Legal Aid for Juvenile Immigrants to Be Focus of Program at New York Law School
Contact: Denise Tong, Office of Public Affairs, 212.431.2191, dtong@nyls.edu
MEDIA ADVISORY:
DATE: Wednesday, June 7, 2006
EVENT: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status: An Immigration Remedy for Abused, Neglected, and Abandoned Children
TIME: 6–9 p.m.
DESCRIPTION: The program will focus on meeting the growing need for legal services to assist the thousands of children who arrive in the United States each year who are not entitled to immigration counsel at government expense. Seeking refuge from abuse or migrating with parents who are unable or unwilling to care for them, some of these children are eligible for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, which allows unaccompanied minors to become permanent residents. This continuing legal education training program will teach attendees how to help such children secure a lawful future in the United States.
PRESENTED BY: New York Law School’s Justice Action Center and The Door
TRAINERS:
- The Honorable Patricia A. Rohan, Immigration Judge
- Lenni Benson, Professor of Law, New York Law School
- Eve Stotland, Senior Attorney, The Door’s Legal Services Center
TOPICS INCUDE:
- Which children are eligible for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status
- How to assemble supporting documentation
- Ethical issues in representing immigrant children
RSVP: Light dinner will be served. Preregistration is preferred by June 1. Please visit the Safe Passage Project for details and to register.
LOCATION: Wellington Conference Center, New York Law School, 47 Worth Street, New York, N.Y. 10013 (between Church Street and West Broadway)
DIRECTIONS: Via Subway: 1 to Franklin Street; 2, 3, A, C to Chambers Street
CONTACT: Denise Tong, Office of Public Affairs, New York Law School, 212.431.2191 or dtong@nyls.edu
ABOUT NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL:
Founded in 1891, New York Law School is an independent law school located in lower Manhattan near the city’s centers of law, government, and finance. New York Law School’s renowned faculty of prolific scholars has built the school’s strength in such areas as constitutional law, civil and human rights, labor and employment law, media and information law, urban legal studies, international and comparative law, and a number of interdisciplinary fields. The school is noted for its six academic centers: the Justice Action Center, Center for New York City Law, Center for Professional Values and Practice, Center on Business Law & Policy, Institute for Information Law and Policy, and the Center for International Law. New York Law School has more than 13,000 graduates and enrolls some 1500 students in its full- and part-time J.D. programs and its Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation program.
