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** 2025 Seminar Registration Reminder!
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** Individual registration closes this Friday, September 12 at 11:59 PM ET ([link removed])
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We are thrilled to see the registrations coming in for our upcoming CLE program (virtual on Zoom), this September 17 and 18,[link removed] Immigrants Impacted by Criminalization: Legal Strategies and Evolving Challenges ([link removed]) , for attorneys representing immigrants with criminal legal system contacts as well as criminal defense attorneys representing noncitizens. The courses will provide up to 10.5 CLE credit hours and are designed to be useful and engaging for both introductory and advanced practitioners. Individual registration closes this Friday, September 12th, at 11:59PM ET.
On day one, sessions will cover a broad range of topics for attorneys representing immigrants with criminal legal system contacts, to aid with issue spotting and forming case strategy. This will include the use and defense of the categorical approach to defend clients charged with removability or ineligibility for relief, recent challenges to effective post-conviction relief for noncitizens, key crim-imm case law updates, and the application of the particularly serious crime bar to asylum and withholding of removal. ([link removed])
On day two, presenters will discuss the preservation and litigation of crim-imm statutory issues post- Loper Bright, how to challenge retroactive application of immigration laws, emerging issues for noncitizens in federal criminal enforcement, developments in sanctuary laws and policies for New Yorkers, and what to know about data-sharing implications for immigrant clients.
** Schedule and Presenters
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Day 1: Wednesday, September 17, 2025 (10:00 am - 4:45 pm ET)
* ZoomEvents lobby opens at 9:30 am ET
* Using and Defending the Categorical Approach presented by Talia Peleg, CUNY School of Law and Amelia Marritz, Brooklyn Defender Services
+ This session will teach advocates how to use the categorical approach to defend clients and will discuss recent litigation issues. The training will review steps of the categorical approach and present hypotheticals to demonstrate concepts including overbreadth, divisibility, and realistic probability.
* Recent Challenges to Effective Post-Conviction Relief for Noncitizens presented by Mike Mehr, Law Office of Mehr & Soto, LLP and Ryan Muennich, Immigrant Defense Project
+ This session will cover a variety of topics relevant to getting post-conviction relief recognized in immigration proceedings. Panelists will discuss case law developments, strategies for winning motions to reopen based on PCR, and burden of proof.
* Crim-imm Case Law Update, 2024-2025 presented by Rebecca Hufstader, Legal Services of New Jersey and Elyssa Williams, Bronx Defenders
+ Overview of key crim-imm decisions over the last year, with a focus on the Second Circuit, Third Circuit, and precedential BIA decisions.
* Challenging Application of the Particularly Serious Crime Bar to Asylum and Withholding of Removal presented by Phil Torrey, Harvard Law School and Tiffany Lieu, Harvard Law School
+ Our panelists will explain the particularly serious crime bar to asylum and withholding of removal, describing the analysis required to determine whether a prior conviction may be a PSC, recent case law developments, and how to challenge a PSC determination.
Day 2: Thursday, September 18, 2025 (10:00 am - 4:40 pm ET)
* ZoomEvents lobby opens at 9:30 am ET
* Preserving and Litigating Crim-imm Statutory Issues Post Loper Bright presented by Nancy Morawitz, NYU School of Law, Emma Winger, American Immigration Council, and Sayoni Maitra, Legal Aid Society
+ This session will discuss the impact of Loper Bright on crim-imm statutory issues, including the role of prior circuit court precedent, statutory delegation, and other issues. Panelists will discuss case law developments following Loper Bright, current crim-imm issues, and using substantive canons to make statutory arguments.
* Challenging Retroactive Application of Immigration Statutes presented by Manny Vargas, Immigrant Defense Project and Nabilah Siddiquee, Immigrant Defense Project
+ This session will explain the legal standards for when statutes or agency decisions may be applied retroactively and when they may not. Panelists will discuss arguments for defending against improper retroactive application of new law against their clients, including review of prior litigation and case law.
* Noncitizens and Federal Criminal Enforcement: Emerging Issues presented by Isaac Wheeler, Federal Defenders of New York
+ This session will focus on the weaponization of the federal criminal enforcement and legal system against non-citizens and emerging issues under this federal administration. Topics will include federal prosecutions for failure to register, illegal entry and eluding inspection; border militarization and military trespass; and considerations for state defenders representing noncitizen clients with federal criminal exposure.
* Sanctuary - Federalism, Litigation and Protecting New Yorkers moderated by Marie Mark, CUNY School of Law and presented by Rick Su, University of North Carolina School of Law; Meghna Philip, Legal Aid Society; and Rosa Cohen–Cruz, Bronx Defenders
+ This session will address the landscape on sanctuary laws and policies including federal government challenges to sanctuary, challenges to our sanctuary laws in New York City and state, and pending relevant legislation.
* Data Sharing and What to Know for Immigrant Clients moderated by Mizue Aizeki, Collaborative Research Center for Resilience and presented by Jesse Franzblau, National Immigrant Justice Center; Julie Mao, Just Futures Law; and Elizabeth Vasquez, The Forensic Evidence Table
+ This session will discuss data-sharing and its implications in practice. Panelists will share transnational, domestic, and local data sharing considerations for non-citizen clients.
** Fees
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Individual registration closes this Friday, September 12 at 11:59 PM ET ([link removed])
General
Nonprofit
One day
280
One day
170
Two days
450
Two days
280
The Immigrant Defense Project has been certified by the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board as an Accredited Provider of continuing legal education. The program will be appropriate for both newly admitted and experienced attorneys.
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