Eco April Alignment
Uniting Community Honoring Life
The Eco April Alignment is a network of intergenerational and cross-cultural organizations, groups, and individuals. We are interconnected and focused on honoring all living things and uniting our community by aligning with extraordinary events in April 2008 in the Seattle area. The principles that guide our participation and partnership are as follows ...learn more
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Asylum Law & Procedures for Pro Bono Advocates
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Asylum Law & Procedures for Pro Bono
Advocates: A two-evening seminar for pro bono
attorneys, interpreters and nonprofit legal
workers
MCLE credit: 5.5 hours
Monday -Tuesday, February 11-12, 2008, 4:00 - 7:00pm
Registration 3:30 p. m.
PG&E CONFERENCE CENTER, 245 Market Street, Conference Room A
(BART/Muni Embarcadero)
The Lawyers' Committee thanks PG&E for hosting the seminar
Monday, February 11
4:00 Introduction to Asylum Law and Overview of Adjudication Procedures
Kate Jastram, Lecturer in Residence, Boalt Hall School of Law
6:00 Ethics Issues in Asylum Cases
Shawn Matloob, Jeffrey Martins and Amie Miller
Attorneys in Immigration Practice, Pro Bono Mentor Attorney Panel
Tuesday, February 12
4:00 The Pro Bono Asylum Team: Attorney, Interpreter, Mentor:
Cooperating to Represent an Asylum-Seeker
Brett Collins, Attorney, Latham & Watkins
Carol Tonelli, Volunteer Interpreter Panel
Jaquelyn Newman, Pro Bono Mentor Attorney Panel
5:45 Presenting the Asylum Case in Immigration Court:
The Honorable Bette Kane Stockton, Office of the Immigration Judge
Seminar Registration free for attorneys, interpreters, paralegals and law students volunteering in Lawyers' Committee Pro Bono Asylum Program & nonprofit immigration programs. MCLE credit: $25. Non-pro bono registration: $150. Click here for registration form
The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights certifies that this activity has been approved or MCLE credit by the State Bar of California in the amount of 5.5 hours (including 3.5 hours General, 1 hour Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession; 1 hour Legal Ethics).
