This webinar is designed for attorneys, paralegals, accredited representatives, and attorneys who are new to family-based immigration, as well as for experienced practitioners who want a review and comprehensive overview of recent developments.

This two-hour program will cover the process of family immigration, including visa categories, definition of qualified relatives, use of priority dates, filing procedures, and adjustment of status eligibility (including 245(i) adjustment). There will also be brief overviews of consular processing, and the grounds of inadmissibility - subjects that will be covered in more depth in separate webinars this spring.

Presenters:
Mark Silverman, ILRC Director of Legalization and Community Organizing Projects
Mark is an expert in asylum law, Central American Policy, family immigration, and lawyering that supports civic action throughout Northern California and the Central Valley. He is the co-author of ILRC publication, Motions to Suppress, and he is the main author of the Asylum and Related Immigration Protection manual.

Erica Tomlinson, Partner at Immigration Law Offices of Mahoney & Tomlinson
Erica has practiced immigration law in the areas of family, employment, asylum, naturalization and removal since 1999. She serves as an AILA mentor on adjustment of status issues and is current a CLE coordinator for AILA NorCal. She is a contributing editor to ILRC's Advocate's Guide, and has volunteered and spoken at various Immigration Forums throughout Northern California sponsored by community groups, churches, and non-profit agencies and institutions, such as the Catholic Diocese, the University of California Davis School of Law, CRLAF, and the ILRC.

Deadline to register: 3/30/10

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