Friday June 7, 2013

Seating is limited to 85 participants per session.

UH Law Center BLB Room 240

Morning Session: Asylum Basics

9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
2 CLE Credit Hours and 1 Ethics Credit Hour
Breakfast and Registration begins at 8:00 A.M.

• Burdens of Proof: Asylum, Withholding and CAT
• How To Avoid Pitfalls in the Preparation of the I-589 and Affidavit; Preparation for Affirmative Asylum Interviews
• CIS Asylum Office: Answers to Questions regarding Procedures, Training of Officers, Library Resources, Attorneys in Interviews and Interpreters
• Psychological Trauma as it Relates to the Client's Testimony in Asylum Cases

Afternoon Session: Asylum and Mental Disabilities

1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
3 CLE Credit Hours
Lunch and Registration begins at 12:00 P.M.

• Mental competency and mental illness as they affect immigration court proceedings
• Emerging Issues: gang-related cases, fugitive disentitlement doctrine, asylum clock settlement and related court procedures
• Research: How to Get Up to Speed on Asylum Issues. CIS Asylum Adjudicators Manual,
• EOIR Practice Manual, EOIR Bench book, AIC Practice Advisories
• Preparing for the Hearing on the Merits: Direct, Cross, Objections
• Mock Hearing
• Practical Tips from the Bench, Honorable Howard Rose