Immigration 101-Screening for Removal Relief

Chris Christensen, Andrade Legal staff attorney will teach attendees how to identify potential defenses to deportation and relief from removal for deportable non-citizens to those wishing to advance their knowledge and participate in the state’s only non-profit removal defense project.

Date:   January 11, 

Time:   9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Location: Idaho State Bar, 505 W. Jefferson Street, Boise, Id 83701

Registration : $25 or FREE if attendee volunteers with the Pro Bono Immigration Law Network of Idaho. Approved for 2 CLE credits.

Applying Padilla v. Kentucky

Andrade Legal Continuing Legal Education Course. Maria conducts a lunch time training free of charge for tthe Ada County Public Defenders. 

Time: 12:00 - 1:00

Date: Friday, December 9, 2011

Location: Ada County Public Defenders Office, Boise, Idaho

A March 2010 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court (Padilla v. Kentucky) now requires defense attorneys to advise their non-citizen defendants of the immigration consequences of criminal convictions. Andrade Legal provides free training for public criminal defense attorneys upon request, scheduled at the convenience of the parties. 

Discovery in Removal Proceedings Seminar

American Immigration Lawyer’s Association CLE

Date:  July 22, 2010

Time:  12:00-1:30 MT Audio recording available for purchase here.

Location: Nationwide

Maria joins Rex Chen (Managing Attorney, Catholic Charities Immigration Program, NJ) and Charles Roth (Legal Director, National Immigration Justice Center, Chicago, IL) for an audio-seminar to discuss how to obtain helpful discovery in administrative removal proceedings where the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure do not strictly apply.

Bringing Immigration Expertise to Illegal-Re-Entry Cases

American Immigration Lawyer’s Association (AILA) 2011 Federal Court immigration Litigation CLE

Time: 12:00 - 1:00

Dates: Friday, March 4, 2010

Location: Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, Ga

Maria joins AILA President, David Leopold on a panel discussing the need for immigration law expertise in illegal re-entry cases. 

At the request of AILA, Maria served as the Conference Committee Chair.

Post-Conviction Strategies for Immigration Lawyers

American Immigration Lawyer’s 2010 Annual Convention

Dates: July 3, 2010 (conference runs June 30-July 3)

Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m

Location: Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center
National Harbor, MD (suburb, Washington, D.C.)

Maria, Norton Tooby and Karl Krooth will disucss post-conviction strategies effective for immigration purposes including vacating convictions, sentence reductions, complying with BIA case law and discussing implications of Padilla v. Kentuky.