, techniques for preparing a successful application, procedures for filing a T visa, time-lines for adjudication of a T visa application, and finally, the adjustment of status regulations for T visa holders.<br /><br />This session will be led by Ivy Lee and Lynette Parker, practitioners who both have more than 14 years of anti-human trafficking experience, providing comprehensive legal services and other services to survivors of human trafficking.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Presenters:</strong><br /><strong>Ivy Lee</strong>, formerly at Asian Pacific American Legal Outreach<br />Ivy directed the API Legal Outreach Immigrant Rights & Human Trafficking Project, and her practice focused on representation of immigrant victims of crime, including human trafficking, for immigration and civil legal relief; legislative and policy advocacy at the local, state, and federal levels; and technical assistance and training for nongovernmental organizations and law enforcement agencies.<br /><br /><div> </div><div><strong>Lynette M. Parker</strong>, Clinical Supervising Attorney (Immigration Practice Area) and Clinical Faculty member of the Katharine and George Alexander Community Law Center, Santa Clara University School of Law. Lynette has been teaching and supervising law students handling immigration cases at the Law Center since March 2000. She is also a lecturer in law at Santa Clara University School of Law, teaching immigration law and refugee/asylum law. She provides technical support to attorneys on political asylum, VAWA, U visa, and T visa cases. <br /><br /><br /><strong>NOTE:</strong> Registration is limited to one registrant per connection. One must pay a registration fee even if one plans to participate as a group, using a single computer and phone connection. We only provide certificate of attendance to those who have registered & paid the full fee. We CANNOT accept registrations after the deadline.<br /><br /><strong><em>I am not a member of the California State Bar. Will I receive CLE credit for participating in your seminars & webinars?</em></strong><br />We will provide a Uniform Certificate of Attendance after the session, which you can submit to your state bar. Please contact your state bar for details on whether or not credit is acceptable.</div></div>
<p>To purchase this webinar recording, click on the icon on the right-hand side.</p><p>This webinar will discuss preparing and submitting Requests for Termination of Removal Proceedings Based on Prosecutorial Discretion, as well as requests for Deferred Action. It will focus on how to base requests for prosecutorial discretion and how to utilize the memo of June 17, 2011 by ICE Director John Morton on the same subject. We will cover how to prepare these requests, in addition to strategies for presenting the requests to ICE and in a smaller number of cases to CIS. There will also be a discussion on how such requests should be part of a practitioner’s overall removal defense strategy. This webinar is appropriate for practitioners with all levels of experience.</p><p><strong>Presenters:</strong></p><p><strong>Mark Silverman</strong>, ILRC Director of Legalization and Community Organizing Projects<br />Mark is an expert in asylum law, Central American Policy, family immigration, and lawyering that supports civic action throughout Northern California and the Central Valley. He is the co-author of ILRC publication, <em><a href="http://www.ilrc.org/publications/motions-to-suppress">Motions to Suppress</a></em>, and he is the main author of the <a href="http://www.ilrc.org/publications/asylum-and-related-immigration-protect… and Related Immigration Protections</em></a> manual.</p><p><br /><strong>Maurice "Mo" H. Goldman</strong>, Goldman & Goldman, PC<br />Mo has served on multiple national American Immigration Lawyers Association’s (AILA) committees, including the California Service Center and annual conference committees. He is currently serving on the AILA Board of Governors. Mo is also a trustee to the American Immigration Council (AIC), and has lectured on a variety of immigration subjects. He also serves on the boards of the ASISTA, Border Action Network and Immigrants List.</p><p>NOTE: Registration is limited to one registrant per connection. One must pay a registration fee even if one plans to participate as a group, using a single computer and phone connection. We only provide certificate of attendance to those who have registered & paid the full fee.</p><p> </p>
<p>To purchase this webinar recording, click on the icon on the right-hand side.</p><p>Join us to discuss how to deal with U visa-eligible clients with past or current removal issues. We will discuss when and why to file a request for administrative closure, a motion to continue, a motion to reopen, a motion to terminate or a stay of removal, how to deal with past removal issues at both the U nonimmigrant application and U adjustment of status stage, how to identify removal issues that may need to be waived, and how to communicate with the Vermont Service Center about clients in removal proceedings.</p><p><strong>Presenters: </strong></p><p><strong>Sally Kinoshita</strong>, ILRC Deputy Director & Staff Attorney<br /> Sally is the principal author of the ILRC publication entitled, <a href="http://www.ilrc.org/publications/the-u-visa"><em>The U Visa: Obtaining Immigration Status for Immigrant Victims of Crime</em></a> and the co-author of the ILRC publications, <a href="http://www.ilrc.org/publications/the-vawa-manual"><em>The VAWA Manual: Immigration Relief for Abused Immigrants</em></a>; <em>Special Immigrant Juvenile Status for Children Under Juvenile Court Jurisdiction</em> and <em>Immigration Benchbook for Juvenile and Family Court Judges</em>.</p><p><strong>Catherine Ward-Seitz</strong>, Regional Immigration Coordinator for Bay Area Legal Aid <br /> Catherine has been working in the field of immigration law since 1990, starting out as legal assistant and then a BIA Accredited Representative before her admission to the bar in December of 2001. Before joining Bay Area Legal Aid as Regional Immigration Coordinator in July of 2009, she worked at Canal Alliance, the International Institute of the East Bay, and the private immigration law firm of Simmons & Ungar.</p><p>NOTE: Registration is limited to one registrant per connection. One must pay a registration fee even if one plans to participate as a group, using a single computer and phone connection. We only provide certificate of attendance to those who have registered & paid the full fee.</p>
<p>To purchase this webinar recording, click on the icon on the right-hand side.</p><p>This webinar provides a comprehensive overview of the benefits of VAWA self-petitioning, as well as the requirements and process for submitting a VAWA self-petition. We will provide detailed explanations for all of the eligibility requirements including the unique ways that children, unmarried spouses, former spouses, and parents can qualify, how to prove good faith marriage, how to document good moral character and when a bar to good moral character does not disqualify an applicant, how abuse is defined, and more. We’ll also go through the nuts-and-bolts process of submitting the self-petition, including how to best document the case, tips for communicating with the Vermont Service Center, obtaining fee waivers and more.</p><p><strong>Presenters: </strong></p><p><strong>Sally Kinoshita</strong>, ILRC Deputy Director & Staff Attorney<br /> Sally is the principal author of the ILRC publication entitled, <a href="http://www.ilrc.org/publications/the-u-visa"><em>The U Visa: Obtaining Immigration Status for Immigrant Victims of Crime</em></a> and the co-author of the ILRC publications, <a href="http://www.ilrc.org/publications/the-vawa-manual"><em>The VAWA Manual: Immigration Relief for Abused Immigrants</em></a>; <em>Special Immigrant Juvenile Status for Children Under Juvenile Court Jurisdiction</em> and <em>Immigration Benchbook for Juvenile and Family Court Judges</em>.</p><p><strong>Catherine Ward-Seitz</strong>, Regional Immigration Coordinator for Bay Area Legal Aid <br /> Catherine has been working in the field of immigration law since 1990, starting out as legal assistant and then a BIA Accredited Representative before her admission to the bar in December of 2001. Before joining Bay Area Legal Aid as Regional Immigration Coordinator in July of 2009, she worked at Canal Alliance, the International Institute of the East Bay, and the private immigration law firm of Simmons & Ungar.</p><p>NOTE: Registration is limited to one registrant per connection. One must pay a registration fee even if one plans to participate as a group, using a single computer and phone connection. We only provide certificate of attendance to those who have registered & paid the full fee.</p>
<p>To purchase this webinar recording, click on the icon on the right-hand side.</p><p>This webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of the requirements and process for applying for adjustment of status on behalf of a VAWA self-petitioner. We will provide detailed explanations of the eligibility requirements that are unique to VAWA self-petitioners including special VAWA inadmissibility waiver provisions, when and where to file the application, how to best document the application with supporting evidence, how to prepare for the interview and more.</p><p><strong>Presenters: </strong></p><p><strong>Sally Kinoshita</strong>, ILRC Deputy Director & Staff Attorney<br /> Sally is the principal author of the ILRC publication entitled, <a href="http://www.ilrc.org/publications/the-u-visa"><em>The U Visa: Obtaining Immigration Status for Immigrant Victims of Crime</em></a> and the co-author of the ILRC publications, <a href="http://www.ilrc.org/publications/the-vawa-manual"><em>The VAWA Manual: Immigration Relief for Abused Immigrants</em></a>; <em>Special Immigrant Juvenile Status for Children Under Juvenile Court Jurisdiction</em> and <em>Immigration Benchbook for Juvenile and Family Court Judges</em>.</p><p><strong>Catherine Ward-Seitz</strong>, Regional Immigration Coordinator for Bay Area Legal Aid <br /> Catherine has been working in the field of immigration law since 1990, starting out as legal assistant and then a BIA Accredited Representative before her admission to the bar in December of 2001. Before joining Bay Area Legal Aid as Regional Immigration Coordinator in July of 2009, she worked at Canal Alliance, the International Institute of the East Bay, and the private immigration law firm of Simmons & Ungar.</p><p>NOTE: Registration is limited to one registrant per connection. One must pay a registration fee even if one plans to participate as a group, using a single computer and phone connection. We only provide certificate of attendance to those who have registered & paid the full fee.</p>
<p>To purchase this webinar recording, click on the icon on the right-hand side.</p><p>This webinar will focus on the different types of motions typically filed before the immigration courts and the BIA and will describe when and under what circumstances each type of motion should be filed, as well as the strategies, advantages and disadvantages of different types of motions. There will be a particular emphasis on motions to reopen, including tolling of filing deadlines, ineffective assistance of counsel, post-departure motions, and motions to reopen to rescind in absentia orders. The presenters will give practitioners both an overview of the law in different jurisdictions and practical tips for filing a motion that will be successful.</p><p><b>Presenter:</b></p><p><b>Nora Privitera</b>, ILRC Special Projects Attorney & Lead Staff Attorney, Attorney of the Day (AOD) Consultation Service<br />Nora is the author of ILRC's most popular publication, <i><a href="http://www.ilrc.org/publications/hardship-in-immigration-law">Hardship in Immigration Law: How to Prepare a Winning Case in Waiver and Cancellation of Removal Cases</a></i>, and <a href="http://www.ilrc.org/publications/remedies-and-strategies-for-permanent-… and Strategies for Permanent Resident Clients</i></a>.</p><p><strong>H. Raymond Fasano</strong>, Law Offices of Youman, Madeo & Fasano, LLP<br />Raymond is counsel of record in several published Circuit Court and BIA decisions. He is the author of several published articles in the area of immigration litigation that have appeared in Interpreter Releases and other publications.</p><p><strong>Tanya Myers</strong>, Law Offices of Tanya Myers</p><p>Tanya's practice focuses on immigration appellate work and motions. She served for three years as Attorney Advisor with the Executive Office for Immigration Review at the Dallas and Los Angeles area Immigration Courts. In the past, she has worked at the Tucson Ecumenical Council for Legal Assistance; the Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society; Travelers Aid of Cincinnati; and interned at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Washington.</p><p>NOTE: Registration is limited to one registrant per connection. One must pay a registration fee even if one plans to participate as a group, using a single computer and phone connection. We only provide certificate of attendance to those who have registered & paid the full fee.</p>
<p>To purchase this webinar recording, click on the icon on the right-hand side.</p><p>Using a hypothetical child's case, this webinar will cover immigration relief specific to children, as well as how to pursue more general forms of immigration relief in a child-centered way. It will address working with children detained by the federal government and the intersection of juvenile delinquency and immigration. This program is appropriate both for beginners and for people with substantial immigration experience who do not have significant training on working with children.</p><p><b>Presenters: </b><br /><b>Angie Junck</b>, ILRC Staff Attorney and co-author of ILRC's <a href="http://www.ilrc.org/publications/special-immigrant-juvenile-status"><em…; manual</a><br />At the ILRC, Angie coordinates the Immigrant Youth Project to provide advocacy on behalf of immigrant youth in order to improve their lives and ensure their fair and humane treatment in the United States. She provides trainings, technical assistance, and written materials to immigrant youth and their families, as well as to decision makers and service providers, such as social workers, dependency attorneys, juvenile justice officials, legislators, juvenile and family court judges, and community based groups and advocates. She is an author of various ILRC publications, including <a href="http://www.ilrc.org/publications/a-guide-for-immigration-advocates"><i>A Guide for Immigration Advocates</i></a>, <a href="http://www.ilrc.org/publications/defending-immigrants-in-the-ninth-circ… Immigrants in the Ninth Circuit</i></a>, and <a href="http://www.ilrc.org/publications/naturalization-and-us-citizenship"><i>… and U.S. Citizenship</i></a>.<br /><br /><b>Kristen Jackson</b>, Senior Staff Attorney, Immigrant Rights Project at Public Counsel and co-author of ILRC's <a href="http://www.ilrc.org/publications/special-immigrant-juvenile-status"><em…; manual</a><br />Kristen represents abused, abandoned or neglected children eligible for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status in the delinquency, dependency, and probate systems – both before the immigration service and in immigration court. She also provides SIJS trainings and SIJS technical assistance across the country. She currently co-teaches the Immigration Clinic at UCLA’s School of Law. Before joining Public Counsel, she clerked at the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She received her J.D. from Yale Law School, where she was a student director of the Advocacy for Parents and Children Clinic.</p><p><strong>Hayley Upshaw</strong>, Staff Attorney, Legal Services for Children<br />Hayley joined LSC in August 2008. She was awarded an Equal Justice Works fellowship to represent unaccompanied immigrant youth in the Bay Area. She assists youth in obtaining safe, stable living arrangements through guardianship or dependency, in getting the educational services they require, and in pursuing immigration relief. Before attending law school, Hayley taught elementary school for three years in San Jose, California. During law school, she represented youth in school expulsion hearings and delinquency proceedings and provided special education advocacy for foster youth.</p><p>NOTE: Registration is limited to one registrant per connection. One must pay a registration fee even if one plans to participate as a group, using a single computer and phone connection. We only provide certificate of attendance to those who have registered & paid the full fee.</p>
<p>To purchase this webinar recording, click on the icon on the right-hand side.</p><p>This webinar will explore the “particular social group” (PSG) ground for asylum by providing an overview of case law and an indepth discussion on how to identify and articulate a social group that will pass legal muster. We will cover many examples of social groups, such as those based on family ties, clan membership, gender, sexual orientation and gender identity, gang recruitment and others. Participants will also learn how to properly address the “protected ground” requirement separately from the “nexus” requirements, and how to formulate asylum claims when the PSG is related to other possible grounds, such as political opinion, ethnicity, and religious beliefs.</p><p><strong>Presenters:</strong></p><p><strong>Lourdes Martinez</strong>, ILRC Staff Attorney and co-author of ILRC's <a href="http://www.ilrc.org/publications/asylum-and-related-immigration-protect… and Related Immigration Protections</em></a> manual<br />Before joining ILRC, Lourdes worked as an immigration attorney at the Tahirih Justice Center in the DC metropolitan area, where she represented immigrant women and girls survivors of gender-based violence on immigration matters. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts from Rice University and her Juris Doctor from the George Washington University Law School in Washington, DC, where she was awarded the JB & Maurice Shapiro Public Service Fellowship for her dedication to public interest law. While in law school, she worked on international human rights litigation involving cases from Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean both, with the International Human Rights Clinic at GWU and as a law clerk with the Center for Justice and International Law in San Jose, Costa Rica.</p><p><br /><strong>Morgan Weibel,</strong> The Tahirih Justice Center<br />Prior to joining Tahirih, Morgan served as a Graduate Research Fellow at the UC Hastings Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, where she composed a protocol for the investigation of femicides (gender-motivated killings of women) and assisted Professor Karen Musalo in updating her course book on Refugee Law. During law school, she clerked in the Trial Chambers of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in the Hague Netherlands and in the Office of the President/Trial Chambers of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania. She is co-author of <em>Matter of S-E-G-: The final nail in the coffin for gang-related asylum claims? BLRLJ Vol. 20</em> (2010), which explores social group formulations across the Circuit courts in gang-related asylum claims.</p><p>NOTE: Registration is limited to one registrant per connection. One must pay a registration fee even if one plans to participate as a group, using a single computer and phone connection. We only provide certificate of attendance to those who have registered & paid the full fee.</p>
<p>To purchase this webinar recording, click on the icon on the right-hand side.</p><p>This webinar is for immigration practitioners who face the challenge of trying to interpret their clients’ criminal records. We need to understand exactly what criminal disposition our clients may have; however, the variety of forms, terminology, and abbreviations, from county court orders and records to state and federal “rap sheets,” can make this very difficult. In this interactive webinar, we will share a variety of documents, mainly from California state courts, and discuss the different forms and terms, and follow the pages to locate the legal conclusions. After each example, we will have an open phone and e-mail discussion to address attendees’ questions and comments.</p><p><b>Presenters:</b></p><p><strong>Eric Cohen</strong>, ILRC Executive Director<br />Eric has been with the ILRC since 1988 and has extensive experience training both legal workers and lay advocates. His immigrant leadership trainings and expertise working with grassroots and union organizers remains a great asset. He has worked on many of the ILRC's manuals and other publications, including <font color="#0000ff"><a href="http://www.ilrc.org/publications/naturalization-and-us-citizenship"><i>… & U.S. Citizenship: The Essential Legal Guide</i></a></font> and <i>How to Successfully Appeal Naturalization Denials</i>. Eric has also conducted numerous trainings on a variety of immigration related issues and has served as a liaison between community groups and CIS (Citizenship and Immigration Services) officials. He helped develop ILRC's community model for effectively processing naturalization applications in groups and trained both legal workers and lay advocates in the Bay Area and in Los Angeles, and works with community organizers and others on voter education for naturalized citizens.</p><p><b>Kathy Brady</b>, ILRC Senior Staff Attorney<br />Her expertise includes the immigration consequences of criminal convictions; issues affecting immigrant children and mixed families; immigration consultant and consumer fraud; family immigration; and trial skills. She is the primary author of ILRC's <a href="http://www.ilrc.org/publications/defending-immigrants-in-the-ninth-circ… Immigrants in the Ninth Circuit </i></a>(formerly <i>California Criminal Law and Immigration</i>), and for many years was co-author of the section on defending noncitizens in the CEB manual, <i>California Criminal Law: Procedure and Practice</i>. She is a co-author of the Arizona Quick Reference Guide to Immigration Consequences of Convictions, and also the author of the California Reference Guide. She is a co-founder of the Defending Immigrants Partnership and the Immigrant Justice Network. Kathy authored briefs in key Ninth Circuit cases on immigration and crimes, and argued <i>Lujan-Armendariz v. Ashcroft</i>. In 2007, she received the Carol King award for advocacy from the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild. She is currently a Commissioner to the ABA Commission on Immigration.</p><p>NOTE: Registration is limited to one registrant per connection. One must pay a registration fee even if one plans to participate as a group, using a single computer and phone connection. We only provide certificate of attendance to those who have registered & paid the full fee.</p>