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Changes In Immigration Daily
Immigration Daily is a work in progress, we continually strive for improvement. Most changes in Immigration Daily have been as a result of user feedback. Based on feedback received earlier this year from our readers, we are implementing a number of changes to Immigration Daily.
We are adding a new section: "ComingsNGoings" which will feature professional announcements for immigration lawyers such as addition of new associates and/or partners, change of law office location and/or adding new offices, law firm mergers and acquisitions, etc. Announcements of 75-words or fewer will be placed free of charge. Based on reader feedback, we have decided to restrict items in this section to professional announcements only, births, marriages, etc. will not be featured at this time. We are open to continuing suggestions from our readers as this new feature evolves.
Earlier this year, we solicited reader opinion on whether we should carry newspaper links. The feedback we received showed that while many readers felt this to be a valuable feature, registration with large numbers of newspapers was a concern expressed by many. From our point of view, the hundreds of broken links that we have on our website as a consequence of changes at newspaper sites is a major issue. Based on all of this, we will no longer carry newspaper links in Immigration Daily on a regular basis. However, we do expect from time to time to include links to newspaper articles of particular note. Please be assured, however, that we expect to continue to increase over time the range, quality, and quantity of information on immigration law that we carry.
We once again remind our readers that Immigration Daily is a work in progress and that we view you as our partners in progress, helping us shape this periodical for the future. As always, we invite your comments at editor@ilw.com.
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Joseph A. Vail, Mark S. Davidson, Regina Germain, Nancy Kelly, Kirsten Schlenger, Mark Von Sternberg, Virgil Wiebe And Others
Joseph A. Vail, Mark S. Davidson, Regina Germain, Nancy Kelly, Kirsten
Schlenger, Mark Von Sternberg, Virgil Wiebe and others will be speakers for
Sanctuary! Stratagems To Winning In Asylum Practice. Their biographical
information is as follows:
Joseph A. Vail is a Professor at the University of Houston. Professor
Joseph A. Vail is a 1979 graduate of the Widener School of Law. From 1980
to 1981 he served with VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America) where he
entered the field of immigration law. He served three years as an
accredited representative and staff attorney with Gulf Coast Legal
Foundation and one year as managing attorney at AYUDA, Inc in Washington,
D.C. From 1984 to 1995 he was in private practice in Houston, TX. In 1995
he was appointed as an immigration judge with the United States Department
of Justice, where he served for more than four years. In July of 1999 he
was employed by the University of Houston Law Center Clinical Programs as
supervising attorney in the immigration clinic. He has previously been a
member of the Board of Directors with the YMCA International Services
program, and the Central American Refugee Center (CARECEN). He is the 1994
winner of the Texas State Bar award for pro bono legal services, the Frank
J. Skurlock award. He is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers
Association (AILA) and board certified in Immigration and Nationality Law.
Mark S. Davidson was born in Chicago, Illinois and admitted to the Illinois
Bar in 1983, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 1995 and
the Federal Trial Bar, Northern District of Illinois in 1995. He graduated
from University of Michigan (B.A. 1978) and University of Illinois College
of Law (J.D. 1982). He was also a 2000-2001 Past Chair of the Chicago
Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) as well as
an Executive Board member of the Chicago Chapter of AILA and the 1996-1997
Chair of the Chicago Bar Association Committee on Immigration and
Nationality Law. Mr. Davidson has appeared as a speaker at national and
professional seminars including AILA conferences, universities and
community forums. He represents individuals with regard to a wide variety
of issues as well as many domestic and international corporations in
matters before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Regina Germain is Visiting Professor at the University of Denver College of
Law. She is the author of AILA's Asylum Primer: A Practical Guide to US
Asylum Law and Procedure (3rd. Ed., 2003) and is a member of AILA's
National Asylum Committee. She is also a member of the Editorial Advisory
Board of the Georgetown Immigration Law Journal and a Board member of the
Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network. She was formerly Senior Legal
Counselor at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Nancy Kelly is affiliated with Greater Boston Legal Services and the
Harvard Law School Immigration Clinic.
Kirsten Schlenger is a graduate of Yale University, where she earned a
bachelor of arts degree in East Asian Studies in 1981. Ms. Schlenger was
awarded her law degree by Columbia University School of Law in 1985,
graduating as a Stone Scholar. After law school, Ms. Schlenger practiced
international tax law on Wall Street for several years before moving to San
Francisco. Ms. Schlenger joined a private law firm specializing in
immigration law in 1992 and has since practiced exclusively in the field of
immigration law. In 1995, Ms. Schlenger founded the firm of Weaver,
Schlenger & Mazel. She is a member of both the New York State Bar and the
California State Bar, through which she is certified as an Immigration Law
Specialist. As an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers
Association, Ms. Schlenger formerly served as the Chair of its Northern
California Chapter, its liaison with the District Director of the San
Francisco Office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and on the
AILA annual conference committee. Ms. Schlenger presently serves as a
trustee of the Board of the American Immigration Law Foundation and on the
General Counsel Liaison Committee of AILA National. She has authored
articles and spoken locally and nationally on a variety of immigration
topics. Conversational in Chinese and French, Ms. Schlenger has earned the
highest “AV” rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the leading attorney rating
organization.
Mark Von Sternberg is a Senior Attorney with the Catholic Legal Immigration
Network (CLINIC), examines the legal basis for gender-based asylum claims,
finding in human rights law grounds for protecting women from abuses
committed by private persons
Virgil Wiebe is the Director of Clinical Education and Assistant Professor
of Law at the University of St. Thomas Law School. He served for four years
as Director of Immigration Services and Supervising Attorney for Interfaith
Community Services in New York City, a non-profit organization assisting
refugees and immigrants. While at ICS, he represented hundreds of
immigrants before the INS and in Immigration court. There he also led
efforts to create community based immigration clinics in Manhattan, Queens,
Brooklyn, and Staten Island. He has also advised non-profit organizations
on establishing immigration programs for low income communities. At the
request of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees office in Europe, Wiebe
served as a consultant to the political asylum clinic at the ELTE
University in Budapest, Hungary in April 2001.
The deadline to register is Friday, August 27th. For more info, detailed
curriculum, speaker bios, and registration information, see: http://www.ilw.com/seminars/august2004.shtm. (Fax version: http://www.ilw.com/seminars/august2004.pdf.)
Article
USCIS E-Filing Initiative: A Position Paper
Robert Meltzer for the E-filing Standards for Immigration Group highlights 9 issues the USCIS E-Filing Initiative should consider to improve the delivery of immigration and citizenship services.
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News
DOS Cable On Foreign Media Representatives
The Department of State issued a cable summarizing the updated credentialing requirements for foreign
media employees of independent production companies.
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Classifieds
Help Wanted - Immigration Attorney
The Law Offices of Jessica Dominguez, a rapidly expanding immigration law firm based in San Fernando Valley, CA seeks an immigration attorney to work on a wide range of cases (employment-based immigrant and nonimmigrant visa petitions, deportation, family-based immigration, and naturalization) in a diverse, full-service immigration law practice. Ideal candidate has minimum 2 years experience - exceptional, motivated candidates with less experience are also encouraged to apply. Responsiblities include: representing aliens before immigration officers and in immigration courts. Excellent legal research/writing and outstanding communication skills required. The right candidate possesses initiative and the ability to work independently. Spanish language a plus. We have a great office environment and wonderful clients. E-mail cover letter, resume, + salary requirements in confidence to Jessica Dominguez at: lawofficesofjd@aol.com.
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ComingsNGoings
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New Office
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