Jan 27/Web: Crisis in Haiti: Addressing the Legal Issues

Join Julie E. Dinnerstein, Co-Director of the Immigration Intervention Project, Sanctuary for Families, and Miriam A. Buhl, Pro Bono Counsel at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, for  Crisis in Haiti: Addressing the Legal Issues Wednesday January 27 , 2010 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, a free One-Hour Briefing By Practising Law Institute on Temporary Protected Status applications and disaster-related pro bono legal/non-legal assistance to minimize the risk of catastrophic loss of life and infrastructure.
Topics to be addressed include:

• What is Temporary Protected Status, and how to apply?
• Who is eligible for Haitian TPS?
• Who should not apply for TPS?
• What other legal needs are likely to emerge?
• How can lawyers help with natural disasters?

Natural disasters may be unpreventable, but there are ways lawyers can help. The Obama administration has designated Haiti as a country whose nationals may be eligible for Temporary Protected Status - as it has to survivors of Latin American earthquakes and those fleeing extreme political upheaval in Africa - so that the Haitian diaspora in the United States will be allowed to work and send vitally needed money home.

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