Pro Bono Mental Health Training: Representing Detained Clients with Mental Disabilities in Immigration Court

Topics:
  • Detention
  • Health
  • Immigration Court

Topics:

  • Advocating for the client's mental health rights in immigration detention
  • Working with and strategizing around the client's impairments in Immigration Court
  • Planning for the client's supported release from detention into the community

The newly revised second edition of CAIR Coalition's Mental Health Practice Manual is now available at http://www.caircoalition.org/pro-bono- resources/pro-bono-mental-health-manual/.

Speakers:

  • Liz Sweet, Associate Director, American Bar Association Commission on Immigration
  • Liz McGrail, Legal Director, CAIR Coalition
  • Joseph Gorin, Psy.D., Joseph Gorin & Associates
  • Stephen Dekovich, Equal Justice Works Fellow sponsored by McDermott Will & Emery, CAIR Coalition
  • Hannah Kane, MSW, Employment Justice Center
  • Andrew Doll, MSW Candidate/Intern, CAIR Coalition

Registration:
RSVP by 2/18/2013. Space is limited. To RSVP, please contact Stephen Dekovich at sdekovich@caircoalition.org or (202) 331-3320 ext. 13 by February 18, 2013. Light refreshments will be provided.

  • CLE Credit Comments: Application for 3 hours of Virginia MCLE credits is pending.

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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