Immigration Law 2020: 4 General Hours

Courses Included

• Immigration Law 2020: Third-Country Transit Ban for Asylum
  
  

  Are you new to asylum law and want to know the current trends and issues? Are you experienced in asylum law and want to ensure your understanding is current? If so, this is the panel for you. The presenters will highlight, analyze, and answer questions on the hottest and most current topics of asylum law. Said issues include, but are not limited to, Asylum Cooperative Agreements and Federal Register publications by DHS and DOJ.

  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:0.00General Credits:1.00

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • Arléne Amarante, Lincoln Memorial University, Knoxville
  • Andrew Rankin, Law Office of Andrew Rankin, Memphis
    Andrew Rankin earned a Bachelor of Arts degree (summa cum laude) in May 2009 and a Juris Doctor (summa cum laude) in May 2018, both from The University of Memphis. In law school, Mr. Rankin graduated...
• Immigration Law 2020: EOIR - Gang of 35/Denial of Amicus
  
  

  The Roundtable of Retired Immigration Judges and BIA Members (sometimes called “the Gang of 35”) has filed amicus briefs in no less than 37 cases before the BIA, the Circuit Courts, and the Supreme Court. These cases involve a variety of topics, including post-Pereira litigation, definition of Particular Social Group, and bond issue. Each amicus brief stresses the experience and expertise of the judges and former Board members. In this program, I will talk about a number of Roundtable successes, some failures to convince the appellate courts, and ask for any cases the attendees might know about which could benefit from Roundtable participation.

  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:0.00General Credits:1.00

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • Michelle Mendez, Catholic Immigration Network, Inc.,
    Mendez was awarded the 2015 American Immigration Lawyers Association’s Joseph Minsky Young Lawyer Award, recognized as one of the “Very Important Professionals Successful by 40” by...
  • Charles Pazar, University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, MEMPHIS
    Charles Pazar was born in the Bronx, New York.  He grew up in suburban New Jersey, and attended Boston University where he graduated magna cum laude with Distinction in Political Science in...
• Immigration Law 2020: Supreme Court Review, including DACA
  
  

  Over the past few years, the US Supreme Court has heard a number of critically important immigration cases. The cases have ranged in challenges to new restrictions on asylum seekers’ rights to seek judicial redress, compliance with the Administrative Procedures Act in Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals to denial of the right to a bond hearing in detention. This panel will review and discuss recent immigration law decisions and current cases before the Supreme Court.

  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:0.00General Credits:1.00

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • Lily Axelrod, Siskind Susser PC,
    Lily S. Axelrod  is a Spanish-speaking attorney at the Memphis office of Siskind Susser where her practice focuses on complex removal defense, crimmigration, and family-based immigration. ...
  • William Gill IV, Lincoln Memorial University, Duncal School of Law, Knoxville
    William Gill joined LMU Law as a visiting professor in 2015. In 2016 he became an assistant professor and teaches in the Academic Success and Legal Writing programs. From 2012 until 2015, he served as...
  • Karla McKanders, NAACP LDF Thurgood Marshall Institute, Washington
    Karla McKanders is a Clinical Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University Law School where she directs the Immigration Practice Clinic and teaches Critical Race Theory and the Law and Immigration Law....
• Immigration Law 2020: Representation of Clients During COVID-19
  
  

  Practicing during a time of regulatory and policy changes is stressful enough. Add a pandemic to the mix and representing client takes on a new level of anxiety. Join this session for updates on immigration policy as related to COVID-19 and tips and suggestions on how to represent clients in during a pandemic.

  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:0.00General Credits:1.00

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • Katja Hedding, Katja Hedding Attorney at Law, Murfreesboro
    Katja is a sole practitioner in Murfreesboro, TN.  She practices exclusively immigration law. Born in Finland and having lived, studied and worked in several different countries, the private...
  • Chay Sengkhounmany, Legal Aid Society of Middle TN and the Cumberlands, Nashville
    Chay Sengkhounmany is the Lead Immigration Attorney at the Legal Aid Society of Middle TN and the Cumberlands. At Legal Aid Society, Chay directs the Survivors Immigration Legal (SIL) Project and...