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SUMMARY:Portable Justice in Protection Cases: Transnationa
 l Evidence Collection From Mexico & Central Americ
 a for Asylum & Other Protection Claims in the U.S.
  (Virtual Event)
LOCATION:
DESCRIPTION:Practising Law Institute is offering a
  virtual one-hour program entitled  Portable Justi
 ce in Protection Cases: Transnational Evidence Col
 lection From Mexico & Central America for Asylum &
  Other Protection Claims in the U.S.  (https://www
 .pli.edu/programs/portable-justice-in-protection-c
 ases-transnational-evidence-collection-from-mexico
 --central-america-for-asylum--other-protection-cla
 ims-in-the-u.s/457427)  on March 4, 2026 from 1:00
  PM-2:00 PM Eastern.   

Registration: $25     

 

Full scholarships and discounts to attend PLI p
 rograms are widely available to attorneys working 
 in nonprofit/legal services organizations; pro bon
 o attorneys; government attorneys; judges and judi
 cial law clerks; law professors and law students; 
 senior attorneys (age 65 and over); law librarians
  and paralegals who work for nonprofit/legal servi
 ces organizations; unemployed attorneys; and other
 s with financial hardships.   

All eligible att
 endees are urged to complete and submit a PLI Scho
 larship Application. 
  https://www.pli.edu/probo
 no/pbscholarship  (https://www.pli.edu/probono/pbs
 cholarship)     

Building strong asylum and pro
 tection claims in the United States depends on cre
 dible facts and well-documented evidence. Yet many
  people fleeing persecution are forced to leave th
 eir home countries abruptly, without the time, res
 ources, or safety needed to gather critical docume
 nts. Once in the U.S., obtaining records from abro
 ad—specifically from Mexico and Central America—ca
 n be complex, slow, and legally challenging.   


 
This program explores the practical and legal rea
 lities of transnational evidence collection in pro
 tection cases. It is designed to equip advocates w
 ith concrete tools to obtain civil registry docume
 nts, criminal and police records, medical files, a
 nd sworn statements, as well as to arrange remote 
 testimony from foreign witnesses. Emphasis is plac
 ed on navigating country-specific procedures, avoi
 ding common evidentiary pitfalls, and ensuring tha
 t evidence gathered abroad is legally sound and us
 able in U.S. proceedings.   What You Will Learn   
 

Topics to be covered include:   
    
>  Int
 roduction: What Is “Portable Justice”? (5 minutes)
   
    
>  Defining portable justice in the cont
 ext of protection cases   
>  Why cross-border ev
 idence collection is often decisive       
>  Doc
 umentary Evidence (35 minutes)  
    
>  Civil R
 egistry Documents   
>  Criminal and Police Recor
 ds   
>  Powers of Attorney and Notaries       

 >  Fact Investigation and Evidence Gathering in Ch
 allenging Political Contexts (5 minutes)  
    

 >  Conducting investigations safely   
>  Collect
 ing declarations and corroborating evidence amid r
 epression or instability       
>  Remote Testimo
 ny and Depositions (15 minutes)  
    
>  Immigr
 ation Court (EOIR)   
>  Federal Court         Wh
 o Should Attend   

Who Should Attend: Legal aid
  and nonprofit attorneys, pro bono counsel, legal 
 services advocates, and allied professionals seeki
 ng practical guidance on cross-border evidence col
 lection in asylum and other protection cases.
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