Monday, March 8

3:00 Introduction to Asylum Law and Overview of Adjudication Procedures
Kate Jastram, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley

4:45 Ethics Issues in Asylum Cases
Shahpour (Shawn) Matloob, Amie Miller, Jeffrey Martins
Members of the Pro Bono Asylum Program Mentor Attorney Panel

Tuesday, March 9

3:00 The Pro Bono Asylum Team: Attorney, Interpreter, Mentor:
Teamwork in Representing an Asylum-Seeker
Jameel Harb, Attorney, Latham & Watkins LLP
Sawsan Elfar, Volunteer Interpreter Panel
Sara Mostafavi, Pro Bono Mentor Attorney
Lisa Frydman, Managing Attorney, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, UC Hastings

4:45 Presenting the Asylum Case in Immigration Court:
The Honorable Print Maggard, United States Immigration Court

To register, return attached registration form to Silvia Contreras at scontreras@lccr.com.

* CLE Credit Comments: The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights certifies that this activity has been approved or MCLE credit by the State Bar of California in the amount of 5 hours (including 3 hours General, 1 hour Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession, 1 hour Ethics).