Fighting Back in Removal Proceedings and in the Federal Courts
Admission
- $200.00 - Legal Worker/Non-Profit/Student on or After October 19th
- $275.00 - Current Members of NIPNLG, NLG, or Minority Bar Associations on or after October 19th
- $325.00 - Private Attorney on or after October 19th
Description
Fighting Back in Removal Proceedings and in the Federal Courts
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Benson Hotel, Portland, OR
Join us for this day-long Continuing Legal Education (CLE) which will focus on:
NOTE: This CLE takes places the day before the 2018 National Lawyers Guild Convention. A separate registration fee applies to the NLG convention.
You do not need to attend the NLG Annual Conference in order to attend this seminar, although we encourage you to do so.
AGENDA
8:30 – 9:00am: Registration (coffee/tea)
9:00 – 10:15am: Recent Procedural Challenges and Opportunities: Pereira, Castro-Tum, and LABR
- Challenging defective NTAs under Pereira
- Admin closure post-Castro Tum
- Continuances after LABR
Faculty: Michelle Mendez, Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc.
Patrick Taurel, Clark Hill PLC
10:15 – 11:20 am: Challenging Prolonged Detention
- Prolonged detention after Jennings v. Rodriguez
- Prolonged detention for those subject to removal orders
Faculty: Amalia Wille, Van Der Hout, Brigagliano, Nightingale LLP
Stephen Kang, ACLU Immigrant Rights Project
11:20 – 11:30 am: Break
11:30 – 12:35 pm: Ethics in Immigration Law
- Your obligations to the tribunal
- Misrepresentation and disclosure
- Exercises
Faculty: Annie Lai, UC Irvine School of Law
Raquel Hecht, Hecht & Norman
12:35 – 1:35 pm: Lunch
1:35 – 2:40 pm: FOIA and Discovery for Immigration Lawyers
- FOIAs and state public records requests
- Subpoenas and depositions in immigration court
Faculty: Michael Wishnie, Yale Law School
Rex Chen, Safe Passage Project
2:40 – 3:45 pm: Responding to Gang Enforcement and Social Media Monitoring
- Preparing your client
- Challenging gang-related and social media evidence in removal proceedings
- Consular processing
Faculty: Paromita Shah, National Immigration Project of the NLG
Sarah Sherman-Stokes, Boston University
3:45 – 3:55 pm: Break
3:55 – 5:00 pm: Recent Developments in Crimm-Imm
- Using the categorical approach to win your case
- Distinguishing means from elements
- Case updates and analysis
Faculty: Dan Kesselbrenner, National Immigration Project of the NLG
Becky Sharpless, University of Miami
Registration Fees (Early Bird Rates in effect prior to October 19, 2018).
Private Attorney:
$300 before October 19th - $325 on or after October 19, 2018
Current Members of NIPNLG, NLG, or Minority Bar Associations:
$250 before October 19th - $275 on or after October 19, 2018
Legal Worker/Non-Profit/Student:
$175 before October 19th - $200 on or after October 19, 2018
NOTE
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NIPNLG MEMBERSHIP MEETING
NIPNLG will also hold its annual Membership Meeting on Thursday, November 1, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
NIPNLG LITIGATION MEETING
Additionally, the NIPNLG litigation meeting will be on Friday, November 2, from 8:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
NIPNLG CLE Sponsored By:
National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild
Questions
Please send any questions regarding this event to: Events@NIPNLG.org
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