Insights from Top Immigration & Criminal Law Attorneys on How an Arrest or Conviction Can Impact Immigration Status
The crossover between immigration and criminal law is complex and requires a unique set of strategies to get the best results for your clients. Criminal convictions can negatively impact immigration status and have life changing outcomes for clients. Attorneys must understand the consequences that criminal convictions have on immigration status, and be able to counsel their clients about how to proceed in a criminal matter if deportation is a possibility. This entirely new seminar will review deportation defenses, and will bring you up-to-date on the latest developments you need to know.
Criminal defense attorneys with experience ranging from DWI to homicide will offer their expert advice. The panel will discuss best practices for assisting clients facing criminal charges in municipal, state and federal courts with the immigration consequences of these matters. Real-life examples, as well as hypotheticals, will be used to illustrate how important it is to know the law or risk exposure to claims of violating your client’s Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance-of-counsel, which is guaranteed in all criminal cases.
Equally significant is the need for the practitioner to provide competent representation in Immigration Court under the Fifth Amendment guarantee of due process. The panel will advise how to carefully prepare their cases for foreign nationals facing removal for crimes. In addition, the panel will also discuss "Life After Chaidez", and what to expect next in the world of post-conviction relief in New Jersey and other states.
Register today to gain a foundation in immigration law and crime, including:
• Immigration Detention
• Immigration Consequences of Pleas
• Federal Criminal Litigation
• Treatment of Foreign Nationals by Law Enforcement and Courts
• The Key Ethical Issues You’re Likely to Face
• New Jersey Post-Conviction Relief
• New Jersey Removal Cases that need Post Conviction Relief in New York
• Round Table Q & A Session
... and more!
This is a "must-attend" for anyone who handles either criminal or immigration defense work. Don’t get left behind - register today
Who should attend:
• Immigration Lawyers
• Private Criminal Defense Attorneys
• Public Defenders
• Federal, State and Municipal Prosecutors
• Lawyers interested in pro bono work in Immigration or Criminal Defense
NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 6.7 hours of total CLE credit. Of these, 1.2 qualifies as hours of credit towards ethics/professionalism.
| Credits |
| NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 6.7 credits (50 minute hour), including 1.2 ethics/professionalism credits |
| PA CLE: 4.5 substantive and 1.0 ethics credits pending ($24 fee – separate check payable to NJICLE must be submitted at the end of the program) |
| NY CLE (t&n/t): 5.5 professional practice and 1.0 ethics credits |
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Door Registration: $220