On Friday, January 29, the University of Houston Law Center is offering a Clinical Legal Education Program entitled Immigration in the Time of COVID 19: Asylum and Beyond. Three panels of immigration law specialists will discuss asylum, forms of relief, and the use of experts in removal proceedings. View the complete schedule here.
The program will also feature American Civil Rights and Immigration Lawyer, Ira Kurzban, author of Kurzban’s Immigration Law Sourcebook, whose presentation will focus on “Immigration Law and the New Biden Administration.” Mr. Kurzban’s recent essay on this topic can be found in a December 2020 report. Issued by the CATO Institute, this compilation of 15 essays is called, Deregulating Legal Immigration: A Blueprint for Agency Action. Kurzban’s proposed reforms of the U.S. immigration system include ideas that he says can be implemented immediately.
To learn more on the topics of immigration and asylum in the United States, please consult the following resources:
For those in need of legal assistance and for attorneys who wish to volunteer time providing services, please consult the following resources:
St. Frances Cabrini Center for Immigrant Legal Assistance (Catholic Charities)
Finally, if you would like to access Kurzban’s Immigration Law Sourcebook online, sign up for a library card at the Texas State Law Library, where you will find a wealth of electronic resources via their Digital Collection. One of the most popular electronic databases in this collection is AILALink, a fully searchable immigration law research website from the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Kurzban’s Immigration Law Sourcebook is just one of the many titles available for free to registered users.
Friday’s CLE is being offered free of charge due to COVID 19, and it is approved for 4 hours of Texas CLE credit with 1 hour of ethics. RSVP here.