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Catholic Legal Services Presents
The 2022 LAZY DAYS OF SUMMER CLE SERIES
Back by Popular Demand!

An in-depth look at cutting edge legal issues and
updates up close with S. Florida experts and
guest speakers from across the country.
 
Friday, August 26, 2022 by Zoom

CLE Credits

General: 3.5; Imm & Nat. Law: 3.5; Criminal Trial law: 1.0
 
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DAY THREE: August 26, 2022 | 9:00am - 12:30pm ET 
09:00am to 10:00am
Asylum Updates:  This panel will cover law, policy, and procedure.  From social group membership to domestic violence, illegal armed groups, framing political opinion, translators, evidence, backlogs and expediting.
  • AG vacaturs, new decisions, what issues are on the horizon?
  • Federal court asylum updates
  • Processing tips with the Asylum Office
  • New regulations
Speakers:
Randolph McGrorty, Catholic Legal Services Executive Director (Miami, FL) BIO
Miriam Acosta-Castriz, Secretary, AILA S. Florida Chapter (West Palm Beach, FL) DL BIO
Victoria Neilson, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild Supervising Attorney (New York, NY) BIO
 
 10:00am to 10:15am (15 minute break)
10:15am - 11:15am
Everything Waivers!:
 This panel will provide an overview of waivers for adjustment of status and in the immigration court, and focus on new case law and important procedures.
  • I-601A, the provisional waiver for immigrant processing:  proper timing for filing after the approval, and while at the NVC; combining with the I-212; best policies & winning arguments
  • INA § 212(h), with adjustment of status at USCIS; winning arguments, how to prepare a successful evidentiary package and memo
  • INA § 212(h), in immigration court; stand alone waivers, with adjustment, best practices, LPR bars to re-adjustment
  • Cancellation of Removal for LPRs under INA § 240A(a):  who is eligible? The bars.  How to prepare a winning package.
Speakers:
Alexandra Friz-Garcia, AILA ICE-Enforcement Removal Operations Committee (Miami, FL) DL BIO
Sui Chung, AILA National/ICE Joint Liaison Committee Chair (Miami, FL) BIO
Rebeca Sanchez-Roig, Former Deputy Chief Counsel (Miami, FL) BIO
Bridgette Bennett, Vice Chair, AILA Central Florida Chapter, Vice Chair, AILA National’s Innovation & Tech Committee (Groveland, FL) BIO
 
11:15am-11:30am (15 minute break)
11:30am - 12:30pm
Crimmigration! Drafting Successful Motions to Dismiss: 
This panel will discuss the categorical approach and other important analyses, including divisible statutes, the modified categorical approach, a circumstance specific approach, and realistic probability test.  This panel will seek to highlight examples of the above and illustrate how to draft a successful motion to dismiss the charge in immigration court based on actual Florida criminal statutes and real-life convictions.
  • Burdens of Proof, Arriving aliens
  • Categorical Analysis begins with divisibility:  Florida’s Theft statute
  • Least Culpable Conduct:  Florida’s Trafficking statute
  • Limiting Modified Categorical Approach to record of conviction:  Poss. w/ intent to s/m/d 
  • Circumstance Specific Approach and Non-elemental facts:  domestic violence, child abuse
  • Realistic Probability Test: Cocaine and the circuit split
Speakers: 
John Gihon, former Chapter Chair for the AILA Central Florida Chapter (Orlando, FL) BIO
Michael Vastine, Professor and Clinic Director, St. Thomas University (Miami, FL) BIO
Linda Osberg-Braun, former federal PD and Deputy Chief Counsel ICE (Miami, FL) BIO
 

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Registration deadline is 11:59pm ET on August 25
 
Private Attorney & Staff:  $80
Nonprofit Agency Staff: $50
Government Employees & Students: $50
 
  Webinars will not be recorded, so be sure to join us live.
 
Payment and Cancellation
Payment by credit card only. There are NO REFUNDS for registration for the series. 

 
 Certificate of Attendance
Certificate of Attendance will only be provided to participants who attend the session or have attended the Series..

Host: Catholic Legal Services
Catholic Legal Services is a not-for-profit organization providing professional immigration services and representation to a low-income/no-income clientele. Your support will help CLS to continue to provide top notch pro-bono representation to indigent.  Thank you! 
 
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