The 40-hour BIA training is made available with the help of Professor Juan Carlos Gómez, Director of the Carlos A. Costa Immigration and Human Rights Clinic at Florida International University along with practicing attorneys, former judges, law professors and attorneys from immigrant advocacy organizations. You will be responsible for bringing your own laptop. These seminars will be in English, no translation will be available. Participants will need to purchase the following books (listed below) directly from ILRC at www.ilrc.org. Once you have registered we will provide you with a discount code.

• A Comprehensive Immigration Practice Manual
  20th Edition The target release date is June 7, 2016. Please note: This is the target date and the actual date is subject to change.

Topics:

• Overview of Immigration Law
• How to Do Legal Research
• Ethical Duties of Immigration Advocates
• Grounds of Inadmissibility and Deportability
• Family Immigration
• Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
• Deferred Action for Parental Responsibility (DAPA)
• Visas for Victims of Crime: VAWA, U and T Visas
• The Removal Process
• Cancellation of Removal
• Asylum
• Visas for Religious Workers [R Visas]
• Registry, Legalization, Family Unity, NACARA Adjustment
• The Rights of Immigrants and the Detention System
• Special Immigrant Juvenile
• Naturalization and Citizenship
• Legal Writing
• The Role of the Immigration Advocate and Client Interviewing Skills
• BIA Recognition and Accreditation
• How to Open an Immigration Center

Registration:
Preregistration is required. This training is only available for community-based, non-profit organization staff. Please note that you must send a copy of the organization's IRS 501(c) 3 letter designating your agency as a non-profit to (954)680-2023 (fax), or email a copy to frances@alm.org. Your registration will be confirmed upon receipt of this letter.