Webinar
Immigrant Children and Youth: Special Immigrant Juvenile Classification with a 360-view of the Roles of State Courts, Immigration Courts, & USCIS
September 6, 2023
1:00 PM EDT / 12:00 PM CDT / 11:00 AM MDT / 10:00 AM PDT
A LIVE Webinar ONLY (this event will NOT be recorded)
Sponsored by the National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges, the National Association of Women Judges (NAWJ) Immigration Committee, NAWJ Juvenile Justice & Child Welfare Committee, and the ABA Judicial Division, this program will help judges understand the different roles of state courts, immigration courts, and United States Citizenship & Immigration Services Agency in the progression of a case for a child seeking special immigrant juvenile status.
Speakers will discuss their various roles to provide a 360 comprehensive overview of cases involving children seeking special immigrant juvenile status findings including best practices for language in orders.
Learning Objectives:
Understand the various different roles of courts and agencies in the legal process for a child seeking special immigrant juvenile status including: state trial courts, immigration courts, and United States Citizenship & Immigration Services.
Learn the best practices for language to include in court orders for cases involving children seeking special immigrant juvenile status.
Faculty:
Rebecca Curtiss, Esq.
Margot Dankner, Esq.
Hon. Ernestine Gray
Hon. Eliza Klein
Randi Mandelbaum, JD, LLM
Hon. Tiffany Palmer
