Description
For those of you who missed our online training, "From RFE to Federal Court: Latest Strategies in Defending Survivors During the Time of COVID," the recordings are now available for purchase. The online training is composed of six separate sessions, repeated three times. We are selling all three recordings together.
You may also buy individual sessions; you will receive three versions of the sessions you purchase.
Here is the general agenda of the online training:
Successfully Responding to RFEs, NOIDs & NOIRs
Speakers and participants will dissect a U visa and a VAWA case containing common problem areas in USCIS adjudication, and provide strategies for responding to requests for evidence, notices of intent to deny, and notices of intent to revoke.
Moderator: Laura Flores Bachman, ASISTA
Speakers: Esther Limb, Her Justice & Michelle Carey, LACLJ
Motions and Appeals before USCIS
Using T visa and VAWA adjustment denials, this panel will focus on strategies to avoid the issuance of a Notice to Appear by USCIS, including the filing of motions and appeals before USCIS and requesting assistance from liaisons.
Moderator: Cecelia Friedman Levin, ASISTA
Speaker: Karen Crawford, Law Office of Karen J. Crawford
Detention and Administrative Stays of Removal
In this session, we will discuss when and how to file a request for stay of removal with ICE in light of DHS’s attempts to dismantle the prima facie system. Detention topics will include survivor based arguments for alternatives to detention. We will use real examples to illustrate simple steps that will help you advocate for your survivor clients!
Moderator: Amy Cheung, ASISTA
Speakers: Andrea Lino, NWIRP & Whitney Drake, American Gateways
Outside the Box Lawyering: Changing the World in the Time of COVID-19
Panelists and participants will discuss how to build or improve collaborations of "unusual allies" at the state and local level, your efforts to intersect with anti-racism movements in your community, and best practices in supporting grassroots movements for social change, including serving as legal observers at movement events.
Moderator: Gail Pendleton, ASISTA
Speakers: Grace Huang, API-GBV & Sonia Parras, Law Office of Sonia Parras PLLC
Updates on Survivors in Removal Proceedings
Speakers and participants will discuss the latest strategies in representing survivors in proceedings, including continuances under Sanchez-Sosa after Mayen and strategies for getting survivors out of proceedings. We will also discuss the latest approaches to getting survivors back into proceedings (including overcoming reinstatement in front of an IJ) and seeking relief such as VAWA Cancellation of Removal and U visa inadmissibility waivers.
Moderator: Laura Flores Bachman, ASISTA
Speakers: Brigit G. Alvarez, LAFLA & Gail Pendleton, ASISTA
Federal Litigation for Survivors: Yes, You Really Can Do It!
In this session, we will discuss why federal litigation in district court is important and effective in defending immigrant survivors. Panelists and participants will use examples of possible habeas, mandamus and Administrative Procedures Act strategies to release survivors from detention, protect them from removal and challenge wrongful USCIS application of the law. An interactive "practice" session will help you learn nuts and bolts.
Moderator: Amy Cheung & Gail Pendleton, ASISTA
Speakers: Matt Adams, NWIRP & Rekha Sharma-Crawford, Sharma-Crawford Attorneys at Law
