Immigration Law 2019: Representing Children, Families, and Detained Individuals - Webcast
October 2019
Immigration Law: Immigration Law 2019: Representing Children, Families, and Detained Individuals
Co-sponsored by the Colorado Bar Association Immigration Law Section
Take a Pro Bono Case from RMIAN in the coming year - Attend for ONLY $75
Program Description:
These are challenging and uncertain times in the practice area of immigration law. Build your skills for defending and advancing the rights of non-citizens in the current environment at this day-long program. Gain keys to zealous immigration advocacy, dive into immigration enforcement, detention and bond practices, protections for immigrant crime victims, asylum law, special immigrant juvenile status, and learn from a mock immigration court hearing.
Your distinguished faculty witness and navigate the impact of the shift in immigration policy and enforcement on a daily basis. 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.
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 represents children and families 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.
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Who should attend?
Immigration law attorneys of all experience levels, including –
- Attorneys considering including immigration law in their practice
- Attorneys interested in immigration law
- Attorneys who would like to perform immigration law pro bono work
Upcoming Programs:
Ethics 7.0, November 8, 2019, CBA-CLE Classroom, 1290 Broadway, Suite 1700k, Denver, CO
Ethics Revue, November 12-13, 2019, The Clocktower Cabaret, Denver, and November 21, 2019, The Nomad Playhouse, Boulder
Agenda:
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
Asylum Law 101
- An overview of asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture
- How to prepare and present a winning asylum case
Presented by Mark Barr, Esq.
10:50
Networking Break
11:00 am
Representing Children and Families Seeking Asylum
- Unique considerations for representing child asylum-seekers, including procedural protections for unaccompanied children
- Gender-based and domestic violence based asylum claims after Matter of A-B
Presented by Camila Palmer, Esq.
11:50 am
Lunch on Your Own
12:55 pm
Representing Detained Asylum-Seekers, Including Credible and Reasonable Fear Proceedings
- Overview of procedure and substantive law
- Preparing clients for credible and reasonable fear interviews
- Representation at interviews and Immigration Judge Review
- Filing written requests for re-interview with the Asylum Office
- Release options for detained asylum-seekers: bond, parole, and humanitarian parole
Presented by Laura Lunn, Esq., Managing Attorney, Detention Program
1:45 pm
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)
- Best practices for responding to new adjudication challenges
Presented by Patricia L. Medige, Esq., and Alyssa Reed, Esq.
2:35 pm
Networking Break
2:45 pm
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS): A Pathway to Protection for Abused, Neglected, and Abandoned Children
- Eligibility requirements, including recent updates in Colorado
- Obtaining the SIJS order in state court through guardianship and custody
- Filing for SIJS and permanent residency
- Representation in removal proceedings for children pursuing SIJS
- Practice pointers relevant to SIJS cases
Presented by Kathleen M. (Katie) Glynn, Esq., and Ashley Harrington, Esq., Managing Attorney, Children’s Program
3:40 pm
Networking Break
3:50 pm
Immigration Court Trial Advocacy and Model Asylum Hearing
- Preparing for an individual merits hearing
- Best practices for Immigration Court trial practice
- Model hearing
- Q&A with expert immigration attorneys
Presented by Courtney Butler, Esq., Aaron Hall, Esq., and Charles Vernon, Esq., Attorney, Detention Program
5:00 pm
Adjourn to Networking Reception
Sponsored by the Colorado Bar Association Immigration Law Section
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $469.00 |
| CBA Member | $369.00 |
| CBA Immigration Law Section Member | $319.00 |
| Paralegal or Legal Support Staff | $279.00 |
| 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:
- EDI Credits:
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