BIA Jurisdiction (Webinar)
Thursday October 14 , 2010
- By: Immigrant Legal Resource Center
- Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
- Time Zone: Pacific Time (US & Canada)
- CLE Credit
- Location:
Online, CAMap: maps.google.com
- Contact:
- Website: www.ilrc.org
Register at www.ilrc.org/seminars
This webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of BIA jurisdiction, and will also discuss how to challenge BIA decisions on jurisdictional grounds.
Topics will include:
* General BIA Jurisdiction over IJ decisions
* IJ Decisions over which BIA has no jurisdiction
* General BIA Jurisdiction over DHS decisions
* DHS decisions over which BIA has no jurisdiction
* Issues arising over deadline to appeal
Whether deadline is jurisdictional
Where motion for reconsideration has been filed
Requesting reissuance of BIA decision
* Types of Decisions
Summary dismissals and grounds for
Cases warranting a 3-member panel review
En banc review
* Scope of Jurisdiction over DHS decisions
Questions of law
Questions of fact
BIA authority to "re-weigh" facts
* Precedential Value of BIA decisions
Published decisions
Unpublished decisions
* Review authority over BIA decisions
Attorney General
Appellate Courts
Direct appeals
Motions to reopen
Deadline to Register: 10/12/10
- CLE Credit Comments: Attorneys who are a member of the California State Bar will receive 1.5 CA MCLE credit for attending this session. If you are a member of another state bar, we will provide a Uniform Certificate of Attendance after the session, which you can submit to your state bar. Please contact your state bar for details on whether or not credit is acceptable.
