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Melissa Perham
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Melissa Perham serves as Chief of Staff at the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC), where she supports the Executive Director and senior leadership in aligning strategy, operations, and mission execution across the organization. She brings 26 years of experience in transformational leadership, people-centered operations, and enterprise integration within the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. Prior to joining CLINIC, Perham held multiple Chief of Staff roles at the Defense Intelligence Agency, where she led global operations, spearheaded crisis management efforts, and championed equity focused talent strategies.
Perham holds a Master of Arts in Human Resource Management and a Bachelor of Science in Intelligence Studies, both from American Military University. She is a certified professional leadership coach and expert career development officer.
Considerations for New Supervisors: Things We Wish We’d Known
Oct. 29, 2025 | 2-3:30 p.m. ET | CA MCLE: N/A
Are you stepping into a supervisory role for the first time in an immigration legal services program? Or are you an aspiring supervisor? Are you thinking about how to support your team, juggle casework and supervision, meet expectations, avoid mistakes, and foster your team’s professional growth? This session is for you. Join us for a practical and honest conversation about the challenges, lessons, and strategies that come with supervising in a high-stakes, high-impact field. This webinar will share key takeaways from experienced supervisors, equip new supervisors with tools to succeed, and help you to feel less alone in the process. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn what we wish we had known when we started!
The webinar recording will not be provided so be sure to join us live.
Registration
Please note that CLINIC is committed to preventing the Unauthorized Practice of Immigration Law (UPIL). CLINIC online trainings are open to the staff and volunteers of CLINIC Affiliates, any other nonprofit agency, and private attorneys and their staff. Independent non-attorney legal workers are not eligible to register for CLINIC trainings. CLINIC reserves the right to request proof of an agency’s nonprofit status, proof of employment/volunteer status with a nonprofit, and/or proof of authorization to provide immigration legal services to the community.
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This training takes place in the Eastern Time Zone.
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Certificates of Attendance are only issued to participants who attend the live session(s).
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Payment by credit card only. There are no refunds for registration for a single webinar or for a webinar series.
