Avoiding Removal in Firearms Cases, Drug Cases, and Domestic Violence Cases - Teleseminar CD

In this teleseminar you will learn: (1) The immigration consequences of various firearms offenses, as well as a discussion of what constitutes a firearms offense for immigration purposes. (2) The non-aggravated felony drug-related grounds for deportation and inadmissibility, and how to avoid falling within any of these grounds. (3) How to determine whether a conviction falls within the domestic violence ground of deportability, and how to tailor a criminal disposition that will avoid a domestic violence finding in immigration court. (4) Forms of relief in immigration court that are effective to eliminate immigration consequences of a conviction involving firearms, drugs, or domestic violence. Each CD is an audio recording from a 90 minute teleseminar, and has been edited by removing pauses and gaps to fit onto an 80 minute audio CD. The first hour of each session is a presentation by the faculty, and the remainder of the time is a question and answer period, during which the attendees interact directly with the presentors. Each CD also include written materials on each topic, respectively. Firearms Materials: Topic 1: Definition of Firearms Convictions Topic 2: Removal Hearing Issues Topic 3: Immigration Consequences and Relief Firearms Hypothetical The Definition of a Firearms Conviction and Suggested Safe Havens Firearms-Related Aggravated Felonies § 2.11 The Categorical Analysis Minimum Conduct, Divisible Statutes and the Record of Conviction Immigration Consequences of Firearms Convictions Post-Conviction Relief in Firearms Cases Drugs Materials: Topic 1: Controlled Substances Convictions Topic 2: Grounds of Inadmissibility Related to Controlled Substances Topic 3: Inadmissibility Defense Strategies in Drug Cases Drug Trafficking Aggravated Felony Materials Reason to Believe Working Papers Chapter 3: Drugs, from K. Brady, California Criminal Law & Immigration (2004) Appendix A: Additional Cites Appedix B: In Re Gonzalez Domestic Violence Materials: Topic I: Elements of the DV Deportation Grounds Topic II: Specific Offenses Included Within the DV Conviction Deportation Ground Topic III: Issues Involving Proof of a DV Conviction Deportation Ground Domestic Violence Hypothetical Avoiding Removal in Domestic Violence Cases To Buy CD click HERE!

Distinguished Faculty Katherine Brady is a Staff Attorney with the Immigrant Legal Resource Center in San Francisco. She is the author of several immigration texts including hte ILRC publications on California Criminal Law and Immigration and the chapter on representing the Non-Citizen Criminal Defendant in CEB's California Criminal Law Precedure and Practice. Dan Kesselbrenner is the Director of the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyer's Guild. He is the co-author of Immigration Law and Crimes. He is considered the nations preeminent advisor on immigration consequences of crimes. Norton Tooby has been seeknig post-conviction relief for nearly 35 years in state and federal courts. B.A., Harvard College, 1967. J.D., Stanford Law School, 1970. President, Stanford Law Review, 1969-70. Obtained reversal on appeal of all convictions of death-row inmate who was set at liberty on probation. Author, Post-Conviction Relief for Immigrants (2004), California Post-Conviction Relief for Immigrants (2002), California Expungement Manual (2002), Aggravated Felonies (2003).

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