Calendar
-
Fri Feb 2
- CLE Credit
- Download to calendar
- print friendly
Asylum, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Crime Victim, and Other Immigration Relief 2024: The Basics (Virtual Event)
- 9:00 AM - 1:15 PM
- Eastern Time (US & Canada)
- By: Practising Law Institute
- Status/Classification
- Pro Bono
- Other Immigration
- Political Asylum
The Practising Law Institute is offering a webcast of a live presentation from New York entitled Asylum, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Crime Victim, and Other Immigration Relief 2024: The Basics on February 2, 2024 from 9:00 AM-1:15 PM Eastern.
Registration: .$129
Full scholarships and discounts to attend PLI programs are widely available to attorneys working in nonprofit/legal services organizations; pro bono attorneys; government attorneys; judges and judicial law clerks; law professors and law students; senior attorneys (age 65 and over); law librarians and paralegals who work for nonprofit/legal services organizations; unemployed attorneys; and others with financial hardships.
All eligible attendees are urged to complete and submit a PLI Scholarship Application.
https://www.pli.edu/probono/pbscholarship
Why You Should Attend
This program will provide an overview of immigration relief that may be available to children, victims of crime and trafficking, and individuals eligible for asylum. The program will also address cancellation of removal and related relief. Experienced faculty will discuss substantive and procedural issues as well as new developments in relevant case law and processes.
What You Will Learn
After completing this program, participants will be able to:
- Understand asylum basics
- Recognize key fundamentals of Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)
- Identify immigration relief for victims of crime or abuse
- Understand the role of cancellation of removal and related relief
Who Should Attend
The program will benefit attorneys who represent, or are seeking to represent, these vulnerable populations.
- CLE Credit Comments:
PA CLE Credit: 3.5 Substantive Credits
The Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board has set the following requirements for 2023 and 2024:
For compliance periods ending in 2022 and thereafter, or until further modification by the Board, the number of credits earned through accredited pre-recorded/on-demand (asynchronous) programs shall not exceed six (6).
Credits earned through accredited live-online (synchronous) programs shall be treated the same as traditional classroom courses. Only credits earned through live-online and in-person/classroom courses taken during this period may carry forward (up to two compliance periods).
- Contact: