AILA 2009 Annual Conference; June 3-6, 2009, Las Vegas, NV
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(Annual 09) Are You Smarter Than an AILA Mentor? Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid & Traps for the UnwarySession ID: AC09-001 & 002 Product Type: Downloadable
This advanced session will review common mistakes and traps in which practitioners find themselves. The panel will also discuss when to rely on information from clients and how to clean up mistakes made by prior counsel. Nancy B. Elkind, Robert E. Banta, ... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Cutting Edge Issues in S, T & U VisasSession ID: AC09-003 & 004 Product Type: Downloadable
The faculty will discuss affirmative applications, relief in removal proceedings, and overcoming some of the common barriers to these claims for relief from removal. Learn the differences between these forms of relief, the advantages and disadvantages of ... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Defeating the Slow Play: District Court Challenges to Unlawful Agency Action: The APA, Declaratory Actions, Habeas, and MandamusSession ID: AC09-005 & 006 Product Type: Downloadable
This panel will focus on how to challenge agency action through use of the Administrative Procedure Act and declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as non-traditional uses of habeas and mandamus. The faculty will provide examples of cases where these a... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Fundamentals Workshop: Winning the Jackpot: NaturalizationSession ID: AC09-007 & 008 Product Type: Downloadable
This session will discuss the fundamentals of naturalization, including how to determine client eligibility and how to effectively represent your client throughout the process up to and after the USCIS interview. Paul Soreff , Giselle Carson, Gali Schaham... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) How to Launch Your Own Immigration PracticeSession ID: AC09-009 & 010 Product Type: Downloadable
Starting an immigration practice can be exhilarating and challenging at the same time. Let our experienced faculty help you launch your practice and never look back! Davis C. Bae, Sarah Z. Brown, Todd Irwin, Amy R. Novick... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Is This What You Went to Law School For? The Proper Role of the LawyerSession ID: AC09-011 & 012 Product Type: Downloadable
Attorney actions have become increasingly scrutinized. This panel will discuss the appropriate role of the attorney in business immigration cases. It will explore the grey areas involved in case preparation, as well as working with the employer and employ... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) No Limit Global Immigration: How Different Countries Approach Business VisitorsSession ID: AC09-013 & 014 Product Type: Downloadable
Worldwide immigration experts will lead a roundtable discussion on general immigration alternatives for entering overseas countries for business purposes. Scott M. Borene, Eugene Chow, Laura Devine, Joel S. Guberman, Manuela Morais... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Are There Bailouts for Immigration Practitioners? The Impact of the Economy on H-1B and PERM FilingsSession ID: AC09-015 & 016 Product Type: Downloadable
The economic downturn has made the practice of business immigration law more challenging. The Sanders-Grassley provisions have significantly impacted the ability of particular employers to file H-1B petitions. The economic impact can also be felt on the l... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) President's InstallationSession ID: AC09-017 Product Type: Downloadable
Keynote Speaker: * Hon. Eric H. Holder Jr., Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC / President's Installation... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Hot TopicsSession ID: AC09-018 Product Type: Downloadable
Jerome G. Grzeca, David W. Leopold, Jeanne A. Butterfield, Crystal Williams, Marshall D. Fitz... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Interagency Government PanelSession ID: AC09-019 Product Type: Downloadable
Bernard P. Wolfsdorf, Robert P. Deasy, William Carlson, Dea Carpenter, Maureen Dugan, Jeffrey Gorsky, Barry O'Melinn, Juan P. Osuna, Daniel Tanciar... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Who Rules This Town: Agencies That Affect Immigration LawSession ID: AC09-020 Product Type: Downloadable
This session will provide an overview of the federal agencies that an attorney will encounter when handling immigration matters. The program will identify the jurisdiction of each agency, what applications are filed with each, how they interact with each ... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Nonimmigrants: Key Concepts to Analyze FirstSession ID: AC09-021 Product Type: Downloadable
This session will provide an overview of the basic concepts, rules and procedures pertaining to nonimmigrant visa status. Jeffrey A. Devore, David P. Berry, Michelle Funk, Alexander G. Rojas... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Immigrants: Visa Preference System and Acquisition of Immigrant StatusSession ID: AC09-022 Product Type: Downloadable
This session will provide an overview of the numerical limits of the immigrant visa preference system as reported in the Visa Bulletin and the basic concepts, rules and procedures pertaining to adjustment of status and consular processing. Charina P. Garc... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Nonimmigrant Visas: Part ISession ID: AC09-023 Product Type: Downloadable
This panel will provide a brief and basic overview of common nonimmigrant visa categories. The program will cover a mix of employment and non-employment-based categories. Stuart J. Reich, Michael Nowlan, Barbara Wong... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Nonimmigrant Visas: Part IISession ID: AC09-024 Product Type: Downloadable
This panel will provide an overview of common employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories and strategies for choosing a category. Bennett Savitz, Kyle D. Sherman, Tara L. Vance... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Back in the USA: How to Return After Relief Has Been GrantedSession ID: AC09-025 Product Type: Downloadable
What can you do when you win your client's case after he or she has left the country? After you win a case for a client already deported, your job is not done, as you now need to arrange for your client's return. Learn the practical aspects of getting you... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Fundamentals: You Want Me to File a PERM Application? OK, Here Is What You Need to Know...Session ID: AC09-026 Product Type: Downloadable
This panel will provide an introductory look at the issues and topics that should be addressed with an employer and employee before beginning the labor certification process. Topics will include processing times and costs, as well as the involvement expec... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Jeopardy Comes to AILA: Family-Based PotpourriSession ID: AC09-027 Product Type: Downloadable
Come test yourself against the experts in this Jeopardy-like game show. Learn all sorts of key immigration trivia providing options for your clients when the standard rules just do not win the day. It's the jackpot or crash and burn. Roy J. Watson, Kathri... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Place Your Bets: Unresolved Issues in Immigration LawSession ID: AC09-028 Product Type: Downloadable
A nuts and bolts session devoted to a hodge-podge of issues always seemingly "out there" but never getting any sort of systematic treatment. Practical, hands-on discussion guaranteed to help resolve some of those nagging problems. Angelo A. Paparelli, Jon... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Stomping Mad About ICE Raids: How to Get Community Leaders InvolvedSession ID: AC09-029 Product Type: Downloadable
Community outreach and advocacy is something that most lawyers are not adept at. Therefore, let's learn from those with experience on the ground in organizing effective responses to ICE raids. See how your involvement can benefit your practice. John C. ... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) BIA Practice RoundtableSession ID: AC09-030 Product Type: Downloadable
*Juan P. Osuna, *Bruce Gipe, *Ana Kocur, *Deepali Nadkarni... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) PERM I: Laying the PERM Foundation—Shuffle, Cut, and Deal the CardsSession ID: AC09-031 Product Type: Downloadable
Setting the stage for PERM recruitment is essential to increase your pay-off odds. This session will focus on handling preliminary PERM issues including the initial interview with the employee or employer, liaising with managers and human resources, and w... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) PERM II: Ready to Recruit and File—Roll the Dice!Session ID: AC09-032 Product Type: Downloadable
This panel will provide an overview of how to guide employers through the PERM recruitment process. The panel will cover preparing and filing Form 9089, documenting each recruitment step and preparing documents in order to survive an audit. Ester Greenfie... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) PERM III: Post-Filing Issues—Spin the DOL Roulette Wheel of Labor Certification Adjudication OptionsSession ID: AC09-033 Product Type: Downloadable
This panel will explore the issues and processes that may arise after a PERM application has been filed and how the immigration practitioner can navigate a case through DOL's adjudication process. Susan M. MacLean, Romy K. Kapoor, Grace Hoppin, Sharryn E.... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Going to the Chapel in Vegas: Visa Options: B-2/I-130/I-485, K-1, K-3, Consular ProcessingSession ID: AC09-034 Product Type: Downloadable
Your client is engaged and wants to live happily ever after in the U.S. But the client has so many options. What visa strategy is best? What are the odds? So how do you advise the client who has already entered as a visitor? Maria Mercedes Badia-Tavas, M... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Affidavit of Support Enforcement Issues: No Such Thing as a Quickie DivorceSession ID: AC09-035 Product Type: Downloadable
The marriage just didn't work out and you thought it would all just go away. However, the affidavit of support may have lingering effects on the sponsor. Family courts have begun to use affidavits of support in awarding support to the sponsored spouse. Ho... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Unconditional Love, Conditional Residency: Pitfalls in I-751sSession ID: AC09-036 Product Type: Downloadable
A change in marital status or the existence of dependents often causes turmoil in the conditional residence context. This panel examines the pitfalls in the removal of conditions for these "permanent" residents. Marcia N. Needleman, Tarik H. Sultan, Sonal... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Rollin’ the Dice: Grounds of Removability and Inadmissibility, Relief from Removal, and Trial Strategies in Defense of RemovalSession ID: AC09-037 & 038 Product Type: Downloadable
This program will assist the practitioner in devising a systematic way to analyze cases where the government has charged the client as removable or inadmissible, including a checklist for the possible forms of relief and how best to apply for them. Erich ... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Board of Immigration Appeals, Attorney General, and Federal Court UpdateSession ID: AC09-039 & 040 Product Type: Downloadable
This panel will review the key Board of Immigration Appeals, Attorney General, and Federal Court decisions issued during the past year, including Supreme Court cases. H. Raymond Fasano, Lucas Guttentag, Stacy Tolchin, Beth Werlin, John Guendelsberger... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Dealer’s Choice: Bi-Specialization Featuring the USCIS California and Vermont Service CentersSession ID: AC09-041 Product Type: Downloadable
Service center personnel from CSC and VSC will respond to common issues in processing of applications. AILA Liaisons will lead the discussions and raise the pertinent questions from the common issues they have had to address. Suzanne B. Seltzer, Kathleen ... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Dealer’s Choice: Bi-Specialization Featuring the USCIS Nebraska and Texas Service CentersSession ID: AC09-042 Product Type: Downloadable
Service center personnel from NSC and TSC will respond to common issues in processing of applications. AILA Liaisons will lead the discussions and raise the pertinent questions from the common issues they have had to address. Robert Lee DeMoss, Diana C. B... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Dealer’s Choice: National Benefits Center and National Visa Center UpdatesSession ID: AC09-043 Product Type: Downloadable
Personnel from the NBC and the NVC respond to issues in the processing of applications stateside and overseas. AILA Liaisons will lead the discussions and raise the pertinent questions from the common issues they have had to address. Leslie K. Dellon, Mar... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) CIS Ombudsman Open ForumSession ID: AC09-044 Product Type: Downloadable
Vic Goel, Manjunath Gokare, Wendy Kamenshine, Gary Merson, James Reaves... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Open ForumSession ID: AC09-045 Product Type: Downloadable
Fausta Maria Albi, Silvia Romo Graves, Maureen Dugan, Daniel Tanciar... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) Open ForumSession ID: AC09-046 Product Type: Downloadable
Amy L. Peck, T. Douglas Stump, Juan P. Osuna, Michael C. McGoings, MaryBeth Keller, Michael J. Creppy, Louis Ruffino... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Fundamentals: H-1B and L-1: I-129 Preparation and Supporting DocumentsSession ID: AC09-047 & 048 Product Type: Downloadable
This fundamental program will address how to complete the I-129 form when preparing initial and extension L-1 and H-1B petitions. The panelists will walk through the I-129 form section by section, as well as review what documents should be included with e... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Cashing in Your Chips: E Visa IssuesSession ID: AC09-049 & 050 Product Type: Downloadable
This is an intermediate-level panel that explores various requirements and issues that arise in preparing and submitting E visa applications at the U.S. consulate. Stephen Yale-Loehr, Henry J. Chang, Paul L. Samartin, Teri A. Simmons, Jeffrey Gorsky... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Fundamentals: Procedure at Immigration Court 101Session ID: AC09-051 & 052 Product Type: Downloadable
This introductory program is geared toward practitioners with limited or no experience with immigration court proceedings. Practitioners will learn what to expect when they appear before an immigration judge at the master calendar and individual hearing. ... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) In Vegas, Odds Are Not Probabilities—In Immigration, 90 Days Is Not Three Months: Complex Issues in Time Periods, Dates and Filing DeadlinesSession ID: AC09-053 & 054 Product Type: Downloadable
Do not leave your client's future to a roll of the dice. Not knowing how to count time periods and determine deadlines in the immigration field is like playing roulette. If 30 days for the RFE lands on Sunday, when must you submit? Your high-flying, const... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Know When to Hold ‘Em and Know When to Fold ‘Em—Corporate Changes: Immigration Status and OptionsSession ID: AC09-055 & 056 Product Type: Downloadable
Immigration lawyers are typically advised of a corporate change only after the fact and are then left to play the hand they have been dealt relating to foreign national employees who have been affected by the change. How can you try to prevent this situat... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) LGBT Issues: Some Things Should Not Be Left to ChanceSession ID: AC09-057 & 058 Product Type: Downloadable
Panelists will discuss issues that arise in the representation of LGBT clients, specifically taking a look at the pending legislation that could change the mainstream's idea of "family." Noemi E. Masliah, Mark R. Barr, Scott C. Titshaw... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) The Rules of the Game: The Categorical and Modified Categorical ApproachesSession ID: AC09-059 & 060 Product Type: Downloadable
This panel will prepare the experienced practitioner to deal with evolving judicial approaches to analyzing criminal convictions. An attorney who understands how the categorical and modified categorical approaches are evolving can better defend the client... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Becoming a Pit Boss: Controlling Your NIV Responses to RFEs, NOIDs, and NOIRsSession ID: AC09-061 Product Type: Downloadable
Why do I keep getting the same old RFEs for well-settled issues? It seems as though "standard" or "slam-dunk" cases are receiving more and more RFEs, NOIDs and NOIRs. This intermediate panel will cover key strategies and tactics in responding to these not... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Don’t Wager My Waiver: J-1 Waivers for Clinical PhysiciansSession ID: AC09-062 Product Type: Downloadable
Every J-1 physician sponsored by ECFMG for clinical medical training is subject to the two-year home residency requirement. Many of these physicians are not ready to return home. The U.S. also needs these physicians to offset the severe shortage of physic... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Fundamentals: Preparing a Spousal Family-Based PetitionSession ID: AC09-063 Product Type: Downloadable
This session will provide guidance on the steps to take to sponsor a spouse. It will start with the basics as to who can sponsor a spouse. It will then go through how to complete an I-130 petition and the documents to submit to USCIS. The panel will also ... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Good Things Come in Small Packages: Issues Affecting Small BusinessesSession ID: AC09-064 Product Type: Downloadable
This panel is designed to focus on the specific issues affecting small businesses in the NIV and IV contexts, particularly in light of the growing view of USCIS that small companies are not viable and do not qualify for NIVs and IVs. The panel will descri... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Playing the Trump Card: Federal Preemption: Challenging the Constitutionality of State Immigration LawsSession ID: AC09-065 Product Type: Downloadable
In recent years state legislatures have increasingly taken an active role in legislating laws in the absence of comprehensive immigration reform. This panel will explore the constitutionality of the states' role in regulating immigration and immigrants. ... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) Vegas Family Vacation: CSPASession ID: AC09-066 Product Type: Downloadable
The Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) has changed what a "child" is in the context of certain immigration benefits. This panel will discuss the Act, practical tips and the inevitable bumps that arise. Charles Wheeler, Ruth K. Oh, Angela M. Bean... Learn More |
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(Annual 09) You Can’t Do That Here: Different Results in Different VenuesSession ID: AC09-067 Product Type: Downloadable
Hear the experts discuss differential treatment of key issues in the various jurisdictions. Learn about those jurisdictions that accord certain issues more beneficial treatment while others deal with them more severely. Robert Pauw, Vikram K. Badrinath, ... Learn More |
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