Asylum Law

Topics Covered:

• Nature & scale of violence against Central American women and children, and the role of the state in this violence
• Building a successful asylum case: persecution, nexus, state acquiescence
• International alliances with Central American human-rights groups

Presenters:

Jayne Fleming, Pro Bono coordinating attorney, Reed Smith
Alicia Adornato, pro bono asylum attorney, Reed Smith

Jayne and Alicia and the asylum team at Reed Smith have represented many Central American women and their children for asylum. Reed Smith's project has developed powerful pleadings, documentation and connections with human-rights advocates in Central America