Advocacy in Immigration Matters Program Application Due August 30
Posted on behalf of Michelle Mendez:
CLINIC has partnered with the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) since 2017 to offer “Advocacy in Immigration Matters,” a program for advocates working full-time for a non-profit immigration legal services provider.
The next CLINIC & NITA “Advocacy in Immigration Matters” will be held in Minneapolis, MN from October 17-19. A huge thank you to the University of St. Thomas School of Law for hosting us. The application deadline is 8/30. We will select applicants based on full-time employment at a non-profit, exclusive focus on immigration law, willingness to accept removal defense cases from their employer following this training, geographic location, and experience litigating at least one individual hearing. Please kindly share with your networks.
For those who do not fit this criteria, NITA will hold an “Advocacy in Immigration Matters” Public Program (meaning that this training is open to anyone for a higher fee), from October 23-25 in Boulder, CO.
More details: We completed the fifth NITA/CLINIC program in Boulder, Colorado from July 1-3 where we trained 39 advocates (chosen from over 100 applicants). The advocates represented 17 states, including Nebraska and South Dakota, and the following 31 organizations: Safe Passage Project; Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem; Catholic Migration Services; ECBA Volunteer Lawyers Project, Inc.; Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York; My Sisters’ Place (NY); Catholic Migration Services; Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network; Kids in Need of Defense; Immigrant Defenders Law Center; Public Counsel; Centro Legal de la Raza; Legal Services for Children; Dolores Street Community Services (CA); Multi-Cultural Center of Sioux Falls; Catholic Charities West Virginia; Legal Aid Society of Cleveland; Catholic Charities Dallas; Texas RioGrande Legal Aid; HIAS; Central West Justice Center; New Mexico Immigrant Law Center; Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy; Immigrant Legal Center; Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans; Michigan Immigrant Rights Center; Jacksonville Area Legal Aid; Catholic Charities of Central Florida; Colectiva Legal del Pueblo (WA); Northwest Immigrant Rights Project; and Metropolitan Public Defender (Portland, OR).
On the CLINIC faculty side, Bradley Jenkins, Vickie Neilson, Rebecca Scholtz and I had the honor of teaching with retired IJ Denise Slavin. On the NITA faculty side, seasoned litigators, including a federal public defender and a Denver District Court Judge, were completely devoted to helping the participants improve their skills.