| CHALLENGING THE IMMIGRATION CONSEQUENCES OF CRIMES
Cosponsored with the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild
Please Note: This course has already
been held.
Date: Friday, December 01, 2006
Location: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
Time: 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
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The National Immigration Project was formed in 1974 as a committee of the National Lawyers Guild and became a free-standing organization in 1980. Since its inception the National Immigration Project has served as a progressive source of advocacy-oriented legal support on immigrant rights issues. In the 1970s and 1980s the Project helped political refugees seek asylum in the U.S., with an emphasis on asylum-seekers from Central America. In the 1990s, the Project worked with several other groups to challenge the government’s use of secret evidence against noncitizens, and expanded support for immigrant survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault by forming a national advocacy coalition. The Project also began to draw attention to the plight of HIV positive noncitizens, and campaigned to end draconian travel restrictions on HIV positive noncitizens and visitors to the U.S. Today, the National Immigration Project is one of the few national-level, legal support groups that specializes in defending the rights of immigrants facing incarceration and deportation.
Attend and Learn:
This day-long, interactive skills seminar features the latest developments on the immigration consequences of convictions of different crimes and techniques for working with criminal defense counsel to negotiate plea agreements to reduce adverse immigration consequences. Faculty and participants will examine the immigration consequences of convictions for aggravated felonies, crimes of violence, firearms, theft and burglary, and fraud. Participants will analyze hypothetical exercises and have opportunities for questions and answers throughout the session.
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Dan Kesselbrenner, IV
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Is the Director of the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild. He is a nationally recognized expert on the immigration consequences of criminal convictions. He supervises all Project work having to do with incarceration and detention issues for immigrants. Dan also represents the National Immigration Project on coalition projects such as the Defending Immigrants Partnership, funded by the Ford Foundation, Open Society Institute, and the JEHT Foundation, and the BIA Pro Bono Appeals Project. He is the co-author of Immigration Law and Crimes (West Publishing) and numerous articles on immigration law. In 1992, he served on the Clinton-Gore Department of Justice Immigrant Transition Team. He has also received the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s Jack Wasserman Award, the National Immigration Project’s Carol King Award, and Central American Refugee Center’s Achievement Award for his work advancing and defending immigrants’ rights. |
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Wendy S. Wayne, Esq.
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Wendy S. Wayne has been the immigration law specialist for the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) since 2003, where she trains and advises criminal defense attorneys throughout Massachusetts on the immigration consequences of criminal convictions. She has been a staff attorney at CPCS since 1989 and spent many years in the trial unit. She received a B.S. from Tufts University and a J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law. Ms. Wayne was a member of the Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Substance Abuse from 1995 until 2001, served on the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers from 1996 until 2001, and is currently a member of the Suffolk County Drug Court Advisory Board. She lectures frequently on criminal and immigration law. In 2004, Ms. Wayne received the
Political Asylum and Immigration Representation (PAIR) Project’s Detention Attorney Award.
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William E. Graves, Esq.
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William E. Graves is a partner in the law firm of Graves and Doyle in Boston, Massachusetts. His practice is concentrated in the area of immigration law. Mr. Graves is a graduate of New York University and the George Washington University Law School. He is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the National Immigration Project. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the former Zaire. |
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Mary Holper, Esq.
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Mary Holper is the Detention Attorney for the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC)/ Boston College Immigration and Asylum Project in Boston, MA. Her work includes regularly visiting persons detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in New England to conduct “Know Your Rights” presentations and meeting with individuals about their immigration cases. She provides legal representation to detained non-citizens who are in removal proceedings. She supervises students in the Boston College Immigration Practicum and assists in teaching the immigration courses at the law school. Prior to working at CLINIC, Mary completed a two-year Equal Justice Works Fellowship with the Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition in Washington, D.C. Mary graduated from Boston College Law School in May 2003. Mary is a member of the Virginia bar since 2003, and a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). She is fluent in Spanish and French. |
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SPECIAL OFFER FOR REGISTRANTS Seminar registrants will have an opportunity to purchase the legal treatise Immigration Law and Crimes, published by Thomson West, at a significant discount. Registrants will also receive a gift certificate for one free segment on the recent online course “Beyond Limitations: Creative Strategies for All Immigration Lawyers,” which was sponsored by the New England Chapter of AILA and Suffolk University Law School More information about the offer will be sent to all registrants.
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| 9:00 |
PRELIMINARY ISSUES |
- Definition of Conviction
- Continued without a finding dispositions
- Guilty filed disposition
- Juvenile Dispositions
- Pre-trial diversion
- Burden of Proof
- Definition of admission
William Graves and Wendy Wayne
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| 10:00 |
CRIMES INVOLVING MORAL TURPITUDE AND ANALYTIC FRAMEWORK |
- Deportability for crimes involving moral turpitude
- Categorical Approach
- Record of Conviction
- Selected Strategies
William Graves & Mary Holper
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| 11:15 |
CRIMES OF VIOLENCE |
- Crimes of Violence
- Aggravated Felony
- Domestic Violence Offenses
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| 12:15 |
LUNCH (on your own) |
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| 1:15 |
FIREARMS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES |
- Firearm ground of deportability
- Controlled substance deportability
- Drug trafficking aggravated felony
Dan Kesselbrenner & Wendy Wayne
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| 2:45 |
SELECTED AGGRAVATED FELONIES |
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| 3:30 |
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| William Graves, Mary Holper, Dan Kesselbrenner & Wendy Wayne
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| Date: |
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Friday, December 01, 2006 |
| Tuition: |
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Tuition is $249; $199 for Suffolk alumni, members of the National Immigration Project, members of AILA and attorneys admitted to the Bar after 2003. The course book and a continental breakfast is included in the tuition charge. Centennial Scholarships provide a $100 discount off the regular tuition for our programs, are available to any attorney or professional employed in public service, or unable to afford the tuition. For more information, please visit http://www.law.suffolk.edu/academic/als/new.cfm or call 617) 573-8627.
HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS: The Boston Omni Parker House, located at 60 School Street in Boston, has Deluxe (single) or European (double) at the preferred rate of $170, and $149 respectively. Please call the hotel directly at 617-227-8600 to reserve a room and mention the Suffolk rate to receive the aforementioned discount. Please be advised that this is just a courtesy; no rooms were blocked for this conference and prices are subjet to change. http://www.omnihotels.com
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Space is limited. Registrations at the door are welcome, but please register in advance to reserve a seat and your written course materials or call to confirm space availability.
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| Refunds: |
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Written requests for cancellations received via fax or email 24 hours prior to the program will be granted a refund, minus a $15 charge. If you cannot attend, you can send a substitute, otherwise you will receive the written course materials.
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Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
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This course will provide CLE Credit in RI, NH, VT & ME.
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If you have special needs addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act, please notify us as soon as possible.
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