April 30: Working with Immigrants: The Intersection of Basic Immigration, Housing, and Domestic Violence Issues in California 2018

You should attend this training if you would like to provide pro bono services to immigrant clients in the areas of housing, immigration, or domestic violence or you would like to improve your representation of immigrant clients generally. 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, develops the practitioner's understanding of the role that immigration law plays in the representation, and provides concrete examples. 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.

What You Will Learn

• Cultural 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 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
• Confidentiality and safety planning for immigrants, both documented and undocumented.

Legal aid and private practitioners who work with immigrant clients or who would like to provide pro bono services to immigrant clients in the areas of immigration, housing, or domestic violence would benefit from attending this program.

Title:
Working with Immigrants: The Intersection of Basic Immigration, Housing, and Domestic Violence Issues in California 2018
When/Where:

April 30, 2018

9:00 AM Pacific

Webcast - Register Now!

Also live in San Francisco, CA
Speakers:

• Co-Chairs:
• Protima Pandey ~ Director, Office of Women's Policy, County Executive Office, County of Santa Clara
• Linda Tam ~ Director, Immigration Practice, East Bay Community Law Center
• Trina Chatterjee ~ Partner, MVTC Family Law
• Katherine Chu ~ Staff Attorney & Program Manager, Housing Rights, Asian-Americans Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus
• Melissa Colón ~ Disrupting Displacement Project Manager, Community Economic Justice Clinic, East Bay Community Law Center
• Nicole Ford ~ Law Offices of Nicole Ford
• Eunice Lee ~ Co-Legal Director, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies
• Nancy K.D. Lemon ~ Director, Domestic Violence Practicum, Co-Founder and Legal Director, Family Violence Appellate Project, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
• Cindy C. Liou ~ Deputy Director of Legal Services, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)
• Jason Luu ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
• Kemi Mustapha ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
• Karlo Ng ~ Supervising Attorney, National Housing Law Project
• Jassmin Poyaoan ~ Director, Community Economic Justice Clinic, East Bay Community Law Center
• Catherine Seitz ~ Legal Director, Legal Services for Children
• Program Attorney: Christina Thompson ~ Senior Pro Bono Program Attorney, Practising Law Institute

By:
Practising Law Institute (PLI)
Credit:
Credit in most jurisdictions
Cost:
Free and open to the public.
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