Enjoy a day-long advanced training on key criminal issues from leading experts in crimes and immigration: Manuel D. Vargas of the NYSDA Immigrant Defense Project, Dan Kesselbrenner of the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, and Norton Tooby. Details will be included in a Registration Confirmation. Space is limited, so register early! Two-thirds of the proceeds from this seminar will benefit the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild and the NYSDA Immigrant Defense Project. Learn the exceptions and loopholes that are not always apparent to the naked eye. This seminar will enable astute immigration lawyers to win cases others thought were impossible. This seminar will concentrate on good news for criminal immigrants (who surely need it)! Criminal lawyers can also benefit from the training. On Saturday, September 13, 2008, the advanced skills seminar from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. will offer in-depth presentations, state-of-the-art analysis, interactive learning techniques, and generous question-and-answer periods in each session on four important crimes and immigration topics: I: New Developments in Drug Trafficking Aggravated II: Risisting Attacks on Categorical Analysis III: Fraud and Tax Aggravated Felonies IV: Sexual Abuse of a Minor Aggravated Felonies ** Additionally, if you bring a freind with you this year, we will give you a free copy of the new TOOBY'S GUIDE TO CRIMINAL IMMIGRATION LAW (a $45 value!). To redeem this special offer; please write PAST ATTENDEE on your order form. Register for this Seminar! World-Class Faculty Norton Tooby has done post-conviction work for over 35 years in state and federal court, including successful death-penalty post-conviction representation, and since 1986 has increasingly specialized in eliminating convictions and sentences for immigration purposes. He speaks frequently on this topic to immigration and criminal lawyers, and has written extensively on the subject, including CRIMINAL DEFENSE OF IMMIGRANTS (4th edition, 2007), AGGRAVATED FELONIES (2d edition, 2006), SAFE HAVENS (2005), POST-CONVICTION RELIEF FOR IMMIGRANTS (National edition, 2004), and CRIMES OF MORAL TURPITUDE (2d edition, 2005). BA, Harvard University, 1967. JD, Stanford Law School, 1970. President, Stanford Law Review, 1969 - 1970. Dan Kesselbrenner is a nationally-recognized expert on the immigration consequences of criminal convictions. He supervises all National Immigration Project work having to do with incarceration and detention issues for immigrants, including our 2002-2003 Defending Rights Program (funded by the Ford Foundation) and our on-going prison letters program. Dan also represents the National Immigration Project on coalition projects such as the Soros and Ford funded Defending Immigrants Partnership, the BIA Pro Bono Appeals Project, and the legal team for the 2003 Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride. He is the co-author of Immigration Law and Crimes (West Publishing) and numerous articles on immigration law. In 1992, he served on President Clinton’s Department of Justice Immigrant Transition Team. He has also received the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s Jack Wasserman Award, the National Immigration Project’s Carol King Award, and Central American Refugee Center’s Achievement Award for his work advancing and defending immigrants’ rights. Manuel D. Vargas - Senior counsel with the Immigrant Defense Project of the New York State Defenders Association. A nationally known expert on the intersection between federal immigration law and state and federal criminal laws, he provides training and immigration law backup assistance on criminal/immigration issues, and prepares, updates, and distributes several publications designed as legal resources for advocacy on behalf of immigrants, including Representing Immigrant Defendants in New York (4th edition, 2006). To be notified when the next seminar is scheduled, click here. CANCELLATIONS All advance payments are fully refundable until 7 days prior to the scheduled seminar date. Cancellations received after that date are subject to a $35 service charge. Cancellations received on or after the seminar date are non-refundable. MCLE Credit The Law Offices of Norton Tooby is a State Bar of California approved provider. 6.5 hours of MCLE credit are available to participants of this seminar who are members of the California or New York bar. If you are not a member of these bar associations, please contact your state bar association to find out if credit is transferable. NYSDA has been certified by the NYS Continuing Legal Education Board as an Accredited Provider of Continuing Legal Education in the State of New York (2007–2010). This continuing legal education program has been approved in accordance with the requirements of the NYS Continuing Legal Education Board for a maximum of 6.5 credit hours. This program is a nontransitional and not acceptable for newly admitted attorneys. No CLE credit may be earned for repeat attendance at any accredited CLE activity within any one reporting cycle. Tuition assistance for financial hardship is available. *The seminar is co-sponsored by the NYSDA Immigrant Defense Project, the National Lawyers Guild National Immigration Project, NYU Law School Immigrant Rights Clinic and the Law Offices of Norton Tooby.