This free seminar will provide hands-on immigration court training to a small group of pro bono representatives emphasizing practice, procedure, and advocacy skills in order to improve the quality of representation before the Denver Immigration Court. A substantive training in the morning will be followed by a simulated hearing in the afternoon, during which participants will have an opportunity to serve in the role of Respondent’s Counsel or Witness. Sample case scenarios will be provided in advance of the training. This training is designed for attorneys with little or no immigration law experience. Participants must accept a new pro bono case from RMIAN’s Children’s Program in the coming year. The second part of the program will take place at the Denver Immigration Court (1961 Stout Street, Suite 3101) from 1:00 - 4:00pm.

Schedule:

• 9:30am to 11:30am: Immigration Court 101, Best Practices for Representing Children in Immigration Court, Asylum & Protection-Based Forms of Relief for Children
• 1:00pm to 4:00pm: Model Hearing, including an Introduction to the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) and Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Presenters:

• Emily Brock, Children’s Program Staff Attorney, RMIAN
• Elanie Cintron, Associate Attorney, Lichter Immigration
• Ashley Harrington, Children’s Program Managing Attorney, RMIAN
• Honorable Melanie Corrin, EOIR, Denver Immigration Court
• Office of Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Denver Office
• RMIAN Justice AmeriCorps Fellow Alejandra Acevedo and Catholic Charities of Denver Justice AmeriCorps Fellow Derek Schroeder will provide back-up support to the volunteer attorneys for the mock hearing

Registration:
Please RSVP to RMIAN Legal Assistant Mayra Prieto at mprieto@rmian.org including your name, address, phone number, email, and attorney registration number. Space is limited to 25 participants.