This webinar will explore common ethical challenges that arise in the course of representing children using the American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct as a guide. Topics will include competency and capacity, joint representation, conflicts of interest related to social workers and parents and others.
Link to WebinarJoin MPI and AEI for a conversation on border security, as well as policy responses and regional cooperation on illegal immigration.
Link to WebinarThe field of immigrant post-conviction relief is rapidly evolving. California continues to pass new legislative vehicles to erase or challenge old convictions while the courts of appeal, including the Board of Immigration Appeals, the Ninth Circuit, and state appellate courts are frequently issuing new decisions interpreting those laws. This webinar will present a summary of cutting-edge developments in immigrant post-conviction relief practice. Among other topics, we will discuss the BIA’s cases interpreting Cal. Pen. C. 18.5 retroactivity and 1203.43 and the new CA felony murder and sentence recall laws.
Link to WebinarIn 2018, news media reported U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ plans to focus resources on identifying naturalized citizens who should not have been granted citizenship and pursuing denaturalization against them. This webinar will cover the laws and process governing denaturalization, discuss the types of cases in which the government has pursued denaturalization in the past, and offer tips for practitioners representing clients pursuing naturalization.
Register HereAsylum seekers are facing unprecedented hurdles to presenting their claims in the United States. This training will begin with an update from Luis Guerra, a Strategic Capacity Officer for CLINIC who has been working with asylum seekers in Tijuana with Al Otro Lado. Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. will then discuss efforts by the administration to restrict access to asylum as well as litigation challenging these restrictions.
Register HereIn this webinar, speakers will discuss the intersection of trauma and early childhood development, exploring how migration-related trauma and stressors can influence the wellbeing of young children of immigrants. Researchers from MPI’s National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy will review how to support young children of immigrants and refugees through early childhood and other programs.
Register HereThe CICM hosts an annual two and a half day Predoctoral Summer Institute for 12 underrepresented minority (URM) professionals who are interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in social work, public health, or public policy areas nationwide.
Apply HereVilma Carrillo Carrillo is a survivor of violence & a mother who has been detained and separated from her child. Because she is detained, she may lose her parental rights to her child, who is a US citizen. Read more about her story here. Please help Vilma reunite with her daughter by pushing out messages on social media. Actor Penn Badgley has joined the fight to bring attention to Vilma’s case. You can help by retweeting @PennBadgley, using the hashtag #Release Vilma, and sending tweets to ICE and DHS Secretary Kirsjen Nielsen. You can also share a petition, asking ICE to immediately release Vilma.
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