Practicing Immigration Law in the Absence of Comprehensive Immigration Reform
April 2011
Practicing Immigration Law in the Absence of Comprehensive Immigration Reform
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About RMIAN
The Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN) is a Colorado nonprofit corporation and has been granted 501(c)(3) federal tax-exempt status. Believing that all people should be afforded due process and an understanding of their legal options, RMIAN strives to provide legal services to the most vulnerable immigrant populations in Colorado: men and women in immigration detention in Aurora, CO, and abandoned or abused children throughout the state. RMIAN provides daily know-your-rights presentations, individual intakes, pro se assistance, and legal representation to men and women held in the federal immigration detention facility in Aurora, Colorado. RMIAN's Children's Program directly represents children who have survived neglect, abandonment, abuse, or persecution and trains professionals and educators throughout the state who work with immigrant children. Unable to meet the overwhelming need for legal services, RMIAN refers both detention and children's cases to our network of pro bono attorneys. RMIAN screens pro bono cases, writes referral memorandums, and provides professional liability insurance and a mentor attorney for each pro bono attorney.
Agenda
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 am - 9:50 am
Hot Topics in Asylum and Refugee Law
Presented by Lisa Green, Esq.
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Networking Break
10:05 am -10:55 am
Immigration Remedies for Vulnerable Populations: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, U
Visas, and T Visas
Presented by Kristin Petri, Esq., Alyssa Reed, Esq., and Patricia L. Medige, Esq.
10:55 am -11:45 am
Family-Based Immigration: Petitions for Family Members, including Protections under the
Violence Against Women Act, Grounds of Inadmissibility, and Adjustment of Status
Presented by Catherine O. (Cathy) Brown, Esq.
11:45 am -1:00 pm
Lunch on Your Own
1:00 pm -1:50 pm
Immigration Enforcement Practices: ICE Detainers for Those in Criminal Custody,
Immigration Bond Practice, Practice Tips for Clients in Detention, New ICE Memos on
Discretion
Presented by Andrea I. Gomez-Oxman, Esq. and Jeff Joseph, Esq.
1:50 pm -2:40 pm
Relief from Removal
Presented by Laura L. Lichter, Esq.
2:40 pm -2:55 pm
Networking Break
2:55 pm - 4:00 pm
Researching an Immigration Law Case: How to Approach a Case; Sources of Immigration
Law; Using the Immigration Court Practice Manual and the Immigration Judges'
Benchbook; Best Research Practices
Panel of Presenters:
Mark R. Barr, Esq.
Kathleen M. (Katie) Glynn, Esq.
Mari L. Matsumoto, Esq.
4:00 pm
Adjourn
Program Planners and Co-Chairs
Catherine O. (Cathy) Brown, Esq.
Chair, CBA Immigration Law Section
Law Office of Catherine Brown LLC
Denver, CO
Mekela Goehring, Esq.
Executive Director
Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network
Westminster, CO
Faculty
Mark R. Barr, Esq.
Lichter & Associates PC
Denver, CO
Catherine O. (Cathy) Brown, Esq.
Law Office of Catherine Brown LLC
Denver, CO
Kathleen M. (Katie) Glynn, Esq.
The Large Law Firm LLC
Denver, CO
Andrea I. Gomez-Oxman, Esq.
Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network
Westminster, CO
Lisa Green, Esq.
Green and Gardner, LLC
Boulder, CO
Jeff Joseph, Esq.
Joseph Law Firm, P.C.
Aurora, CO
Laura L. Lichter, Esq.
Lichter & Associates, PC
Denver, CO
Mari L. Matsumoto, Esq.
Lichter & Associates PC
Denver, CO
Patricia L. Medige, Esq.
Senior Attorney
Colorado Legal Services
Denver, CO
Kristin Petri, Esq.
Managing Attorney, Children's Program
Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network
Westminster, CO
Alyssa Reed, Esq.
Lichter & Associates, P.C.
Denver, CO
Video Replays: May 13 2011
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Location Information
CLECI Large Classroom
1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
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Denver, CO 80203
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| CIMM | $249.00 |
| New Lawyer | $239.00 |
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| Non Member | $65.00 |
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