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2008 CLINIC TRAINING SCHEDULE SUMMARY
CLINIC provides high-quality immigration trainings throughout the year to the staff of its member agencies.
Our trainings are also available to staff of community-based nonprofit organizations. For these organizations,
as part of the registration process, we request a copy of the IRS letter designating the agency as an IRS (501
(c)(3)) nonprofit entity. Our trainings are also open to private attorneys and staff.
CLINIC is planning a full training schedule on immigration-related topics for 2007. We continue to offer some of
last year=s most successful trainings and this year we will add new components to our Program Management
training, now known as our Legalization-Preparedness trainings. The following is a short summary of the
trainings. Check the 2007 Training Schedule at our website: www.cliniclegal.org for the list of contact
persons to call for registration information and for changes/additions, as well as the listing of our new
registration fees.
1. SURVEY OF IMMIGRATION LAW - This basic, two-day training provides an overview of immigration law
and is designed for new practitioners. The subjects covered will include family-based immigration law and
procedures, grounds of inadmissibility and deportability, overview of removal proceedings, defenses to
removal, naturalization, and BIA recognition and accreditation procedures.
2. FAMILY-BASED IMMIGRATION LAW TRAINING - This two-day training offers practitioners at all levels of
experience in-depth substantive law, practice tips, and hands-on practical experience in family-based
immigration. Topics will include overview of family immigration, eligibility for adjustment of status, consular
processing, grounds of inadmissibility, waivers of inadmissibility, and the affidavit of support requirements.
3. LEGALIZATION PREPAREDNESS TRAININGS - These trainings focus on the need to prepare now for the
coming legalization. They will feature a presentation on the effective use of web-based demography tools to
identify immigrant populations for services, as well as lessons learned from the last legalization. The
conference will include much of CLINIC=s highly praised Immigration Program Management Curriculum
including: the elements of management to ensure program viability, strategic planning with a focus on starting
a program, managing financial performance and costs, setting and collecting fees, case management
standards, using technology, promoting staff development, and developing resources.
4. THE IMPACT OF CRIMES AND OVERVIEW OF REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS - This two-day training will
review crime-based inadmissibility and deportability issues, the significance of having a crime classified as an
aggravated felony, crime bars to good moral character, and an overview of available immigration remedies.
Participants will also discuss practice points for representing an immigrant with a criminal record. In addition,
the training will review how people are placed in removal proceedings, the rights of aliens stopped and/or
detained by ICE, and what happens after court proceedings commence.
5. COURT ADVOCACY SKILLS - In this three-day training, participants will go through all the stages of case
preparation and court advocacy. The training covers case analysis and formulating a theory of the case,
bond hearings and master calendar hearings, evidence issues, opening and closing statements, and direct
and cross-exam. As part of the training, students will observe and critique mock hearings and participate in a
mock hearing as a client advocate, witness or ICE trial attorney.
6. IMMIGRATION RELIEF FOR VICTIMS OF ABUSE AND CRIMES
(Referred to as AVAWA TRAINING@ in training schedule chart)-
This training will cover the self-petitioning process and cancellation of removal under the Violence Against
Women Act (VAWA), including review of the eligibility requirements, new legislative changes and guidance in
gathering supporting documentation. The training will also review other potential remedies for abused
immigrants, including gender-based asylum, special immigrant juvenile status, and the T and U visas for victims
of trafficking and certain designated crimes.
7. NATURALIZATION/CITIZENSHIP - This training is designed for practitioners who want to improve their
skills at naturalization law. It will cover the new legislative changes on derived naturalization, acquired
citizenship, the effect of criminal convictions, establishing good moral character, abandonment of permanent
residency, appeals of denials, and federal court actions.
8. ASYLEE/REFUGEE ISSUES - This one-day training will review immigration issues affecting refugees and
asylees, including procedures for gaining status; applications for derivative beneficiaries; employment and
travel issues; the “material support” ground of inadmissibility; termination of status; and adjustment of status
and waivers.
9. BARS AND WAIVERS - This training will cover the most common grounds of inadmissibility: health, crimes,
fraud, prior deportation, and unlawful presence. It will then offer guidance on completing waiver applications
and gathering the necessary supporting documentation to satisfy the statutory requirements.
10. RELIGIOUS IMMIGRATION TRAINING - These trainings are presented by CLINIC’s Division of Religious
Immigration Services (DRIS) and are directed to staff of Catholic Charities programs with 501(c)(3) status.
They offer the following topics: basic concepts of immigration law, applicable laws and regulations, R-1
nonimmigrant visas, special immigrant visas for religious works, and practice pointers. Contact CLINIC’s
Division of Religious Immigration Services (DRIS) at 202/756-5549 for more information on religious immigration
trainings.
Check the 2008 Training Schedule for the list of contact persons to call for registration information and for
changes/additions.
For general information on CLINIC trainings, contact Dinah Suncin at (415) 394-0787 or e-mail her.
CLINIC provides high-quality immigration trainings throughout the year to the staff of its member agencies.
Our trainings are also available to staff of community-based nonprofit organizations. For these organizations,
as part of the registration process, we request a copy of the IRS letter designating the agency as an IRS (501
(c)(3)) nonprofit entity. Our trainings are also open to private attorneys and staff.
CLINIC is planning a full training schedule on immigration-related topics for 2007. We continue to offer some of
last year=s most successful trainings and this year we will add new components to our Program Management
training, now known as our Legalization-Preparedness trainings. The following is a short summary of the
trainings. Check the 2007 Training Schedule at our website: www.cliniclegal.org for the list of contact
persons to call for registration information and for changes/additions, as well as the listing of our new
registration fees.
1. SURVEY OF IMMIGRATION LAW - This basic, two-day training provides an overview of immigration law
and is designed for new practitioners. The subjects covered will include family-based immigration law and
procedures, grounds of inadmissibility and deportability, overview of removal proceedings, defenses to
removal, naturalization, and BIA recognition and accreditation procedures.
2. FAMILY-BASED IMMIGRATION LAW TRAINING - This two-day training offers practitioners at all levels of
experience in-depth substantive law, practice tips, and hands-on practical experience in family-based
immigration. Topics will include overview of family immigration, eligibility for adjustment of status, consular
processing, grounds of inadmissibility, waivers of inadmissibility, and the affidavit of support requirements.
3. LEGALIZATION PREPAREDNESS TRAININGS - These trainings focus on the need to prepare now for the
coming legalization. They will feature a presentation on the effective use of web-based demography tools to
identify immigrant populations for services, as well as lessons learned from the last legalization. The
conference will include much of CLINIC=s highly praised Immigration Program Management Curriculum
including: the elements of management to ensure program viability, strategic planning with a focus on starting
a program, managing financial performance and costs, setting and collecting fees, case management
standards, using technology, promoting staff development, and developing resources.
4. THE IMPACT OF CRIMES AND OVERVIEW OF REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS - This two-day training will
review crime-based inadmissibility and deportability issues, the significance of having a crime classified as an
aggravated felony, crime bars to good moral character, and an overview of available immigration remedies.
Participants will also discuss practice points for representing an immigrant with a criminal record. In addition,
the training will review how people are placed in removal proceedings, the rights of aliens stopped and/or
detained by ICE, and what happens after court proceedings commence.
5. COURT ADVOCACY SKILLS - In this three-day training, participants will go through all the stages of case
preparation and court advocacy. The training covers case analysis and formulating a theory of the case,
bond hearings and master calendar hearings, evidence issues, opening and closing statements, and direct
and cross-exam. As part of the training, students will observe and critique mock hearings and participate in a
mock hearing as a client advocate, witness or ICE trial attorney.
6. IMMIGRATION RELIEF FOR VICTIMS OF ABUSE AND CRIMES
(Referred to as AVAWA TRAINING@ in training schedule chart)-
This training will cover the self-petitioning process and cancellation of removal under the Violence Against
Women Act (VAWA), including review of the eligibility requirements, new legislative changes and guidance in
gathering supporting documentation. The training will also review other potential remedies for abused
immigrants, including gender-based asylum, special immigrant juvenile status, and the T and U visas for victims
of trafficking and certain designated crimes.
7. NATURALIZATION/CITIZENSHIP - This training is designed for practitioners who want to improve their
skills at naturalization law. It will cover the new legislative changes on derived naturalization, acquired
citizenship, the effect of criminal convictions, establishing good moral character, abandonment of permanent
residency, appeals of denials, and federal court actions.
8. ASYLEE/REFUGEE ISSUES - This one-day training will review immigration issues affecting refugees and
asylees, including procedures for gaining status; applications for derivative beneficiaries; employment and
travel issues; the “material support” ground of inadmissibility; termination of status; and adjustment of status
and waivers.
9. BARS AND WAIVERS - This training will cover the most common grounds of inadmissibility: health, crimes,
fraud, prior deportation, and unlawful presence. It will then offer guidance on completing waiver applications
and gathering the necessary supporting documentation to satisfy the statutory requirements.
10. RELIGIOUS IMMIGRATION TRAINING - These trainings are presented by CLINIC’s Division of Religious
Immigration Services (DRIS) and are directed to staff of Catholic Charities programs with 501(c)(3) status.
They offer the following topics: basic concepts of immigration law, applicable laws and regulations, R-1
nonimmigrant visas, special immigrant visas for religious works, and practice pointers. Contact CLINIC’s
Division of Religious Immigration Services (DRIS) at 202/756-5549 for more information on religious immigration
trainings.
Check the 2008 Training Schedule for the list of contact persons to call for registration information and for
changes/additions.
For general information on CLINIC trainings, contact Dinah Suncin at (415) 394-0787 or e-mail her.
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2008 Training Schedule
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-Religious Immigration
Trainings
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-Fees
-Religious Immigration
Trainings