This training will be held live at the PLI New York Center and simultaneously webcast online.

Why You Should Attend

Human Trafficking in Immigrant Communities: Current Issues in Preparing Petitions for T Nonimmigrant Status addresses the practical challenges faced when seeking immigration relief for trafficking victims and is structured for practitioners who are already familiar with the basic immigration framework for T nonimmigrant status.

For attorneys who need training on basic T eligibility, it is recommended that they first watch PLI's on-demand program Human Trafficking in Immigrant Communities: Legal Responses 2015, available at www.pli.edu.

What You Will Learn

• When is the sex "commercial"?
• Assessing and overcoming inadmissibility
• Ethical questions that attorneys might confront during the course of representing an applicant for T nonimmigrant status

Faculty

• Melissa A. Brennan ~ Deputy Director, Anti-Trafficking Initiative, Sanctuary for Families
• Lori L. Cohen ~ Director, Anti-Trafficking Initiative, Sanctuary for Families
• Elizabeth Dallam ~ Policy Analyst, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services
• Julie E. Dinnerstein ~ TheLaw Office of Julie E. Dinnerstein, PLLC
• Amanda Kramer ~ Assistant U.S. Attorney, Senior Litigation Counsel, Project Safe Childhood and Human Trafficking Coordinator, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York
• Jennifer L. Kroman ~ Director of Pro Bono Practice, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
• Cyrus D. Mehta ~ Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners PLLC
• Ryan Muennich ~ Staff Attorney, Immigrant Defense Project
• Dan Smulian ~ Associate Professor of Clinical Law; Co-Director, Safe Harbor Project, Brooklyn Law School
• Charlotte A. Watson, Program Advisor ~ Executive Director, New York State Judicial Committee on Women in the Courts, New York State Unified Court System

Who Should Attend

This program is aimed at legal services/nonprofit attorneys who work with immigrant and at-risk clients and attorneys who would like to provide pro bono services to survivors of human trafficking. It presumes familiarity with the basic immigration framework for T nonimmigrant status.

Cost
As part of PLI's commitment to public service and the pro bono activities of the legal community, there is no fee to attend this program.

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