Unaccompanied Children in the US: How Pro Bono Lawyers Can Make a Critical Difference

Topics:
  • Pro Bono Program/Legal Services Organization

The event will highlight the critical needs of unaccompanied children and the difference a volunteer lawyer can make. Panelists will also discuss how the government can support pro bono efforts to ensure that no child appears in immigration court alone.

Panelists: The Honorable Rosemary Barkett, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit; Juan P. Osuna, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice; Sarah Hartnett, Deputy Chief, Enforcement Law Division, Department of Homeland Security/Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Andrew I. Schoenholtz, Deputy Director, Institute for the Study of International Migration, Visiting Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center (invited); and Robert E. Juceam, Of Counsel, Fried Frank. Wallace Christensen, Partner, Troutman Sanders, will moderate the panel.

RSVP by October 27 to Tgutierrez@supportkind.org. Cocktail reception will start at 5pm.