Asylum Law and Procedures for Pro Bono Advocates
Monday March 08 - Tuesday March 09 , 2010
- By: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Time: 3:00 PM - 5:45 PM
- CLE Credit
- Location:
PG&E Conference Center245 Market Street, Conference Room ASan Francisco, CAMap: maps.google.com
- Contact:
Silvia ContrerasLawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Areascontreras@lccr.com
- Source: Immigration Advocates Network > IAN Nonprofit Resource Center
Monday, March 8
3:00 Introduction to Asylum Law and Overview of Adjudication Procedures
Kate Jastram, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley
4:45 Ethics Issues in Asylum Cases
Shahpour (Shawn) Matloob, Amie Miller, Jeffrey Martins
Members of the Pro Bono Asylum Program Mentor Attorney Panel
Tuesday, March 9
3:00 The Pro Bono Asylum Team: Attorney, Interpreter, Mentor:
Teamwork in Representing an Asylum-Seeker
Jameel Harb, Attorney, Latham & Watkins LLP
Sawsan Elfar, Volunteer Interpreter Panel
Sara Mostafavi, Pro Bono Mentor Attorney
Lisa Frydman, Managing Attorney, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, UC Hastings
4:45 Presenting the Asylum Case in Immigration Court:
The Honorable Print Maggard, United States Immigration Court
To register, return attached registration form to Silvia Contreras at scontreras@lccr.com.
- CLE Credit Comments: The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights certifies that this activity has been approved or MCLE credit by the State Bar of California in the amount of 5 hours (including 3 hours General, 1 hour Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession, 1 hour Ethics).
- Attachment(s): SEMINAR REGISTRATION.doc
