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BALIF Co-Sponsors FREE MCLEs with AIDS Legal Referral Panel
When
05 Oct 2011
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Location
Bar Association of San Francisco , 301 Battery Street , 3rd Floor, San Francisco CA , 94111 , Board Room
Join BALIF at ALRP's Fall MCLE Training Series. These interesting - and free! - MCLEs are directly relevant to our community, and include opportunities to get your elimination of bias and ethics credits out of the way. Did I mention for free!? RSVP for the September MCLEs by emailing
trainingsvlsp@sfbar.org
- or call 415-782-9000 ext. 8651, and keep an eye out for the remaining Fall MCLE Training Series.
Current Issues for LGBT Immigrants
Wednesday, October 5, 5:30-7:00pm
Presented by Cara Jobson, Esq., Wiley & Jobson
Bar Association of San Francisco, 301 Battery Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco CA, 94111, Board Room
1.5 General CLE Credits
Overview:
This training will address the latest developments for LGBT immigrants, including strategies for same-sex binational couples, challenges to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), determining when (and when not) to file an I-130 petition for a same-sex spouse, how to ask for prosecutorial discretion, and whether a same-sex partner can be a "qualifying relative" under immigration law for the purposes of cancellation of removal and other hardship waivers.