* Participants must demonstrate they meet eligibility criteria. by working as a non-profit staff member/volunteer, private attorney, or government employee. This is a week-long course (03/30 - 04/03).

The NYIC's 40-hour training provides a comprehensive overview of immigration law. This training is aimed at nonprofit staff and volunteers seeking partial DOJ accreditation, which allows individuals to represent clients before DHS under certain circumstances.

Topics:

• Foundations in Immigration Law
• Family-Based Immigration
• Adjustment of Status and Consular Processing
• Grounds of Inadmissibility and Deportability
• Naturalization and Citizenship
• Asylum
• Special Immigrant Juvenile Status
• Immigration relief under VAWA
• U and T Nonimmigrant Status
• Immigration Consequences of Contacts with the Criminal Legal System
• Introduction to Removal Proceedings
• Ethics in Immigration Legal Practice
• Trauma-informed Client Interviewing

Registration:

For information on how to apply for this series of events, click here.