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>To purchase this webinar recording, click on the icon on the right-hand side.</p><p>This webinar will focus on developments in family-based immigration during the last couple of years. Topics discussed will include the new legal provisions regarding the death of a petitioner; the latest developments in consular processing in Ciudad Juárez; current guidance on health-related grounds of inadmissibility; DOMA and marriage-based petitions and other topics. We will also provide an overview of how the preference categories system works and how life events, such as marriage, divorce, birth, and death affect immigrant petitions and the decisions involved in immigrating family members.</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/families-immigration"><em>Families & Immigration</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.<br /><br /><strong>Sarah Kate Heilbrun</strong>, Law Office of Sarah Kate Heilbrun<br />Sarah Kate graduated from UC Davis School of Law (King Hall) in 2003. While in law school, she spent many hours working in the UC Davis Immigration Law Clinic, and as an attorney, her practice is devoted exclusively to immigration law, focusing on family-based immigration, removal defense, and immigration benefits for victims of crime and domestic violence. She has a solo practice in Oakland and is Of Counsel to the Law Office of Scott Mossman. She was the EOIR Co-Liaison for AILA NorCal from 2008-2009, and served as the Co-Program Director in 2006-2007. In 2009, Sarah Kate was a co-presenter for ILRC's Consular Processing and Waivers webinar.</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 discuss how to use key defense strategies that are based on the “categorical approach,” an area of law that includes use of the record of conviction, divisible statutes, the “missing element” rule, and other topics. The categorical approach<br />is one of the most important defense tools for immigrants convicted of a crime, and expert arguments based on this law can turn what looks like certain defeat into legal victory. We will discuss recent Supreme Court, Ninth Circuit and BIA decisions, highlight basic and emerging defense strategies, and identify issues that courts currently are considering. Exercises will be provided and there will be time for questions and discussions.</p><p>While beginners are welcome to attend, this webinar will be taught at a level that assumes some experience analyzing the immigration consequences of crimes.</p><p><strong>Presenters: </strong></p><p><b>Kathy Brady</b>, ILRC Senior Staff Attorney<br />Kathy's 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 <a href="http://www.ilrc.org/resources/the-quick-reference-guide-to-california-c… Reference Guide</a>. 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><strong>Holly Cooper,</strong> UC Davis School of Law and 2011 recipient of the Carol King Award for advocacy, presented by the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild<br />Holly is an expert in detention and bond practice and in the immigration consequences of crimes. She was formerly Senior Staff Attorney at the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project, a detention center defense project in Florence, Arizona. She is the author of the section on detention in ILRC's<em> Defending Immigrants in the Ninth Circuit</em> and co-author of the <a href="http://www.ilrc.org/files/arizona.pdf">Quick Reference Chart and Notes on Determining Immigration Consequences of Selected Arizona Offenses</a>.</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><strong>This option allows you to register for both VAWA webinars at a discounted price.</strong></p><p>VAWA Self-Petitioning<br />Wednesday, October 26, 2011, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm PDT<br /><br />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<br />best document the case, tips for communicating with the Vermont Service Center, obtaining fee waivers and more.</p><p><br />VAWA Adjustment<br />Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm PDT<br /><br />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>To purchase this webinar recording, click on the icon on the right-hand side.</strong></p><p>"Hardship, " whether defined as "extreme" or "exceptional and extremely unusual," is a key concept in immigration law. Proving hardship is essential for many kinds of cases, from enabling someone to become a permanent resident through a family member, to proving eligibility for relief from deportation. In this webinar, we will explore how the different standards of hardship in immigration law have been applied by the DHS, the BIA, and the courts, with particular emphasis on looking at the differences and similarities between "extreme hardship" and "exceptional and extremely unusual hardship." More importantly, we will teach you how to prepare a winning case for hardship, 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.</p><p><b>Presenters:</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>Esther Martinez</strong>, Law Offices of Esther Martinez</p><p>Esther Martinez was born in the Central Valley of California, she attended local schools throughout the Keyes, and Escalon. She graduated in 1963 from Turlock High School. Esther went on to work as a secretary for several years, and failure to obtain desired promotions led her to lead that she needed more education. On a whim she applied to California State University Fresno and was accepted the rest was history. She graduated five years later, before that she spent a year in Mexico City studying Latin American History to see the impact of illegal immigration on the countries Mexico and the United States. Esther was exposed to immigration apprehension, detention, and removal at a very young age. Growing up around farm labor workers exposed her to people being picked up at a moment’s notice, or they would often leave without their goods because they were so afraid that the immigration officials would confiscate them and they would never see them again. So when it came time to choose a career Esther was interested in Immigration Law. She made the decision to attend University of California Hastings Law, where she received a JD in 1983. She has been practicing Immigration Law since 1989. She finds it a challenge and continues to love to practice to this day.</p><p><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.</p>
<p><strong>To purchase this webinar recording, click on the icon on the right-hand side.</strong></p><p>In recent years, some attorneys representing U visa clients have had clients’ immigration records subpoenaed by the criminal defense as part of the ongoing criminal prosecution of their clients’ abusers. This webinar will cover suggestions for immigration attorneys to protect clients' information from unnecessary disclosure, regardless of whether or not a subpoena is issued, strategies for counseling the client; and communicating with the district attorney. We will also discuss how immigration attorneys can respond if a subpoena is issued including filing motions to quash and other strategies.</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 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><strong>Robert Uy</strong>, Law Office of Lien L. Uy<br /> Robert is a Partner at the Law Office of Lien L. Uy, where he practices Immigration, Family and Domestic Violence Law. He has been published in Berkeley Law's Journal of Gender, Law and Justice. Before joining the Law Office of Lien L. Uy in November of 2011, he worked at the private immigration law firm of Goswami, Strand and Seaborn and was the Staff Attorney and Immigration Project Lead at Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach.</p><p><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.</p>
<p><strong>To purchase this webinar recording, click on the icon on the right-hand side.</strong></p><p>This webinar will focus on cutting-edge issues related to U visa cases, including updates on age out issues, adjustment adjudication, processing of cases with approved I-929, and updates and best practices emerging from the field.</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 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><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.</p>
<p><strong>To purchase this webinar recording, click on the icon on the right-hand side.</strong></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 is 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 cover the process for obtaining the visa, in addition to how to prepare clients who want to travel. We will also talk about the latest developments for those who have approved I-929s and seek to enter.</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>Jessica Farb</strong>, Staff Attorney at Immigration Center for Women and Children, San Francisco<br />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, and she now works at ICWC's new San Francisco office.</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><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.</p>
<p><strong>To purchase this webinar recording, click on the icon on the right-hand side.</strong></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 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.</p><p><b>Presenters: </b></p><p><strong>Erin Quinn</strong>, ILRC Staff Attorney</p><p><strong>Tami Castillo</strong>, Of Counsel Attorney at Considine, Sorensen & Trujillo Before Tami became an attorney, she worked at Considine, Sorensen & Trujillo for about 8 years, initially ,as a paralegal, mostly focused on preparing CDJ waiver cases. She attended law school at University of Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, where she assisted at the Immigration Law Clinic while continuing my work here at the firm. Prior to coming to work in the immigration law, field she worked as a union organizer with H.E.R.E. (Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees) International Union and later as a community organizer at farmworker and Hmong refugee housing complexes.<br /><br /><strong>Erica</strong><b> 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.</p><p><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.</p><p> </p>
<div class="field field-type-text field-field-body-text"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><p>This two-part series will provide a thorough overview of the process of family immigration and is designed for attorneys, paralegals, and accredited representatives who are new to family-based immigration, as well as for experienced practitioners who are looking for a review on the subject.</p><p>In the first webinar, we will cover the family visa petition, including: what relatives qualify for family immigration, including LGBT couples; the Child Status Protection Act; options upon the death of a qualifying relative; how preference categories and priority dates work and filing procedures. There is approximately 30 minutes allocated to answer questions throughout the presentation.</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/families-immigration"><em>Families & Immigration</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><strong>Erin Quinn</strong>, ILRC Staff Attorney</p></div></div></div>
<p><strong>To purchase this webinar recording, click on the icon on the right-hand side.</strong></p><p>This webinar will discuss preparing and submitting Requests for Prosecutorial Discretion, including administrative closure, as well as requests for Deferred Action. It will focus on DHS policy guidelines and practice in screening cases and adjudicating requests since the announcement of the new DHS policy announced in August, 2011. The webinar will also provide tips on how to base requests for prosecutorial discretion and how to utilize the two memos 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, and to the Department of Justice for cases, which are at the federal court of appeals. 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. To maximize the benefits of webinar, participants should review the major June 17th Morton memo which we will send out prior to the session.</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" jquery1327001859384="22" jquery1327002268236="22">Motions to Suppress</a></em> manual.</p><p><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><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.</p><p><!-- /node-inner, /node --></p>
<p><strong>To purchase this webinar recording, click on the icon on the right-hand side.</strong></p><p>This webinar will cover the latest developments for representing clients in VAWA self-petitioning, VAWA adjustment of status, or VAWA cancellation cases as well as motions to reopen based on VAWA-eligibility.</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, <em><a href="http://www.ilrc.org/publications/the-u-visa" jquery1327002673072="22" jquery1327003108048="22">The U Visa: Obtaining Immigration Status for Immigrant Victims of Crime</a></em> and the co-author of the ILRC publications, <em><a href="http://www.ilrc.org/publications/the-vawa-manual" jquery1327002673072="23" jquery1327003108048="23">The VAWA Manual: Immigration Relief for Abused Immigrants</a></em>; <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 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><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.</p><p><font size="2"><!-- /node-inner, /node --></font></p>
<p><strong>To purchase this webinar recording, click on the icon on the right-hand side.</strong></p><p>Marriage: A lawful path to permanent residence or a fraudulent arrangement meant only to skirt the law? Does the couple have a good faith intent to create a lasting relationship as marital partners? Or, will they go their separate ways once the immigrant spouse gets a green card? How immigration officials go about the task of answering these questions is the principal subject of this webinar, examining such topics as evidence to establish a good faith relationship; how to prepare clients for a spousal interview; issues related to the two year conditional residence period, including what to do when good faith marriages break up during that period.</p><p>We also discuss the place of non-traditional marriages in the context of immigration law. For example, may couples live separate lives? Is sex an essential element of a good faith marriage? May a marriage between gay and straight partners qualify as a good faith marriage? Is there a future for gay marriages in immigration law? Does the "viability"of a marriage still have a bearing on a couple’s good faith? Finally, what relief is available, if any, for those found to have engaged in marriage fraud, particularly in light of the ban on new petitions found in the draconian provisions of INA §204(c).</p><p><strong>Presenter: </strong></p><p><strong>Don Ungar</strong>, Of Counsel to Simmons & Ungar and the ILRC<br />With more than 40 years of immigration law experience, Don has litigated numerous cases before the Board of Immigration Appeals, the federal district courts, courts of appeal and the United States Supreme Court. He was the recipient of the first Jack Wasserman Award for excellence in litigation by the American Immigration Lawyers Association, as well as the Phillip Burton Immigration and Civil Rights Award.</p><p><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.</p>
<div class="field field-type-text field-field-body-text"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><p><strong>To purchase this webinar recording, click on the icon on the right-hand side.</strong></p><!-- /node-inner, /node --><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.</p><p><strong>Presenters: </strong></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 <em><a href="http://www.ilrc.org/publications/naturalization-and-us-citizenship" jquery1327004520880="22" jquery1327004818015="22">Naturalization & U.S. Citizenship: The Essential Legal Guide</a></em> and <em>How to Successfully Appeal Naturalization Denials</em>. 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.<!-- /node-inner, /node --></p><p><strong>Erin Quinn</strong>, ILRC Staff Attorney</p></div></div></div><!-- /node-inner, /node --><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><strong>To purchase this webinar recording, click on the icon on the right-hand side.</strong></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.</p><p><strong>Presenters: </strong></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 <em><a href="http://www.ilrc.org/publications/naturalization-and-us-citizenship" jquery1327004520880="22" jquery1327005272459="22" jquery1327005827761="22">Naturalization & U.S. Citizenship: The Essential Legal Guide</a></em> and <em>How to Successfully Appeal Naturalization Denials</em>. 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.<!-- /node-inner, /node --></p><p><strong>Erin Quinn</strong>, ILRC Staff Attorney</p><p><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.</p><p><font size="2"><font size="2"><!-- /node-inner, /node --></font></font></p>
<p><strong>To purchase this webinar recording, click on the icon on the right-hand side.</strong></p><p>How long may a lawful permanent resident remain outside of the United States without jeopardizing his or her right to return? Stated another way, under what circumstances will an absence amount to abandonment of permanent resident status? If you have not been asked that question yet, be prepared, because the answer will surely try your talent to put a complex issue into an answer most reasonably intelligent people can understand. Of course, you could say a lawful permanent resident has not abandoned that status if he or she is returning from a "temporary" absence per INA §101(a)(27)(A). But, given administrative and judicial precedent, that may be like trying to determine at what moment a cucumber turns into a pickle. Through a discussion of such precedent and the criterial applied to realistic scenarios, this webinar will offer guidance as to what distinguishes a temporary absence from an abandonment of permanent resident status.</p><p><strong>Presenter: </strong></p><p><strong>Don Ungar</strong>, Of Counsel to Simmons & Ungar and the ILRC<br />With more than 40 years of immigration law experience, Don has litigated numerous cases before the Board of Immigration Appeals, the federal district courts, courts of appeal and the United States Supreme Court. He was the recipient of the first Jack Wasserman Award for excellence in litigation by the American Immigration Lawyers Association, as well as the Phillip Burton Immigration and Civil Rights Award.</p><p><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.</p>
<p>In the second webinar, we will cover the foreign relative’s immigration application, including: adjustment of status under sections 245(a) and 245(i) of the INA; consular processing; the affidavit of support and the grounds of inadmissibility. There is approximately 30 minutes allocated to answer questions throughout the presentation.</p><p><strong>Presenters:</strong></p><p><strong>Lourdes Martinez</strong>, ILRC Staff Attorney and co-author of ILRC's<em> <a href="http://www.ilrc.org/publications/families-immigration" jquery1327007539509="22" jquery1327007708819="22">Families & Immigration</a></em> 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><strong>Erin Quinn</strong>, ILRC Staff Attorney</p><p><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.</p><p><font size="2"><!-- /node-inner, /node --></font></p>
<p><strong>This option allows you to register for all three U Visa webinars for a discounted price. </strong></p><p><strong>The three webinars are:</strong></p><p><strong>Subpoenas and Motions to Quash in the U Visa Context (</strong><strong>1.5 CA MCLE)</strong><br />Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm PDT<br />Presenters: Sally Kinoshita (ILRC Deputy Director) and Catherine Seitz (Bay Area Legal Aid), co-authors of ILRC’s<br />U Visa manual; Robert Uy, Law Office of Lien L. Uy</p><p>In recent years, some attorneys representing U visa clients have had clients’ immigration records subpoenaed by the criminal defense as part of the ongoing criminal prosecution of their clients’ abusers. This webinar will cover suggestions for immigration attorneys to protect clients' information from unnecessary disclosure, regardless of whether or not a subpoena is issued, strategies for counseling the client; and communicating with the district attorney. We will also discuss how immigration attorneys can respond if a subpoena is issued including filing motions to quash and other strategies.</p><p><strong>U Visa Hot Topics</strong><br />Thursday, April 26, 2012, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm PDT (1.5 CA MCLE)<br />Presenters: Sally Kinoshita (ILRC Deputy Director) and Catherine Seitz (Bay Area Legal Aid), co-authors of ILRC’s<br />U Visa manual</p><p>This webinar will focus on cutting-edge issues related to U visa cases including updates on age out issues, adjustment adjudication, processing of cases with approved I-929, and updates and best practices emerging from the field.</p><p><strong>Consular Processing and Travel with a U Visa </strong>(1.5 CA MCLE)<br />Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 10:00 am – 11:30 am PDT<br />Presenters: Sally Kinoshita, ILRC Deputy Director; Jessica Farb, Immigration Center for Women and Children; and Catherine Seitz, Bay Area Legal Aid</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 is 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 cover the process for obtaining the visa, in addition to how to prepare clients who want to travel. We will also talk about the latest developments for those who have approved I-929s and seek to enter.</p><p><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.</p><p><!-- /node-inner, /node --></p>
<p><strong>This option allows you to register for both Family-Based Immigration webinars for a discounted price. </strong></p><p><strong>The two webinars are:</strong></p><p><strong>Family-Based Immigration Webinar Part I (1.5 CA MCLE)</strong></p><p>Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm PDT</p><p>This two-part series will provide a thorough overview of the process of family immigration and is designed for attorneys, paralegals, and accredited representatives who are new to family-based immigration, as well as for experienced practitioners who are looking for a review on the subject. In the first webinar, we will cover the family visa petition, including: what relatives qualify for family immigration, including LGBT couples; the Child Status Protection Act; options upon the death of a qualifying relative; how preference categories and priority dates work and filing procedures. There will be approximately 30 minutes allocated to answer questions throughout the presentation.</p><p><strong>Family-Based Immigration Webinar Part II (1.5 CA MCLE)</strong></p><p>Tuesday, April 3, 2012, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm PDT</p><p>In the second webinar, we will cover the foreign relative’s immigration application, including: adjustment of status under sections 245(a) and 245(i) of the INA; consular processing; the affidavit of support and the grounds of inadmissibility. There will be approximately 30 minutes allocated to answer questions throughout the presentation.</p><p><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.</p>
<p><strong>This option allows you to register for both Naturalization webinars for a discounted price. </strong></p><p><strong>Citizenship for Children (1.5 CA MCLE)</strong><br />Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm PDT<br /><br />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.</p><p><strong>GMC in Naturalization Cases (1.5 CA MCLE)</strong><br />Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm PDT<br /><br />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.</p><p><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.</p>
<p>This webinar will focus specifically on the process for U nonimmigrants to adjust status and petition for qualifying family members. Incorporating the latest and most accurate information, we will cover the requirements, policies and procedures for adjusting status and dealing with discretionary issues, fee waivers, adjustment processing and family petitioning, possible pitfalls, and practice pointers on what to expect and how to best strategize for winning U adjustment cases.</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, <em>The U Visa: Obtaining Immigration Status for Immigrant Victims of Crime</em> and the co-author of the ILRC publications, <em>The VAWA Manual: Immigration Relief for Abused Immigrants</em>; <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 Seitz</strong>, Regional Immigration Coordinator - 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>In Part 1 of this series, we will cover inadmissibility grounds based on health; misrepresentation and false claims to U.S. citizenship and unlawful voting; and alien smuggling. We will also review the waivers corresponding to those grounds of inadmissibility, including who is covered by each waiver and how to meet the requirements. Special attention will be given to the hardship element of various waivers. This webinar is intended for practitioners new to the field who want to gain an understanding of the inadmissibility grounds and how they can be overcome. It will also be a good review for more seasoned practitioners.</p><p><strong>Presenters:</strong></p><p><strong>Nora Privitera</strong>, 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, <em>Hardship in Immigration Law: How to Prepare a Winning Case in Waiver and Cancellation of Removal Cases</em>, and <em>Remedies and Strategies for Permanent Resident Clients</em>.</p><p><strong>Lourdes Martinez</strong>, ILRC Staff Attorney<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>In Part 2 of this series, we will cover unlawful presence and criminal grounds of inadmissibility and the corresponding waivers. This will include an overview of the 3-year, the 10-year and the permanent bars, as well as the exceptions and waivers applicable to the same. We will discuss how to identify which crimes fall under the criminal grounds of inadmissibility and which of those can be waived, including a discussion on how to meet the requirements for the waiver. This webinar is intended for practitioners new to the field who want to gain an understanding of the inadmissibility grounds and how they can be overcome. It will also be a good review for more seasoned practitioners.</p><p><strong>Presenters:</strong></p><p><strong>Nora Privitera</strong>, 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, <em>Hardship in Immigration Law: How to Prepare a Winning Case in Waiver and Cancellation of Removal Cases</em>, and <em>Remedies and Strategies for Permanent Resident Clients</em>.</p><p><strong>Lourdes Martinez</strong>, ILRC Staff Attorney<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><em><strong>- This Webinar Has Been Cancelled!</strong></em><strong> -</strong></p><p>This webinar will cover the latest developments for representing clients in VAWA self-petitioning, VAWA adjustment of status, or VAWA cancellation cases, as well as motions to reopen based on VAWA-eligibility and strategies for prosecutorial discretion 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, <em>The U Visa: Obtaining Immigration Status for Immigrant Victims of Crim</em>e and the co-author of the ILRC publications, <em>The VAWA Manual: Immigration Relief for Abused Immigrants</em>; <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>Evangeline Abriel</strong>, Director - Santa Clara University School of Law - Legal Analysis, Research & Writing Department<br />Evangeline speaks and writes regularly on immigration law matters, particularly on immigration relief for victims of abuse and crime, and is the co-author of <em>The VAWA Manual</em>. Prior to joining the Santa Clara law faculty, Professor Abriel was a senior attorney with the Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC) in San Francisco and had served as a clinical professor of law at Loyola University New Orleans where she practiced law with her students in the areas of immigration, juvenile, domestic, and federal civil rights law; directed the Street Law program; and directed the Mobile Immigration Law Clinic.</p><p><strong>Catherine Seitz</strong>, Regional Immigration Coordinator - 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>An absence from the U.S. can affect one’s ability to naturalize in a myriad of ways. 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.</p><p><strong>Presenters:</strong></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 <em>Naturalization & U.S. Citizenship: The Essential Legal Guide</em> and <em>How to Successfully Appeal Naturalization Denials</em>. 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><strong>Erin Quinn</strong>, ILRC Staff Attorney<br />Erin brings to ILRC over 8 years of experience as an immigration defense attorney and holds a joint degree in law and public policy (JD/MPP) from the University of Michigan. Prior to opening her own practice in 2007, Ms. Quinn represented immigrants as an associate at the Law Office of Robert B. Jobe. Her experience in immigration law and policy includes working as a fellow for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, EU headquarters in Belgium; clerking for the Immigration Court of San Francisco; and guest lecturer at CSU Eastbay.</p>
<p>We will discuss the complex issues that come up in complicated U Visa cases, including how to deal with marriage fraud; what kinds of crimes might trigger a denial, revocation or deportability; how to deal with inadmissibility issues including crimes at the border, at adjustment for U nonimmigrants or at adjustment or consular processing for family members granted an I-929 approval; 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, <em>The U Visa: Obtaining Immigration Status for Immigrant Victims of Crime</em> and the co-author of the ILRC publications, <em>The VAWA Manual: Immigration Relief for Abused Immigrants</em>; <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>Maria Baldini-Potermin</strong>, Founder - Maria Baldini-Potermin & Associates, P.C.<br />Maria is the founder of her own firm in Chicago, IL and has been recognized nationally as a leading immigration attorney. In July 2010, Maria was the recipient of the Edith Lowenstein Award for Excellence in Advancing the Practice of Immigration Law from the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). In 1999, she received the Human Rights Volunteer Award from the Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights. She was the recipient of two National Association for Public Interest Law Equal Justice Fellowships to work with the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota in St. Paul (1997 - 1999) and the National Immigrant Justice Center in Chicago (1999 - 2001). Maria previously spent four years working with detained noncitizens on the Texas-Mexico border at the South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project (ProBAR), including two years as an accredited representative and served as an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota Law School's Immigration Law Clinic from 1997 to 1999.</p>