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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

Join us for an essential CLE that will discuss the impact of Padilla v. Kentucky upon criminal defense practice and teach immigration law basics.

Date: Friday, June 4, 2010

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Location: Red Lion Downtowner, Boise Idaho.

Full agenda, faculty list and cost list will follow

CLE credit pending

It is more important than ever to understand basic immigration law.

Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

(part of the National Immigration Project’s annual seminarl “Challenges to Deportation and Removal”)

Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Location: Marriott Renaissance Seattle Hotel

Seattle, Washington

Maria Andrade and Manuel Rios will discuss ABA Standards, case trends and state statues relevenat to assessing defense counsel’s obligations to advise non-citizen defendants of the immigration consequences of criminal convictions.

Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m

Dates: June 6, 2009

Location: Venitian Hotel, Las Vegas Nevada

Maria will be on a panel with Andres Benach, Rebecca Sharpless and Debbie Smith to discuss case developments in the categorical approach and how to effectively work with defense counsel to secure criminal case dispositons that preserve the non-citizen defendant’s immigration objectives.

Related articles published in:  The Immigration and Nationality Handbook, 2009-2010 Edition and Benders Immigration Law Bulletin.

Location: Madison, Wisconsin

More Information/Registration:  Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin

Maria will speak on employer related immigration laws and discuss best practices for employers.

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Location: Columbia Law School, New York, NY

Maria will appear on a panel discussing Burdens of Proof and Evidnetiary Rules in Removal Proceedings.

This skills seminar will cover:Admissibility and Reliability of Evidence,Contesting Form I-213;Motions to Suppress; Evidence in crminal removal, asylum and cancellaiton proceedings; Subpoenas, Depositions andExpert Testimony;Ethics.  Maria will play the role of the ICE attorney at the mock removal hearing at the endof the day.

Registration & Information: National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild.