Join us to discuss the most up-to-date information on the procedures and policies for applying for U nonimmigrant status; identifying inadmissibility issues and how to address them on the U nonimmigrant petition and the waiver application; practice pointers on obtaining inadmissibility waivers; strategies for helping clients with prior immigration violations or criminal arrests; the process for U nonimmigrants to adjust status and petition for qualifying family members under the new adjustment regulations; how the regulations and TVPRA 2008 affect eligibility, fee waivers, adjustment processing and family petitioning; possible pitfalls under the new procedure; and practice pointers on working with law enforcement to obtain certification.

Co-Sponsored by the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA)

Presenters:
Sally Kinoshita, ILRC Deputy Director & Staff Attorney
Sally is the co-author of the ILRC publications, The VAWA Manual: Immigration Relief for Abused Immigrants; Special Immigrant Juvenile Status for Children Under Juvenile Court Jurisdiction and Immigration Benchbook for Juvenile and Family Court Judges. She is the principal author of the ILRC publication entitled, The U Visa: Obtaining Status for Immigrant Victims of Crime.

Michelle Carey, Immigration Unit at the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA)
Michelle is a Staff Attorney at the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, where the bulk of her work involves representing low-income survivors of domestic violence and other violent crimes in their applications for various forms of immigration relief, including U nonimmigrant status applications, VAWA self-petitions, and applications to obtain lawful permanent resident status. She is a graduate of the UCLA School of Law, where she obtained her JD, and the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research, where she obtained her Master of Arts in Urban Planning. During law school, she completed the Critical Race Studies Concentration and the Program in Public Interest Law and Policy.

Nora Phillips, Staff Attorney, Central American Resource Center (CARECEN)
Nora is a 2007 graduate of the DePaul University College of Law. From 2007-2009, she was an Equal Justice Works Fellow at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago where she focused on the U Visa, providing direct representation to victims of qualifying crimes as well as participating in local and national advocacy efforts regarding the U Visa. She is the co-author of Vigorous Representation of Undocumented Victims of Domestic Violence in State Family Court (Clearinghouse Review Journal of Poverty Law and Policy, May-June 2009). Nora currently works on U Visa cases in Los Angeles, with the Central American Resource Center.

Deadline to register: 6/10/10

For more information and to register: www.ilrc.org/trainings_seminars/detail.php