Fighting Enforcement & Keeping Families Together in the Trump Era

Fighting Enforcement and Keeping Families Together in the Trump Era

Learn about how to be best defend your clients under Trump and resist his tactics!

CLE Seminar Location:

John Marshall Law School, Blackburn Conference Center

1405 Spring St NW, Atlanta, GA 30309

Classroom: Auditorium

Credit Hours: 6.6 hours of CLE credit approved

CLE Seminar Agenda

8:30 – 9:00am:   Registration (coffee/tea)

9:00 – 9:05 am:  Welcome     

9:05 – 10:20am:  Challenging Evidence of Alienage

                             Faculty: Rex Chen, Eunice Cho, and Michael Wishnie

• Evidence objections
• Motions to suppress
• Motions to terminate
• Practice tips and coordination with broader advocacy efforts

10:20 – 11:20 am: Strategies to Challenge Detention via Habeas

                              Faculty: Rebecca Sharpless and Brad Banias

• What statute governs detention? INA 235, 236(a) or (c), or 241
• Law around prolonged/mandatory detention in the 11th Circuit
• Practice tips and strategies in the Georgia District Courts

11:20 – 11:30am: Break

11:30 – 12:40pm:  Damages Remedies: Suing DHS for Violating Your Clients’ Rights

                              Faculty: Brian Spears and Glenda Aldana Madrid

• Why should immigrants bring damages suits?
• Overview of type of challenges (FTCA, 1983, Bivens)
• Resources

12:40 – 1:40pm:   Lunch                   

During second half hour there will be a discussion led by Azadeh Shahshahani on the battle for immigrant rights in Georgia

1:40 – 2:45pm:     Contesting Removability for Crimes

Faculty: Javier Maldonado and Sejal Zota

• Which Georgia dispositions are convictions under immigration law?
• Analysis under categorical approach
• Divisibility and United States v. Mathis

2:45 – 3:50pm:   Challenges to DHS Orders of Removal

                            Faculty: Trina Realmuto and Matt Adams

• Statutory and regulatory authority for expedited removal and reinstatement orders
• Assessing, minimizing, and responding to the risk of expanded expedited removal and increased use of reinstatement orders
• Administrative means to seek reconsideration or reopening of expedited removal and reinstatement decisions
• Federal court challenges to expedited removal orders and reinstatement orders

3:50 – 4:00pm:   Break

4:00 – 5:00pm:   The Role of Movement Lawyering in the Era of Trump

    Faculty: Purvi Shah, Adelina Nicholls, Andrew Free, and Julie Mao

• Role of immigration lawyers in larger justice movement
• Strategies of grassroots organizations to fight against immigration enforcement
• How you can support your local community

Registration Fees:

Non-Member Attorney:

$300 before April 21st or $325 on or after April 21, 2017

Current Attorney Members of NIPNLG, NLG, or Minority Bar Associations:

$250 before April 21st or $275 on or after after April 21, 2017

Legal Worker or Student:

$150 before and after April 21, 2017

* Full and Partial Scholarships available based on need. Community Groups are encouraged to attend. Please email Tami Jewell at Events@NIPNLG.org for possible alternate pricing.

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NIPNLG CLE Sponsored By:

National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild

National Lawyers Guild-AJMLS Chapter

Questions

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