Representing Immigrants in a New Era of Immigration Enforcement - Replay Grand Junction
September 2017
Representing Immigrants in a New Era of Immigration Enforcement
Take a Pro Bono Case from RMIAN in the coming year, and attend for ONLY $75!
Co-sponsored by the Immigration Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association
Learning Objectives:
You Will Learn:
- Essentials of Immigration Law and the New Era of Immigration Enforcement
- Basics and Best Practices in Representing Immigrant Crime Victims and Juveniles, Clients in Civil Immigration Detention, and Asylum Seekers
- Key Elements of State Court and Local Law Enforcement Proceedings, and Strategies to Navigate their Increased Interaction with Federal Immigration Enforcement
- Ethical Conduct When Performing Immigration Law Pro Bono Work
Who Should Attend:
- Immigration Law Attorneys of All Experience Levels
- Attorneys Considering Including Immigration Law to Their Practice, Interested in, or Who Would Like to Perform Immigration Law Pro Bono Work
Program Description:
It’s the Trump era of immigration enforcement! Attend this day long skills building program and better understand the current state of immigration law, particularly detention and bond practices, protections for immigrant crime victims, the increased interaction of state court and local law enforcement proceedings with federal immigration enforcement, asylum, and special immigrant juvenile status.
Your distinguished faculty of immigration law experts will help you sort through confusion and uncertainty in a practice area dealing with executive orders, mandates, current statutes, overwhelming caseloads, and dozens of unique legal actions and temporary restraining orders.
A practice area that rivals tax law in complexity, has become even more complex. Don’t miss this opportunity to get up to speed on today’s practice of immigration law.
The Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN) is a nonprofit organization that provides free immigration legal services to children and to individuals in immigration detention. RMIAN provides daily know-your-rights presentations, individual intakes, pro se assistance, and legal representation for those detained at the federal immigration detention facility in Aurora. RMIAN’s Children’s Program directly represents children who have survived abandonment, abuse, persecution or other violence, and provides technical assistance and community education throughout the state on children’s immigration law issues. Unable to meet the overwhelming need for legal services, RMIAN refers both detention and children’s cases to its 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
Representing Immigrants In a New Era of Immigration Enforcement
8:30 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:55 am
Welcome, Introductions, and Overview
Presented by Mekela Goehring, Esq., Executive Director, Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network, Program Planner and Chair
9:00 am
Introduction to Immigration Law and New Era of Immigration Enforcement
- Introduction to immigration proceedings
- Overview of the immigration agencies and courts
- Overview of ways to win immigration status for your client
- New immigration policies and trends
Presented by Laura Lichter, Esq.
9:50 am
Immigration Detention and Bond Practices
- How clients are arrested and detained
- Bond eligibility
- Representing clients in bond hearings
- Other options for securing release for clients
- Best practices for representing clients in civil immigration detention
Presented by Laura Lunn, Esq., Detention Program Managing Attorney
10:40 am
Networking Break
10:50 am
Protections for Immigrant Crime Victims
- U Visas for immigrant crime victims
- T Visas for victims of human trafficking
- Protections under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
Presented by Alyssa Reed, Esq.
11:40 am
Lunches Distributed (Lunch Included in Registration Fee)
12:00 pm
Navigating the Increased Interaction of State Court Proceedings and Local Law Enforcement with Federal Immigration Enforcement
Presented by Hans Meyer, Esq., and Eric Johnson, Esq.
12:50 pm
Post Lunch Break
1:00 pm
Asylum Law
- An overview of asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture
- How to prepare and present a winning case
- Children’s asylum cases
- Best practices for representing asylum-seekers in detention
Presented by Sarah Plastino, Esq., Detention Program Senior Staff Attorney
2:00 pm
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status
- Eligibility requirements for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status
- The intersection of family law and immigration law: how to pursue orders in guardianship, allocation of parental responsibilities, and adoption cases
- Best practices for representing a child in both immigration and state court proceedings
Presented by Kathleen M. Glynn, Esq., and Ashley Harrington, Esq., Managing Attorney, Children’s Program
2:50 pm
Networking Break
3:00 pm
Ethics of Pro Bono Immigration Law Pro Bono Work
- Understanding trauma and responding to traumatized clients in sensitive and effective ways
- Understanding, responding to, and preventing secondary trauma
- Ethical considerations for attorneys new to immigration law
- Navigating the ethical issues of representing a client in detention
- Best practices and ethical concerns for working with child clients
Presented by Bryon Large, Esq., Assistant Regulation Counsel, and Megan Hope, Social Service Project Director
3:50 pm
Networking Break
4:00 pm
Model Asylum Hearing
Observe a team of experienced immigration attorneys conduct an initial bond hearing, as well as a portion of a model asylum hearing
Presented by: Laura Lichter, Esq., Laura Lunn, Esq., Detention Program Managing Attorney, Sarah Plastino, Esq., Detention Program Senior Staff Attorney, and Megan Hope, Social Service Project Director
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Location Information
Law Office of Baird B Brown PC
1250 E Sherwood Dr
Grand Junction, CO
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1250 E Sherwood Dr
Grand Junction, CO
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $369.00 |
| CBA Member | $339.00 |
| CBA Immigration Law Section Member | $299.00 |
| Paralegal/Legal Support Staff | $259.00 |
| Yes! I want to take a Pro Bono Case by September 2018 | $75.00 |
| New Lawyer Edge Partner | $0.00 |
| CLEACCESSPASS---ELITE Pass Holder | $0.00 |
- General Credits: 8.00
- Ethics Credits: 1.00
- EDI Credits:
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