Immigration Law:Defending and Advancing the Rights of Non-Citizens in 2018 - Video Replay Colorado
September 2018
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.
Program Description:
It's challenging and uncertain times in the practice area of immigration law. Strategies and tips for defending and advancing the rights of non-citizens in the current environment are included in this day long skills building program. It will provide you with keys to zealous immigration advocacy and dive into immigration enforcement, detention and bond practices, protections for immigrant crime victims, asylum law, special immigrant juvenile status, and working with experts to build your case.
Your distinguished faculty daily navigate, and witness, the impact of the shift in immigration policy and enforcement. They will help you acquire and polish your immigration law skills, and make certain your knowledge is current. Don't miss this unique educational opportunity.
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Agenda:
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
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
Setting the Landscape: The ABCs of Zealous Immigration Advocacy
- Introduction to immigration proceedings
- Overview of the immigration agencies and courts
- Overview of ways to win immigration status for your client
- Responding to new enforcement practices
- Appellate review
Presented by Laura Lichter, Esq.
9:50 am
Immigration Enforcement, Detention and Bond Practice
- New immigration enforcement tactics, including family separation
- How clients are arrested and detained
- Bond eligibility
- Immigration detention conditions
- Representing clients in bond hearings
- Crim-migration: the intersection between civil immigration enforcement and the criminal justice system and how to best protect your client
Presented by Laura Lunn, Esq., Detention Program Managing Attorney, and Eric Johnson, Esq.
10:50
Networking Break
11:00 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)
- How new immigration enforcement efforts are deterring immigrant crime victims’ participation with law enforcement and the judicial system
- Best practices for responding to new adjudication challenges
Presented by Patricia L. Medige, Esq., and Alyssa Reed, Esq.
11:50 am
Lunches Distributed (Lunch Included in Registration Fee)
12:00 pm
Client and Attorney Pro Bono Panel
RMIAN’s pro bono attorneys and their clients will share tips and best practices for pro bono representation in immigration proceedings
12:50 pm
Post Lunch Break
1:00 pm
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS): A Pathway to Protection for Abused, Neglected and Abandoned Children
- Eligibility requirements and procedure
- Obtaining the State court SIJS order
- Representation in removal proceedings for children pursuing SIJS
- Updates and practice pointers relevant to SIJS cases
Presented by Kathleen M. Glynn, Esq., and Ashley Harrington, Esq., Managing Attorney, Children’s Program
2:00 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 and family asylum cases, including new case law developments
- Best practices for representing asylum-seekers in detention and for representing children
Presented by Brittany Hurley, Esq., Senior Staff Attorney, Detention Program , and Camila Palmer, Esq.
2:50 pm
Networking Break
3:00 pm
Working with Experts to Build Your Client’s Case
- Best practices for the effective use of expert testimony, including medical experts and country conditions experts
- Working with trauma survivors, including understanding and preventing secondary trauma
- Navigating the ethical issues of representing clients with behavioral health concerns, and representing children
Presented by Janine Young, M.D., and Sarah Plastino, Esq., Senior Staff Attorney, Detention Program
3:50 pm
Networking Break
4:00 pm
Immigration Court Trial Advocacy and Model Asylum Hearing
- Preparing for an individual merits hearing
- Best practices for Immigration Court trial practice
- Model immigration hearing
- Q&A with expert immigration attorneys
Presented by:
Emily Bachman Brock, Esq., Senior Staff Attorney, Children’s Program
Lauren Duke, Esq., Pro Bono Coordinator, Staff Attorney, Children’s Program
Eric Johnson, Esq.
Thomas A. Swett, Esq., and
Sarah Plastino, Esq., Detention Program Senior Staff Attorney
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Location Information
Law Office of Michael D Holder
405 S. Cascade Ave.
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
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405 S. Cascade Ave.
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $399.00 |
| CBA Member | $369.00 |
| CBA Immigration Law Section Member | $319.00 |
| Paralegal/Support Staff | $259.00 |
| Yes! I want to take a Pro Bono Case in the coming year | $75.00 |
| Yes! I want to take a Pro Bono Case in the coming year | $75.00 |
| CLEACCESSPASS---ELITE Pass Holder | $0.00 |
| New Lawyer Edge Partner | $0.00 |
- General Credits: 8.00
- Ethics Credits: 0.00
- EDI Credits:
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