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Lawyers Responding to Mass Deportation Without Due Process
In-person and Webinar
Lawyers Responding to Mass Deportation Without Due Process
Start
03/07/2025 - 12:00 PM
End
03/07/2025 - 3:30 PM
COURSE DETAILS
In-person Location: 111 Broadway, 10th Fl, New York, NY 10006.
President Donald Trump has declared the mass deportations of immigrants, forgoing due process protections. This has energized NYCLA and partnering Bar Associations to respond by offering this half-day CLE training.
The Rule of Law has been vital to our democracy. The threat of widespread and indiscriminate immigration enforcement has already instilled fear among many New Yorkers, Moreover, lawyers have a duty “to challenge the rectitude of official action” and “uphold legal process.” Model Rule of Professional Conduct, Preamble [5].
The training will offer an overview for attorneys with no immigration background who seek to understand how everything “works” and who aim to be supportive in defending vulnerable communities.
Topics include:
- Immigration Law 101 for the Non-Immigration Lawyer
- Immigrant Know Your Rights and the Ethical Considerations for Lawyers
- The Basics of Detention, Deportation and Mass Arrests
- Opportunities for attorneys to get involved and assist will be made available at the program.
Opportunities for attorneys to get involved and assist will be made available at the program.
FACULTY
Rachel Baskin, Livits Ayass Baskin PLLC; Michelle Caldera-Kopf, Legal Aid Society of Nassau County; Lindsey Guazza, Law Office of Cheryl R. David; Debra Lee, Legal Aid Society of New York; Ronald Minkoff, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, PC and Co-Managing Editor, New York Legal Ethics Reporter;
Kushal Patel, Kushal Patel Law PLLC; Additional Faculty TBA
CLE CREDITS
3 NY Credits: 1 Ethics; 2 Professional Practice; Transitional and Non-transitional; 3 NJ Credits: 1 Ethics; 2 General
GENERAL INFORMATION
To register: click the Register button below. The website will prompt you to log in or create an account to complete the checkout. If you are not a member, please join the membership before completing the checkout to take advantage of the member’s price. Registration closes 30 minutes before the program.
For technical and account-related issues, please get in touch with us at dradjabov@nycla.org
In-person Location: 111 Broadway, 10th Fl, New York, NY 10006
Webinar Link: After completing the checkout, you will receive a separate email with webinar access instructions. That email will arrive closer to the program start time. If you are still waiting to receive an access email 30 minutes before the program, please email cle@nycla.org.
Course Materials: We will email the link to download course materials 30 minutes before the program starts.
CLE Certificates (if applicable): After verifying your attendance, we will add your certificate to the “Download CLE Certificates” page, which you can access from your “My Account” page.