This intensive two-day training course will cover acquisition and derivation of citizenship, and the requirements for naturalization, including residence, physical presence, good moral character, civics and English language requirements and exemptions, disability waivers, oath requirements and the application process. The training is interactive with individual and group exercises. The course has been approved for California CLE, including one hour of ethics credit.

This training is for the staff of Catholic Charities and other community-based organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) status, and attorneys and legal worker staff of private law offices. This training is intended for legal workers and lawyers new to this area of immigration law as well as more experienced practitioners in need of review or updates. If you are registering as staff of a community-based organization, you must fax a copy of your IRS 501(c)(3) letter designating your agency as a nonprofit entity to CLINIC at 415-394-8696 to the attention of Chris Ozaki. Your registration will be confirmed upon receipt of this letter. If you are an attorney, please include your state bar number. Payment is by credit card only.

The training will be presented by Charles Wheeler, Director of Training and Legal Support, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), and Debbie Smith, Staff Attorney, CLINIC. USCIS staff has also been invited to speak.

Fees:

$210 per person for CLINIC affiliates and staff of 501(c)(3) nonprofit programs; $630 cap for up to three staff ($30 materials fee for each additional staff from the same office location);

$235 per person for nonprofit program staff; $705 cap for up to three staff ($30 materials fee for each additional staff from the same office location);

$365 per person for private attorneys and their staff

The registration fee includes training materials and continental breakfast. Lunch is on your own.

Please note that the registration fee does NOT include a training manual. You are not required to purchase a manual, and other training materials will be provided. If you wish to purchase Naturalization and U.S Citizenship: The Essential Guide, 10th Edition, by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, you must pay an additional $100 fee in advance at the time of registration. Note: the manual is not available for purchase at the training.

Registration:

Space is limited to 40 participants. Registration will close on August 12, 2010 or sooner if capacity is reached. For registration information call Chris Ozaki at 415-394-9371.

Register here.

Note that if you are ordering the manual, you must do so when registering by August 12; after that date, it will be too late to order the book in time for receipt at the training. Only on-line registration and payment by credit card is accepted at the CLINIC web site. For more registration information, contact Chris Ozaki at (415) 394-9371.