Webinar: Public Charge Under the New Rule
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (September 17, 2019)
This webinar is designed to help you understand changes made to public charge, who is impacted, and how to screen and advise clients.
Link to WebinarRethinking U.S. Immigration Policy: Building a Responsive, Effective Immigration System
Migration Policy Institute (August 12, 2019)
The Migration Policy Institute is launching a major new initiative—Rethinking U.S. Immigration Policy—that aims to generate a big-picture, evidence-driven vision of the role immigration can and should play in America’s future. This multi-year initiative will provide research, analysis, and policy ideas and proposals. This conference will be the launching of this initiative and will include a discussion among individuals from both political parties.
Link to RegistrationEarly Bird Conference Registration: “Beyond Separation: Protecting Cross Border Families”
International Social Service (Early Bird Registration open until August 31, 2019)
This two-day event will take place on October 17th and 18th, 2019 at the University of Maryland School of Social Work. This conference will allow legal, judicial, social service, and advocacy professionals to share and implement best practices to protect the long term safety of cross border children and families.
Link to Early Bird RegistrationEarly Bird Conference Registration: “Beyond Separation: Protecting Cross Border Families”
International Social Service (Early Bird Registration open until August 31, 2019)
This two-day event will take place on October 17th and 18th, 2019 at the University of Maryland School of Social Work. This conference will allow legal, judicial, social service, and advocacy professionals to share and implement best practices to protect the long term safety of cross border children and families.
Link to Early Bird RegistrationWebinar: Child Status Protection Act
Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (July 25, 2019)
This webinar will explore all aspects of the CSPA as it affects principal and derivative beneficiaries, asylee and refugee derivatives, and VAWA self-petitioners and derivatives.
Link to WebinarWebinar: Ethical Issues in the Representation of Children
Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (July 18, 2019)
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 WebinarWebinar: Beyond Walls and Tariffs: Responding to Migration Challenges at the U.S. – Mexico Border
Migration Policy Institute, (July 9, 2019)
Join MPI and AEI for a conversation on border security, as well as policy responses and regional cooperation on illegal immigration.
Link to WebinarWebinar: New Legislation and Case Law in the World of Immigrant-Post Conviction Relief
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (June 13, 2019)
The 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 WebinarWebinar: Denaturalization: What Practitioners Need to Know
Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (May 10, 2019)
In 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 HereWebinar: Asylum Under Attack – Restrictions on Asylum at the Border and Beyond
Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (May 3, 2019)
Asylum 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.
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