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2007

Immigration Fundamentals

Removal, Relief and Adjustment
Plano Apr 19-20, 2007
Conference Concluded
Houston May 3-4, 2007 Crowne Plaza Houston-Downtown
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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. Taught by three clinical teachers of immigration law, along with guest speakers, the focus is practical: you’ll not only learn the relevant law and procedure, but hear techniques and strategies for effectively handling typical problems.

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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 Morning, Apr. 19, 2007
  • 8:00 am
    Plano Only
    Registration opens


  • Plano Only
    Includes continental breakfast

  • 8:45 am
    Plano Only
    Welcoming Remarks
    Welcoming Remarks

  • 9:00 am
    1.00 hr
    Grounds of Deportability and Inadmissibility
    Review of grounds of deportability and inadmissibility; strategies for contesting common grounds of removal.

  • 10:00 am
    0.75 hr
    Bond Proceedings

  • 10:45 am
    Plano Only
    Break
    Break

  • 11:00 am
    1.00 hr
    Contesting Deportability
    Procedural challenges to the Notice to Appear; evidentiary challenges; and tele-video procedures and challenges.

  • Thursday Afternoon, Apr. 19, 2007
  • 12:00 pm
    Plano Only
    Lunch on your Own
    Lunch on Your Own

  • 1:15 pm
    1.00 hr
    Citizenship
    Who is a U.S. citizen and how claims are documented; the Child Citizenship Act; asserting claims to citizenship in removal proceedings.

  • 2:15 pm
    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.

  • 3:15 pm
    Plano Only
    Break
    Break

  • 3:30 pm
    1.00 hr
    Demonstrations: Bond Re-Determination Proceedings and Master Calendar Hearings
    Conference faculty will role-play a demonstration of bond re-determination proceedings and master calendar hearings.

  • 4:30 pm
    1.00 hr
    Questions and Answers
    Speakers discuss practical solutions to participants’ questions and cases.

  • 5:00 pm
    Plano Only
    Adjourn
    Adjourn

  • Time
    Credit
    Subject
    Speaker
  • Friday Morning, Apr. 20, 2007
  • 8:00 am
    Conference Room Opens
    Conference Room Opens

  • Includes continental breakfast

  • 8:30 am
    1.00 hr
    0.25 hr ethics
    Family-Based Visas and Procedures
    Family-based visa categories and procedures for respondents in removal proceedings; ethical issues raised by representation of married couples.

  • 9:30 am
    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.

  • 10:15 am
    Break
    Break

  • 10:30 am
    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.

  • 11:30 am
    1.00 hr
    Relief from Removal
    Cancellation of removal of permanent and nonpermanent residents; waiver of inadmissibility under former Sec. 212c.

  • Friday Afternoon, Apr. 20, 2007
  • 12:30 pm
    Lunch on your Own
    Lunch on Your Own

  • 1:45 pm
    0.50 hr
    Documentation of Applications for Discretionary Relief
    Relief-strategies to document a discretionary case for relief; use of experts and witnesses, mock submission of documents into evidence.

  • 2:15 pm
    1.00 hr
    0.25 hr ethics
    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.

  • 3:15 pm
    Break
    Break

  • 3:30 pm
    0.50 hr ethics
    Ethical Issues in Immigration Law
    A summary of some of the basic ethical issues facing immigration practitioners including: preparing witnesses to testify in court; preparation and presentation of documentary evidence to the court; and withdrawing as counsel when there is an ethical issue or conflict of interest.

  • 4:00 pm
    0.50 hr
    Questions and Answers
    Speakers discuss practical solutions to participants’ questions and cases.

  • 4:30 pm
    Adjourn
    Adjourn

  • 5:00 pm
    1.00 hr
    Conference Faculty

    Barbara Hines has practiced in the field of Immigration
    Law since 1975 and is Board Certified by the Texas
    Board of Legal Specialization in Immigration and Nationality
    Law. She is currently a clinical professor at
    The University of Texas School of Law and directs its
    Immigration Law Clinic. She served as the first Co-
    Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights
    Under Law of Texas, Immigrant and Refugee Rights
    Project and is currently of counsel and a member of
    the Board of Directors of the organization. She has
    received awards from the national and Texas chapters
    of the American Immigration Lawyers Association
    (AILA), and is listed in the Who’s Who of American
    Women and Best Lawyers in America.
    Lee Terán is a clinical professor of law and directs the
    Immigration & Human Rights Clinic at St. Mary’s University
    School of Law. She is a 1975 graduate of the University
    of Colorado School of Law, and has been Board
    Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization
    since 1984. Prior to joining St. Mary’s University, she was
    Co-Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights
    Under Law of Texas, Immigrant and Refugee Rights
    Project, and was engaged in private practice.
    Joseph A. Vail is a 1979 graduate of Widener Law
    School. He entered the field of immigration law in
    1980 as a volunteer through VISTA (Volunteers In Service
    To America). He was a staff attorney for three years with Gulf Coast Legal Foundation in Houston,
    and from 1984 to 1995 he was in private practice in
    Houston. In 1995 he was appointed as an immigration
    judge with the United States Department of Justice,
    where he served until 1999. From July 1999 to
    the present he has supervised the immigration clinic
    at the University of Houston Law Center where he
    has also taught several courses on immigration law.
    He is board certified by the Texas Board of Legal
    Specialization in Immigration and Nationality Law.

    Guest Faculty

    Plano: April 19-20, 2007
    J Joseph Reina
    Reina & Associates P.C.
    Dallas
    George Rodriguez
    Saenz-Rodriguez & Associates PC
    Dallas
    Michelle L. Saenz-Rodriguez
    Saenz-Rodriguez & Associates PC
    Dallas


    Houston: May 3-4, 2007
    Nancy Falgout
    Attorney-at-Law
    Houston
    Richard S. Fischer
    The Law Offices of Richard S. Fischer
    Nacogdoches

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

  • Day 1 April 19, 2007
  • Day 2 April 20, 2007
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Conference Faculty

Barbara Hines

The University of Texas School of Law
Austin, TX

Lee J. Terán

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

Joseph A. Vail

Houston, TX

Credit Info

  • Plano
  • Houston
MCLE Credit
Toggle view Texas – 12.50 hrs  |  1.00 hrs Ethics
Legal Specialization(s): Immigration and Nationality Law
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 – 12.50 hrs  |  1.00 hrs Ethics
Legal Specialization(s): Immigration and Nationality Law
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

Plano – Apr 19-20, 2007
Conference Concluded
Houston – May 3-4, 2007 – Crowne Plaza Houston-Downtown
Conference Concluded
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  • Plano
  • Houston
Standard Registration
Last day for $350.00 Regular pricing: Apr 11, 2007

$400.00 for registrations received after this time

Last day for cancellation (full refund): Apr 13, 2007

$50 processing fee applied after this date

Last day for cancellation: Apr 16, 2007
Standard Registration
Last day for $350.00 Regular pricing: Apr 25, 2007

$400.00 for registrations received after this time

Last day for cancellation (full refund): Apr 27, 2007

$50 processing fee applied after this date

Last day for cancellation: Apr 30, 2007

Venue

Parking Information

Complimentary

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Embassy Suites Hotel - Frisco

7600 John Q. Hammons Dr
Plano, TX

Accommodations

$169.00 good through Mar 22, 2007

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Crowne Plaza Houston-Downtown

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

Accommodations

$149.00 good through Apr 20, 2007

Parking Information

Valet Only: $10 day; $19 overnight

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