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2005

Immigration Fundamentals

Houston Apr 14-15, 2005 Crowne Plaza Houston-Downtown
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Dallas Apr 28-29, 2005 Cityplace Conference Center
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Overview

This course is designed for beginning and intermediate immigration practitioners, employment lawyers, criminal lawyers, family lawyers—in short, anyone involved with the increasingly complex area of removal proceedings.

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Event Schedule

Program is subject to change.
All times are Central Time Zone.

  • Day 1
  • Day 2
  • Time
    Credit
    Subject
    Speaker
  • Thursday Afternoon, Apr. 14, 2005
  • 1:30 pm
    Houston Only
    1.00 hr
    Grounds of Deportability and Inadmissibility (and Removal Proceedings)
    Review of grounds of deportability and inadmissibility; strategies for contesting common grounds of removal.

    Lee J. Terán, St. Mary's University School Of Law - San Antonio, TX

  • 2:30 pm
    Houston Only
    0.50 hr
    Bond Proceedings
    Bond eligibility and strategies for presenting bond applications.

    Barbara Hines, University of Texas School of Law - Campus Mail, D1800
    Lee J. Terán, St. Mary's University School Of Law - San Antonio, TX
    Joseph A. Vail, Houston, TX

  • 2:45 pm
    Houston Only
    1.00 hr
    Appeals and Motions to Reopen
    When and how to appeal; standards and limitations of motions to reopen; ineffective assistance of counsel; and streamlining of appeals before the Board of Immigration Appeals.

    Nancy A. Falgout, Houston, TX
    Mony Ruiz-Velasco, Midwest Immigrant & Human Rights Center - Chicago, IL

  • 3:15 pm
    Houston Only
    1.00 hr
    Contesting Deportability
    Procedural challenges to the Notice to Appear; evidentiary challenges; and televideo procedures and challenges.

    Barbara Hines, University of Texas School of Law - Campus Mail, D1800

  • 5:00 pm
    Houston Only
    0.50 hr
    Questions and Answers
    Speakers discuss practical solutions to participants' questions and cases.

  • Time
    Credit
    Subject
    Speaker
  • Friday Morning, Apr. 15, 2005
  • 8:30 am
    Houston Only
    1.00 hr
    Challenging Crime-Based Grounds of Deportability
    Review of crime-based removability grounds; proof of conviction; doctrine of divisibility; and recent case law.

    Lee J. Terán, St. Mary's University School Of Law - San Antonio, TX

  • 9:30 am
    Houston Only
    0.75 hr
    Priority Dates and Grandfathering
    Establishment of priority dates; loss and recoupment of priority dates; change in age and marital status; grandfathering; strategies to prove earlier filed petitions; and Child Status Protection Act.

    Richard S. Fischer, The Law Offices Of Richard S. Fischer - Nacogdoches, TX
    Barbara Hines, University of Texas School of Law - Campus Mail, D1800

  • 10:30 am
    Houston Only
    1.00 hr
    Adjustment of Status in Removal Proceedings and Waivers of Inadmissibility
    Eligibility for adjustment; presentation of claim in removal; public charge issues; and waivers to overcome grounds of inadmissibility.

    Joseph Reina, Reina & Associates PC - Dallas, TX
    George Rodriguez, Saenz-Rodriguez & Assoc PC - Dallas, TX
    Michelle L. Saenz, Dallas, TX
    Lee J. Terán, St. Mary's University School Of Law - San Antonio, TX

  • Friday Afternoon, Apr. 15, 2005
  • 1:00 pm
    Houston Only
    1.00 hr
    Relief from Removal
    Cancellation of removal of permanent and non-permanent residents; waiver of inadmissibility under former Sec. 212c.

    Barbara Hines, University of Texas School of Law - Campus Mail, D1800

  • 2:00 pm
    Houston Only
    0.50 hr
    Documentation of Applications for Discretionary Relief
    Relief-Strategies to document a discretionary case for relief; use of experts and witnesses.

    Barbara Hines, University of Texas School of Law - Campus Mail, D1800

  • 4:15 pm
    Houston Only
    0.75 hr
    Acquisition of Citizenship
    Who is a U.S. citizen through acquisition; how to document a claim; the Child Citizenship Act; asserting claim to citizenship in removal proceedings.

    Lee J. Terán, St. Mary's University School Of Law - San Antonio, TX

  • Day 1 April 14, 2005
  • Day 2 April 15, 2005
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Conference Faculty

Nancy A. Falgout

Houston, TX

Richard S. Fischer

The Law Offices Of Richard S. Fischer
Nacogdoches, TX

Barbara Hines

University of Texas School of Law
Campus Mail, D1800

Joseph Reina

Reina & Associates PC
Dallas, TX

George Rodriguez

Saenz-Rodriguez & Assoc PC
Dallas, TX

Mony Ruiz-Velasco

Midwest Immigrant & Human Rights Center
Chicago, IL

Michelle L. Saenz

Dallas, TX

Lee J. Terán

St. Mary's University School Of Law
San Antonio, TX

Joseph A. Vail

Houston, TX

Credit Info

  • Houston
  • Dallas
MCLE Credit
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You may claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the State Bar of Texas. A Certificate of Attendance will be provided in Your Briefcase for your records. The system reports Texas CLE credit every Tuesday. If you are claiming credit in the last week of your birth month, self-report your CLE credit directly to the State Bar of Texas at texasbar.com, using the course number  provided on your certificate of attendance.
MCLE Credit
Toggle view Texas – 9.50 hrs
You may claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the State Bar of Texas. A Certificate of Attendance will be provided in Your Briefcase for your records. The system reports Texas CLE credit every Tuesday. If you are claiming credit in the last week of your birth month, self-report your CLE credit directly to the State Bar of Texas at texasbar.com, using the course number  provided on your certificate of attendance.

Key Dates

Houston – Apr 14-15, 2005 – Crowne Plaza Houston-Downtown
Conference Concluded
Dallas – Apr 28-29, 2005 – Cityplace Conference Center
Conference Concluded
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  • Houston
  • Dallas
Standard Registration
Last day for $275.00 Regular pricing: Apr 6, 2005

$325.00 for registrations received after this time

Last day for cancellation (full refund): Apr 8, 2005

$50 processing fee applied after this date

Last day for cancellation: Apr 11, 2005
Standard Registration
Last day for $275.00 Regular pricing: Apr 20, 2005

$325.00 for registrations received after this time

Last day for cancellation (full refund): Apr 22, 2005

$50 processing fee applied after this date

Last day for cancellation: Apr 25, 2005

Venue

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Crowne Plaza Houston-Downtown

1700 Smith St
Houston, TX
713-739-8800 (reservations)

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Cityplace Conference Center

2711 North Haskell Avenue
Dallas, TX
214.515.5100
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