Day 1 (MARCH 2, 2023)
Time | Day 1 Agenda |
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM | Registration & Breakfast |
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Immigration Law 101 (Anaiah Palmer & Jaime Langton) |
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM | - Break - |
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM | Immigration Law 102 (Anaiah Palmer & Jaime Langton) |
11:15 AM – 11:30 AM | - Break - |
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Affirmative Application Process (Alexandra Blodget & Sarah Purce) |
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM | - LUNCH – Why It Matters |
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM | Removal Process (Renee Cummings & Leni Tupper) |
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM | - Break - |
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM | Ethics: Learning Your Limits (Christopher Anders and Selby Abraham) |
3:45PM – 4:00 PM | - Break - |
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Basic Resources & Client Documents (Jennifer Doreen, Kim Le, & Paulina Mazzocolin) |
DAY 2 (MARCH 3, 2023)
Time | Track 1 Topic: Removal / Family-Based Immigration | Track 2 Topic: Employment-Based Immigration |
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM | Mindful Movement (Amy Adams) |
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM | Registration & Breakfast |
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Forms Practice (Sarah Purce, Melissa Stocking, & Karla Garcia Rahbari) | Employment Immigration 101: Nonimmigrant Petitions (Teuta Norman & Laura Trammell) |
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM | - Break - |
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM | Immigration Background Checks: FOIAs (Alexandra Schneider, Nancy Alexander & Whitney Padilla) | Employment Immigration 102: Green Card Sponsorship (Matthew McClellan & Neftali Contreras) |
11:15 AM – 11:30 AM | - Break - |
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Criminal Background Checks (Juliann Peebles & Maggie Powers) | Forms Practice (Melany Savitt & Anaiah Palmer) |
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM | - LUNCH – Networking |
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM | Writing and Communicating More Efficiently (Danielle Perez & Terrence Green) | Writing and Communicating More Efficiently (Melina LaMorticella) |
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM | - Break - |
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM | Online Tools (John Dooney, Quinn Andrus, & Johanna Rojas) | Online Tools (Gretel Ness & Suzy Wolters) |
3:45 PM – 5:00 PM | Career Panel & Career Fair (Samuel Reese, Gretel Ness, & Nancy Alexander) |
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Social Hour with Oregon AILA Chapter |
The Oregon State Bar has approved all sessions attended for CLE credit (1 Ethics and 11 General for in-person conference; and up to 17 CLE credits for all recordings).
The Washington State Bar has approved all sessions attended for CLE credit (1 Ethics and 11 General for in-person conference; and up to 17 CLE credits for all recordings).
NALA (the paralegal association) has approved all sessions for CLE credit (1 Ethics, 8 Substantive, and 3 Non-substantive).