Immigration Appeals and Judicial Review Conference

The Catholic University Law Review presents a symposium: IMMIGRATION APPEALS AND JUDICIAL REVIEW January 30, 2006, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Slowinski Courtroom, Columbus School of Law The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.

The symposium will address legal and policy issues surrounding immigration appeals at the Board of Immigration Appeals and the United States Courts of Appeals. The participants will discuss such issues as current developments in immigration appeals, the increase in immigration appeals in the courts of appeals, and the effect of the REAL ID Act upon judicial review of immigration appeals and habeas corpus. Symposium Participants include Cathy Catterson (Clerk of Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit), Michael Hethmon (Legal Counsel, Federation for American Immigration Reform), Benjamin Johnson (Director, Immigration Policy Center, American Immigration Law Foundation), David McConnell, Deputy Director (Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice), Nancy Morawetz (Professor, NYU), the Honorable John T. Noonan, Jr. (United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit), Carlos Ortiz Miranda (Associate General Counsel, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops), John R.B. Palmer (Associate Staff Counsel, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit), Lory Diana Rosenberg (IDEA Immigration Defense and Expert Assistance, Legal Consultations), Marc R. Rosenblum (International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, Visiting Fellow, Migration Policy Institute), Margaret Kuehne Taylor (Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice). For more information, call (202) 319-5159 or email cua-lawrev@law.edu.

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