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Webinar Series: Representing Asylum Seekers

  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Eastern Time (US & Canada)
  • By: CLINIC
  • This event takes place online.
  • Source: Immigration Advocates Network > IAN Nonprofit Resource Center
Topics:
  • Immigration

This is the first in a four-part webinar series (10/11, 18, 25, and 11/1).

 

In this webinar, the presenters will focus on the basics of asylum, discussing concepts such as past persecution and well-founded fear, the five protected grounds and the establishment of a nexus to these grounds, and humanitarian asylum. The trainers will also discuss important recent case law, such as Matter of A-B- and Matter of L-E-A-, and their potential effect on establishing asylum eligibility.

 

Topics:

  • Concept of persecution and fear in immigration proceedings
  • Establishing reasonable fear
  • Humanitarian asylum
  • The five protected ground for asylum relief

 

Registration:

To register for this event, or for more information on this series, please click here.