Ethics for Immigration Practitioners

Topics:
  • Immigration

Immigration law practitioners are often confronted with difficult ethical issues in their day-to-day work. This workshop will address topics such as sources of guidance on ethics, what constitutes representation, issues arising from dual representation, fraud, frivolous applications, and misstatements, inaccuracies and omissions. This workshop will also cover the issue of unauthorized practice of law. The workshop will be conducted by Prof. Dan Smulian, Esq., of the Safe Harbor Project at Brooklyn Law School and Thomas J. Shea, Esq. of the NYIC.

  • CLE Credit Comments: CLE Credit: 3 credits in ethics and professionalism. This course provides transitional credit for newly admitted attorneys and non-transitional credit for experienced attorneys.
  • Contact:
    Jonathan Vidal
    The New York Immigration Coalition
    212-627-2227 ext. 227
  • Attachment(s): TI_Jan_Mar_13_Cal.pdf