Learn the latest on Mastering Immigration & E-Verify Fundamentals CLE with this convenient, 24/7 On-demand Seminar & Complimentary Podcast. Register to obtain CLE & MCLE credit, online access to complete course & reference materials, and attend this on-demand seminar. YOU MAY LISTEN FROM ALMOST ANY TYPE OF COMPUTER OR IPOD. ACCESS TO THE RECORDING AND MATERIALS DOES NOT EXPIRE.

Benefits:

In recent years, immigration law has become one of most dynamic and profitable practice areas. There has been a surge in the need for attorneys proficient in E-Verify as hundreds of thousands of businesses across the country have implemented immigration compliance systems. The national media attention on border security, coupled with state and federal prosecutions against individuals and employers have ensured a need for immigration attorneys. In addition, there has been an expansion in penalties for illegal hiring from fines to criminal sanctions and confiscation of employers’ assets. The laws across the country have changed dramatically in recent months and years governing procedures for maintaining proper records, compliance, and investigation. Our seminar faculty includes several nationally respected authorities on immigration and employment related compliance to provide best practices for attorneys serving both individuals and corporations. Registration includes access to course and reference materials.

Agenda:

1. Effectively Representing Non-citizens:

a. Best Practices for U Visas

b. Effective Strategies for Out of Time Motions To Reconsider

c. Best Practices involving Deportation

2. E-Verify & Immigration Issues for Employers:

a. I-9 Changes, Requirements, Best Practices

b. Lessons Learned from Abercrombie & Fitch: Electronic I-9 Vendors – Questions to Ask Before You Buy

c. Lessons Learned from Walmart: Liability for Subcontractors and Third Parties at Your Worksite

d. Best Practices for Development of a Corporate Compliance Program

3. Cutting-edge Issues involved in Nationality Law:

a. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

b. Prosecutorial Discretion for Aliens under Pres. Obama’s Policy Directive

c. Green Card Lottery

d. Regional Centers for EB-5 Entrepreneurial Visas

e. Dealing with Waivers

4. Recorded Question & Answer Session with the Experts

Biography of Seminar Faculty:

1. Julie A. Pace is a Partner at The Cavanagh Law Firm PA, where she focuses her practice in representing companies in immigration compliance, matters involving I-9's, E-Verify, providing training to managers and employees, as well as EEOC, employment, and defense of sexual harassment. She has been described by her state's Business Magazine as the "go to" lawyer statewide for business on immigration issues. She has handled hundreds of I-9 audits, addresses E-Verify issues, and has provided I-9 and immigration compliance training for thousands of supervisors. Ms. Pace is one of the lead attorneys in the lawsuit challenging Arizona’s immigration employer sanctions law, which is currently before the United States Supreme Court, and she is defending the employer in the first contested prosecution under the law. She has chaired the Immigration Committee of her state's Chamber of Commerce and Industry. With her extensive expertise on immigration and employment law issues, she has been interviewed and quoted in news media across the nation, including Forbes, Business Week, The New York Times, CNN, NPR, Associated Press, USA Today, L.A. Times, CBS News, & Fox News. Ms. Pace is a frequent speaker and author on a variety of employment topics. She is Co-Editor-in-Chief of several books on immigration and employment law -- Employment Verification: An Employer's Guide to Immigration, Form I-9 and E-Verify; both are published by American Chamber of Commerce and Industry HR Compliance Library.

2. Sarah E. Buffett is a Member at Moore & Van Allen, where her practice focuses on counseling foreign and domestic businesses to guide them through the technical maze of immigration law and procedure. Ms. Buffett represents international clients who are establishing businesses in the United States to obtain nonimmigrant visas for key foreign personnel. She also assists both domestic and foreign businesses and institutions win Lawful Permanent Resident status for long-term or permanent United States employees. Ms. Buffett has significant experience in and is a frequent national lecturer on I-9 compliance and business immigration.

3. Kathleen M. Vannucci practices in the well-known immigration boutique firm chaired by Robert D. Ahlgren, where her practice focuses on citizenship, naturalization, deportation, removal proceedings, temporary and nonimmigrant visas, permanent residency, change of status, and extensions of status. Ms. Vannucci, who is fluent in Spanish, previously served with several non-profits concentrating on immigrant and human rights to benefit the communities of Tujuana and Tecate, Mexico. She also served as a judicial extern for U.S. District Judge Ronald Guzman in the Northern District of Illinois. Ms. Vannucci holds a law degree from Loyola University.

Who should attend this seminar?
Attorneys, paralegals, and legal professionals.

Includes Online Access to over 150 pages of Course/Reference Material & Complimentary Podcast.

CLE ACCREDITATION: Rossdale CLE is a national leader in attorney education and has trained thousands of attorneys, paralegals, and other legal professionals. Attend this convenient, on-demand seminar & podcast for CLE & MCLE credit with the following pending & approved jurisdictions:

Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission for 1.5 MCLE credits

Alaska Bar Association for 1.5 CLE Credits *

Arizona State Bar for 1.5 CLE credits**

State Bar of California for 1.5 MCLE credits

Colorado Supreme Court Board of Continuing Legal & Judicial Education for 1.8 CLE Credits

Connecticut (CLE credits are not required, but are encouraged)**

District of Columbia (CLE credits are not required)***

Florida Bar for 2.0 CLE credits

Georgia Bar for 1.5 CLE credits

Hawaii State Board of CLE for 1.5 CLE credit

Indiana Commission for Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 CLE Credits

Louisiana Supreme Court Commission on MCLE for 1.5 MCLE credits

Maryland (CLE credits are not required)**

Massachusetts (CLE credits are not required)**

Michigan (CLE credits are not required)**

Mississippi Commission on Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 CLE credits

Nebraska Mandatory Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 CLE credits

Nevada Board of Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 CLE credits

New Jersey Board on Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 CLE credits (per Rule 201:4)

New Mexico Minimum Continuing Legal Education Board for 1.5 CLE credits

New York State Bar for 1.5 CLE credits

North Carolina State Bar Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 CLE credits

Oregon State Bar for 1.5 CLE credits

South Dakota (CLE credits are not required)**

Texas State Bar for 1.5 CLE credits

Utah State Board of Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 MCLE credits

Virginia State Bar for 1.5 MCLE credits

Washington State Board of Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 MCLE credits

Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners for 1.5 CLE credits

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* Members of the Alaska Bar Association may report 1.5 CLE credits for participating in this course as it has been approved by other mandatory CLE jurisdictions for 1.5 CLE credits.

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