- Why You Should Attend
You should attend this training if you would like to provide pro bono services to immigrant clients in the areas of housing, immigration, or domestic violence or you would like to improve your representation of immigrant clients generally. Many immigrant clients require assistance with a constellation of related yet distinct issues. This day-long program attempts to address these particular areas of overlap. Experienced practitioners in the areas of immigration, family law, and housing will share their expertise by providing insight into cultural issues that arise when working with immigrant clients, how these areas of law overlap to provide special protections and remedies to immigrants and domestic violence survivors, and how immigration status impacts eligibility for federally subsidized housing.
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What You Will Learn
- Cultural competency issues to be aware of when working with immigrant clients generally and specific issues that arise in housing and domestic violence cases
- What is domestic violence and how does it impact immigrant and LGBT communities
- How immigration status affects eligibility for federally subsidized housing
- Fair Housing laws that protect immigrants and domestic violence survivors
- Special housing protections for domestic violence survivors in the Violence Against Women Act and other California laws
- What family law issues are implicated when working with immigrant survivors of domestic violence
- How to get your client legal immigration status based on domestic violence
Who Should Attend
Legal aid and private practitioners who work with immigrant clients or who would like to provide pro bono services to immigrant clients in the areas of immigration, housing, or domestic violence would benefit from attending this program.
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9:00 Program Overview and Introductions
Brenda Star Adams, Linda Tam
9:15 Client Counseling & Advocacy: The Role of Race, Class and Culture in the Elimination of Bias
The goal of this session is to explore the lawyer-client relationship with a focus on the role of race, class and culture. The session will look at the nature of discrimination and how culture operates on the cognitive, affective, and behavior levels in order to increase our own cultural literacy and empathy in order to address and eliminate bias experienced by minority and foreign-born clients (and advocates) in legal counseling and representation.
(Bias credit for CA attorneys)
Tirien Steinbach
10:15 Networking Break
10:30 Orientation to Domestic Violence
This session provides an overview of what is domestic violence, types of abuse, the cycle of violence, why individuals stay in abusive relationships, cultural contexts of domestic violence, and special considerations relating to same-sex domestic violence relationships.
Amanda Case, Nancy K.D. Lemon
11:30 Housing and Immigration
This session covers cultural competency and fair housing issues that arise when representing immigrant clients on housing issues in addition to how immigration status affects eligibility for subsidized housing.
Lauren DeMartini, Ubaldo Fernandez
12:30 Lunch
1:45 Domestic Violence and Housing
This session covers how the Violence Against Women Act and Fair Housing laws protect survivors of domestic violence from evictions and denial of housing with a special emphasis on working with immigrant clients.
Brenda Star Adams, Karlo Ng
2:45 Family Law and Immigration (TRO, Custody, Divorce)
This session addresses common family law issues that arise when immigrants are dealing with domestic violence, such as restraining orders, custody, and divorce matters.
Trina Chatterjee, Nicole Ford
3:45 Networking Break
4:00 Getting Legal Status Based on Domestic Violence
This session will cover the most common forms of immigration relief for undocumented survivors of domestic violence to gain legal status: political asylum, U visas, T visas, and Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) applications.
Eunice Lee, Cindy C. Liou, Catherine Seitz
5:00
Adjourn
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San Francisco Seminar Location
PLI California Center, 685 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94105. (800) 260-4754.
San Francisco Hotel Accommodations
Park Central Hotel, 50 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. 415-974-6400. When calling, please mention PLI and SET#287179. In addition, you may book online at Park Central Hotel PLI.
Omni Hotel San Francisco, 500 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94104. 415-677-9494. When calling, please mention Practising Law Institute. You may also book online at PLI Omni Hotel 2017.
Due to high demand we recommend reserving hotel rooms as early as possible.
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Item# 182485
Location: San Francisco, CA
$0.00Free
Need help? Call (800) 260-4754
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CLE-CA Credits
Credit Status: Approved
Total Credits: 6.00: Elimination of Bias: 1.00 / General: 5.00
