This webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of BIA jurisdiction, and will also discuss how to challenge BIA decisions on jurisdictional grounds.

Topics will include:

* General BIA Jurisdiction over IJ decisions
* IJ Decisions over which BIA has no jurisdiction
* General BIA Jurisdiction over DHS decisions
* DHS decisions over which BIA has no jurisdiction
* Issues arising over deadline to appeal

Whether deadline is jurisdictional
Where motion for reconsideration has been filed
Requesting reissuance of BIA decision

* Types of Decisions

Summary dismissals and grounds for
Cases warranting a 3-member panel review
En banc review

* Scope of Jurisdiction over DHS decisions

Questions of law
Questions of fact
BIA authority to "re-weigh" facts

* Precedential Value of BIA decisions

Published decisions
Unpublished decisions

* Review authority over BIA decisions

Attorney General
Appellate Courts
Direct appeals
Motions to reopen

Cost:

Regular: $110 ; Nonprofit: $70

Presenters:

Nora Privitera, ILRC Special Projects Attorney & Lead Staff Attorney, Attorney of the Day (AOD) Consultation Service
Nora is the author of ILRC's most popular publication, Hardship in Immigration Law: How to Prepare a Winning Case in Waiver and Cancellation of Removal Cases, and Remedies and Strategies for Permanent Resident Clients.

Lory D. Rosenberg, Amnesty International Policy & Advocacy Director, Refugee and Migrants' Rights

NOTE: Registration is limited to one registrant per connection. One must pay a registration fee even if one plans to participate as a group, using a single computer and phone connection. We only provide certificate of attendance to those who have registered & paid the full fee. We CANNOT accept registrations after the deadline.

Registration:

To register for this webinar, visit https://www.ilrc.org/trainings_seminars/detail.php?id=201