Many immigrant clients require assistance with a constellation of related yet distinct issues. This day-long program attempts to address these particular areas of overlap. Experienced practitioners in the areas of immigration, family law, and housing will share their expertise by providing insight into cultural issues that arise when working with immigrant clients, how these areas of law overlap to provide special protections and remedies to immigrants and domestic violence survivors, and how immigration status impacts eligibility for federally subsidized housing.- Cultural competency issues to be aware of when working with immigrant clients generally and specific issues that arise in housing and domestic violence cases
- What is domestic violence and how does it impact immigrant and LGBT communities
- How immigration status affects eligibility for federally subsidized housing
- Fair Housing laws that protect immigrants and domestic violence survivors
- Special housing protections for domestic violence survivors in the Violence Against Women’s Act and other California laws
- What family law issues are implicated when working with immigrant survivors of domestic violence
- How to get your client legal immigration status based on domestic violence.
Title:
Working with Immigrants: The Intersection of Basic Immigration, Housing, and Domestic Violence Issues in California
When/Where:
May 13, 2014
9:00 AM Pacific
San Francisco, CA
May. 13, 2014
9:00 AM Pacific
Webcast - Register Now!
Also presented in-person in San Francisco.
Speakers:
- Co-Chairs:
- Brenda Star Adams ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
- Sharon Djemal ~ Supervising Attorney & Clinical Instructor, Housing Practice, East Bay Community Law Center
- Susan Bowyer ~ Deputy Director, Immigration Center for Women and Children
- Monique Farris ~ Managing Attorney, Collective Legal Services, Eviction Defense Center
- Lisa Frydman ~ Associate Director/Managing Attorney, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies
- Nancy K.D. Lemon ~ Director, Domestic Violence Practicum; Lecturer, Domestic Violence Law Seminar, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
- Cindy C. Liou ~ Staff Attorney, Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach
- Karlo Ng ~ Staff Attorney, National Housing Law Project
- Khanh T. Nguyen ~ Staff Attorney, Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach
- Protima Pandey ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
- Tirien Steinbach ~ Executive Director, East Bay Community Law Center
- Lindsay Sweetnam ~ Community Programs Director, La Casa de Las Madres
- Hongvilay Thongsamouth ~ Partner, Murphy, Vu, Thongsamouth & Chatterjee, LLP
- Program Attorney - Christina Thompson ~ Program Attorney, Practising Law Institute.
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By:
Practising Law Institute
Cost:
Free
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