This two-day training will provide an overview of how to determine whether your client's criminal record will have immigration consequences, including exposure to removal or ineligibility for a particular benefit under immigration law. The training will cover techniques for screening clients to uncover criminal issues, how to gather criminal records and how to read them. The trainers will discuss the basic concepts involved in analyzing the immigration consequences of crimes including differentiating between inadmissibility and deportability; statutory definitions of conviction and sentence; and exceptions to crime-based inadmissibility. Through the use of both lecture and exercises, participants will learn how to analyze the potential immigration consequences of criminal convictions or certain criminal conduct. The trainers for this program are CLINIC attorneys Sarah Bronstein and Susan Schreiber, and other local speakers. MCLE credit is available for Missouri attorneys.

The training is for the staff of Catholic Charities and other community-based organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) status, and attorneys and legal staff of private law offices. If you are registering as staff of a community-based organization, you must fax a copy of you 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.

Space is limited to 50 participants. The deadline for registration is October 14, 2010 or sooner if registration is filled. For registration information call: Chris Ozaki 415-394-9371

Cost:

$235 per person from nonprofit programs; $705 cap ($50 materials fee for each additional staff from the same office location)

$260 per person for other non-profit agency staff; $780 cap
($50 materials fee per person for more than 3 attendees from the same office site)

$390 per person for private attorneys and staff

Continental breakfast included. Lunch is on your own.

Hotel Reservations:

A block of rooms is being held at the Water Tower Inn of Saint Louis University, at a rate of $75.00 per night plus tax. To make a reservation, contact the hotel by September 29 at 314 977 7500 and ask for the group block Law CLINIC with booking ID# 1382. The hotel offers free parking, complimentary breakfast, and shuttle service to and from campus.

Training Location, Travel and Parking:

The training is located in the Busch Student Center of Saint Louis University. If you are driving to the training site, parking is available at the Laclede Garage at the corner of Grand and Laclede. The daily rate is $5.00 if you request an "all day pass" when exiting the garage.

Additional information is available online at: http://cliniclegal.org/calendar/2010/oct/21/introduction-immigration-consequences-crimes

Registration:

To register, visit https://www.kintera.org/AutoGen/Register/Register.asp?ievent=439826