6-Hour Program
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Overview
Why You Should Attend
Attorneys interested in representing unaccompanied immigrant children will learn the framework for legal relief for these clients and effective strategies for working with children.
What You Will Learn
- How removal proceedings against children are conducted, and some of the key affirmative defenses available under US immigration law
- Eligibility requirements and procedural steps in seeking special immigrant juvenile status, a remedy for certain children subjected to maltreatment by one or both parents
- Eligibility requirements and procedural steps in seeking asylum as an unaccompanied child
- Best practices in representing children
Who Should Attend
Lawyers and paralegals who represent, or intend to represent, immigrant children and families