The Center for Children’s Advocacy is pleased to announce upcoming dates for New Haven, CT sessions of our popular seminar series: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) Training CT Attorneys for Pro-Bono Representation of Immigrant Children SIJS protects undocumented children who have been abandoned, abused or neglected, allowing them to regularize their immigration status. Legal representation is critical to prevent undocumented children from being returned to a threatening, frightening existence. Lawyers who register for this program receive 12 hours of legal training in exchange for providing legal representation to one child or youth. Lunch and Resource Materials will be provided. Please plan to attend all three sessions:
November 9, 2017 from 12 noon – 4:30 pm
November 30, 2017 from 12 noon – 4:30 pm
December 14, 2017 from 12 noon – 4:30 pm Sessions will be held at Murtha Cullina LLP, 265 Church St, New Haven, CT 06510 $250 for all 3 sessions. CLE credits are available. The seminars are taught by CCA attorney Edwin Colon, director of the Center’s Immigrant Children’s Justice Project. Attorney Colon is Connecticut’s expert on Federal law and Connecticut procedures for SIJS, which helps abused, neglected or abandoned immigrant children regularize their immigration status. Many of these children have fled abuse and neglect and fear being returned to life-threatening conditions. They arrive in the US alone, without a parent or guardian, and need legal representation to be safe. Attorney Colon focuses his practice on the very specific Federal law and Connecticut procedures for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), which helps abused, neglected or abandoned immigrant children regularize their immigration status. Edwin assisted in drafting legislation codifying SIJS language into Connecticut law. He was recently named a 2017 Distinguished Leader by the CT Law Tribune, named a 2013 New Leader in the Law by the CT Law Tribune, and one of the 50 Most Influential Latinos in Connecticut by Latinos United for Professional Advancement in 2014 and 2015. He is a director on the board of the Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association and a member on the board of Connecticut Students for a Dream. | 