And You Thought You Were Done: Advanced Issues for Ts & Us

Topics:
  • T Visas
  • U Visas

Congratulations on your first successful T or U visa case! Now your clients want to adjust their status or bring their derivatives to the United States. Or the next law enforcement officer is not nearly as cooperative as the first. This program addresses these and other advanced issues in T and U cases. It is geared for practitioners who have a basic understanding of T and U visas and who want to take their crime victim practices to the next level by preparing themselves for more challenging cases.

  • T & U Adjustment of Status
  • Visa Processing (Including Fingerprinting Issues)
  • Derivatives & Age Outs
  • Strategies for Establishing Working Relations with Skeptical LEAs
  • Creative Alternatives for Obtaining LEA Certifications

Faculty:

  • Gail L. Pendleton (dl), Plymouth, MA
    Gail L. Pendleton is co-director of ASISTA, a national immigration law technical assistance project funded by the federal Office on Violence Against Women. She is a former associate director of the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, where she worked for 20 years. she received AILA's Human Rights Award in 2001, her J.D. in 1985 from NYU School of Law, and her A.B. in 1981 from Harvard/Radcliffe College.
  • Salima O. Khakoo, Minneapolis, MN
    Salima Oines Khakoo is the CEO/managing attorney of American Dream Law LLC, located in the Minneapolis/Saint Paul area. Ms. Khakoo has a Masters in Public Affairs and a J.D. from Hamline University School of Law. As contract attorney for non-profits, Civil Society and Access Justice, she is actively involved in legal options for trafficking and other crime victims. She is an adjunct faculty at Hamline University School of Law and William Mitchell College of Law.
  • Karl William Krooth, San Francisco, CA
    Karl Krooth, of Immigrant Crime and Justice PLC, works in the areas of victim visas and post-conviction relief. Karl developed this practice after obtaining degrees from U.C. Berkeley and the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College, prosecuting crime, and then conducting criminal defense. Karl serves on AILA NorCal's advisory council, has served on the National Lawyers Guild's board, and chaired the local Immigration Committee. SuperLawyers has recognized Karl as a "Rising Star."

Registration & Pricing:

  • AILA Members: $129*
  • Non-Profit AILA Members: $69*
  • Non-AILA Members: $199*

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Tuition Assistance:
Full and partial tuition assistance will be offered to participants based on need and availability for all audio and web seminars. Please complete the tuition assistance application for consideration.

  • CLE Credit Comments: *Please note, your jurisdiction may limit the amount of distance learning credit you can earn. To view details on your jurisdiction's credit restrictions and CLE requirements, please visit the CLE Center. To view CLE eligibility and the number of credits you may claim for completing this 90-minute seminar, please visit webCLE. Florida - Attorneys must apply individually for approval of live audio/web seminars in FL. Programs are typically approved For more information about CLE credit, please email cle@aila.org.

IAN Partners

  • pro bono net
  • american immigration lawyers association
  • national immigration law center
  • unidos us
  • immigration legal resource center
  • immigration legal resource center
  • american immigration council
  • american civil liberties union
  • american immigration council
  • national immigration project
  • the advocates for human rights
  • lutheran immigration and refugee service

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