CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION
Trends in Immigration Law: Introductory and Advanced Tracks
Date:
Sept. 9, 2019
Time:
Location:
WSBA, 1325 Fourth Ave., Suite 600
Seattle , WA
Whether you are an experienced immigration practitioner or just wading into this challenging area, you will want to attend this full-day program featuring both introductory (morning) and advanced (afternoon) tracks.
MORNING SESSIONS INCLUDE:
An Introduction to Removal Defense
- Procedural and practice tips for individual and master hearings
- Strategies for building your record in the face of challenges like delays in, or expediting of, the hearing
Pardons and Post-Conviction Relief (PCR)
- When a pardon is useful in an immigration case and procedure for requesting
- When PCR is helpful to the immigrant, process for obtaining, and overview under Washington law
- Developments at the Board of Immigration Appeals: AG certification in Matter of Thomas, et al.
Recent Legal Developments in Washington State
- 2019 Keep Washington Working Act (SB 5497)
- Crime Victim Certification (RCW 7.98.020): data on implementation
AFTERNOON SESSIONS INCLUDE:
Federal Court Claims in the Immigration Context
- Preserving your arguments for federal court
- 10th Amendment claims: state police power and “convictions”
- Unlawful adjudication of immigrant and nonimmigrant visa petitions
- Delay claims: writ of mandamus
Board of Immigration Appeals/ Recent Cases
- Key 2018-2019 BIA decisions impacting procedural practice before immigration court
- Executive Office for Immigration Review final rule on amending regulations governing administrative review of BIA procedures
Consular Practice
- Updates on changes in process/procedure at National Visa Center
- Developments and trends in family-based consular processing
- Responding to three common inadmissibility grounds: alien smuggling, the public charge, and drug use
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