Immigration Training
How to Interview Undocumented Immigrants & Identify Immigration Defenses
Click the flyer to register online! Join us to learn about common immigration visas, defenses to deportation, and the important legal questions attorneys need to ask when screening undocumented immigrants, including unaccompanied children, for legal claims. This training will cover the eligibility criteria and how to screen for SIJS, Asylum, T Visa, U Visa, Family…
Custody, Guardianship, and Obtaining Special Immigrant Juvenile Status
Click the flyer to register online! Over the past few years, thousands of unaccompanied children have fled Central America seeking safety and refuge. Over 11,000 have come to Maryland. Learn how you can help these vulnerable children. This training will cover filing for guardianship or custody, obtaining special finding for chilren from the family court,…
Immigration Law Update: Creative Lawyering Strategies in Times of Uncertainty (MSBA CLE)
University of Baltimore, Learning Commons 1415 Maryland Avenue, Baltimore, MD, United StatesVolunteer lawyers and staff attorneys of legal services programs can attend this MSBA CLE course for free or a reduced-fee. Click for details.
Drafting Motions to Reopen Immigration Court Proceedings
University of Baltimore School of Law 1401 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, United StatesAttendees of this Maryland Immigrant Legal Assistance Project (MILAP) training will leave with the ability to draft a motion to reopen at immigration court proceedings with a focus on reopening cases for asylum seekers. This training is a great fit for attorneys with strong legal writing and drafting skills who want to assist immigrants in removal proceedings. Participating attorneys must agree to write at least one motion to reopen within 1 year of training.
Representing Asylum-Seekers: Model Hearing Edition
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law 500 W Baltimore St, Baltimore, MD, United StatesThe AM session will cover how to represent children and families applying for asylum while in removal proceedings (including asylum law, special protections for children, filling out the application, and appearing in court). The PM session will include a presentation from the Court and a series of model hearings with Assistant Chief Immigration Judge Jack Weil. Pro bono attorneys (licensed to practice and in good standing in at least one state) must agree to accept at least one asylum pro bono case from a Maryland Immigrant Legal Assistance Project (MILAP) Partner within one year of training (note, depending upon the process that applies to the pro bono case, volunteer attorneys will need to either attend an interview and/or hearing in either the Arlington Asylum Office and/or the Baltimore Immigration Court).
Representing Immigrant Survivors: U Visas and Protections under VAWA
University of Baltimore School of Law 1401 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, United StatesThe AM session will cover the nuts and bolts of how to help immigrant survivors of crime in the U.S. apply for a U Visa. The PM session will cover the nuts and bolts of how to help survivors of domestic violence apply for VAWA status and will discuss trauma-informed lawyering. Volunteer attorneys must agree to accept at least one case helping an immigrant survivor from a Maryland Immigrant Legal Assistance Project Partner within one year of registration.