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Fall Virtual Conference 2020 – Texas, Oklahoma & New Mexico AILA
December 11, 2020 - December 12, 2020
$100.00 – $250.00
User Review
( votes)Thursday, December 10, 2020
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. | Registration/Mixer (Informal) |
Friday, December 11 2020
8:30 a.m. - 8:35 a.m. | Welcome by Chapter Chair, IRENE G. MUGAMBI |
8:35 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Requesting Emergency IV and NIV Appointments
David Square |
9:10 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | AILA National Litigation Review
Jesse Bless |
10:10 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | A Holistic Look at Responding to Requests for Evidence
Marisol Perez, Frank Garcia, George Rodriguez |
11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. | The RFE Razzie Awards! Hosted by JENNIFER WALKER-GATES
Submit your silliest, most ridiculous, redacted RFE to Jennifer by November 5, 2020 to win prizes in various categories: Worst Use of Cut-and-Paste; Best Misuse of the INA; Most Repetitive; and much, much more! |
11:15 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. | Comfort Break
Collect yourselves after the RFE Razzie Awards because there is more to come! |
11:20 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Advanced Family & Litigation: Citizenship Panel
Olsa Olikaj-Cano and Rosemary Vega |
12:00 p.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Prize for Best Lunch!
Grab a sack lunch and get ready for the Chapter Business Meeting. |
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. | AILA Chapter Business Meeting |
1:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Comfort Break |
1:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. | Business Track: PERM
Sujata Ajmera, and Ashima Duggal |
2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Guest CBP Speaker
DENISE BLACKWELL Assistant Director of CBP Houston |
3:15 p.m. - 3:25 p.m. | Comfort Break |
3:25 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. | Litigation Track: Bond/Detention and Immigration Court Panel
Jose "Chito" Vela and Daniel Caudillo |
4:15 p.m. - 4:25 p.m. | Comfort Break |
4:25 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | What’s Next After Matter of Thomas and Thompson and Pose-Conviction Relief?
Belinda Arroyo and Dan Gividen |
5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. | Friday Mixer
With MAGGIE MURPHY and MICHELLE SAENZ-RODRIGUEZ. |
Saturday, December 12, 2020
8:00 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. | Yoga Time
Beatriz Hernandez |
8:50 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Comfort Break
Hydrate and change out of your yoga pants! |
9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. | Advanced Topics in Asylum
Edna Yang and Lindsey Gray |
9:50 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Comfort Break
Second cup of coffee…It’s not too early for Bailey’s! |
10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. | Beltway Policy and Regulatory Updates
Kathleen Campbell-Walker and Diane Rish |
10:50 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Comfort Break |
11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. | Advanced L-1 and TN Strategies
Neena Dutta and Maggie Murphy |
11:50 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Comfort Break |
12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Ask the Experts
Gary Frost, Maka Hutson, Sovereign Hager, Jackie Watson |
12:30 p.m. | Conference Concludes |