Past Seminars
For 50 years, the National Immigration Project has designed innovative legal strategies to defend immigrant rights. We are committed to sharing those strategies and innovations via Continuing Legal Education (CLE) seminars, webinars, litigation meetings, and panels for attorneys and advocates. This page lists our past trainings with links to purchase for members and non-members.
During this webinar, the faculty will discuss how to screen for expedited removal orders, review 8 CFR § 103.5, highlight potential legal and factual arguments, offer insight into the framing and components of the motion to reopen or reconsider...
During this hybrid seminar, the faculty discuss all about motions to reopen.
During this webinar, the faculty discuss various bars to immigration relief that a removal order can cause and will outline strategies for overcoming those bars. The webinar also covers the latest updates in seeking adjustment of status for Temporary...
During this webinar the faculty teach legal representatives of respondents in removal proceedings how to spot and resolve the most frequently encountered ethical issues. From the challenges of joint representation of spouses and family members...
Obtaining accurate and thorough criminal records for a noncitizen client can be crucial as they prepare affirmative applications for relief or develop defenses in removal proceedings. This webinar reviews the strategic utility of criminal records for...
Terrorism-related inadmissibility grounds (TRIG) can be extremely detrimental to a noncitizen's case, but TRIG allegations are not insuperable barriers. This webinar addresses how to overcome TRIG allegations by taking a deep dive into the elements...
This is a two-day seminar on immigration defense strategies.
This webinar takes a deep dive into precedent on credibility and impeachment issues and guidance on how adjudicators determine credibility and review these determinations on appeal. The faculty will also offer practical tips on how to present asylum...
A 4-day training that will benefit immigrant rights advocates who have limited immigration court advocacy experience and want to establish a solid foundation in litigation skills through an intensive training experience with meaningful feedback from...
During this webinar, we discuss how to seek prosecutorial discretion post Texas v. United States, what factors to consider before joining OPLA on a motion to dismiss, how to oppose unilateral motions to dismiss when dismissal is not in our client's...