Attention:
Card image cap

Avoiding USCIS Denials in Waiver of Inadmissability Extreme Hardship Immigration Petitions: Strategies & Obstacles For The Evaluator & Lawyer


Level: Advanced
Runtime: 61 minutes
Recorded Date: December 21, 2014
Click here to share this program
Printer-Friendly Version

Agenda

  • Overview of how the forensic evaluator approaches cases
  • Know and anticipate the factors of denials in I-601 extreme hardship petitions
  • Strategies to avoid this problem
  • What to do when you get a denial
Runtime: 1 hour and 1 minute
Recorded: December 21st, 2014
For NY - Difficulty Level: Experienced attorneys only (non-transitional)

Description

This program gives lawyers an overview of USCIS denials while providing strategies for avoiding them and what to do if you get one.

This program was recorded on December 21st, 2014.

Provided By

Mark Silver
Card image cap

Panelists

Card image cap

Mark Silver

Psychiatric Social Worker & Attorney
Mark S. Silver MA, MSW, LCSW, PsyD, JD

Mark S. Silver has a Combined Specialist Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Political Science from the University of Toronto and a Master of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Western Ontario. He has also completed a Master of Social Work at the University of Toronto, a post-graduate Certificate Program in Family Therapy at Smith College, and a Doctor of Psychology at the Southern California University for Professional Studies. In addition, he holds a Juris Doctor from the City University of New York, Queens College, and is admitted to practice law in New York.

Mark has published more than a dozen papers on forensic social work and mental health practice in criminal and immigration consultation for attorneys in various academic and practice journals, and he has lectured on various aspects of these subjects. He is the author of Handbook of Mitigation in Criminal and Immigration Forensics: Humanizing the Client Towards a Better Legal Outcome. Fifth Edition. (2016)

For about the past ten years, Mark has worked as a consultant for law firms throughout the United States conducting psychosocial evaluations and writing formal reports in forensic and mitigation immigration and criminal cases. To date he has worked on more than 2,000 such cases in forensic immigration and criminal practice and consultation. He has worked with clients from about forty countries throughout the world on various individual, family, and mental health issues related to criminal conduct and deportation.

Contact Information:
Website: www.criminalmitigation.com
E-mail: [email protected]
225 Broadway, Suite 715
New York, NY 10007
Tel: (917) 608-1346
Fax: (646) 349-2561


Card image cap

Similar Courses

Card image cap
55 minutes
A Review of Immigration Policies: Key Facts Explored
In this CLE program, The Knowledge Group presents immigration associates Vandana Ruda and Rebekah Kim to discuss the most significant developments and critical issues surrounding business immigration policies and regulations. The distinguished speakers will also highlight the best compliance amid the shifting regulatory paradigm.

The Knowledge Group

$75

Add to Cart
Card image cap
71 minutes
Ethics & Pro Bono Lawyering: Inside the Immigration System
This program includes a discussion of the ethics involved in disqualification motions and the standards by which motions can and should be brought, and should not be brought, along with the governing patchwork regimes of ethics standards to regulate attorney conduct that apply.

New Media Legal

$75

Add to Cart
Card image cap
61 minutes
Preparing for and Arguing Immigration Appeals
Arguing appeals is its own art, and arguing immigration appeals adds a level of complexity. Peter Afrasiabi has litigated well over 100 immigration appeals, and uses that experience and his advocacy teaching experience, to give you a nuts-and-bolts program here on how to prepare to argue your immigration appeal. With real world examples and a specific multi-step process to employ, this program will arm you to be present the best appellate argument possible in the context of the highly politicized immigration arena.

New Media Legal

$75

Add to Cart
Card image cap
64 minutes
Show Trials: The Immigration Court System & Potential Reform
This course explores and analyzes the immigration court system; what happens in it and how it is very different from other courts. Peter Afrasiabi reviews real world examples of how people have been deported in absentia for missed hearings and other horror stories.

New Media Legal

$75

Add to Cart
Previous Next