Webinar-Webinar-Access to Counsel in Immigration Detention in the Time of COVID-19
Webinar-Access to Counsel in Immigration Detention in the Time of COVID-19
August 26, 2020
10:00 a.m. (PST)
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented unprecedented challenges to legal visitation and access to counsel for those detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The ABA Commission on Immigration has developed two handbooks designed for lawyers and advocates to support them in asserting their detained clients’ rights to access to counsel. This webinar will introduce the detention standards, highlight some of the reoccurring challenges that counsel and clients face during the pandemic, and consider best practices for utilizing the handbooks and best strategies for overcoming access to counsel issues in the ICE detention facilities.
CART services will be available.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS PROGRAM IS NOT FOR CLE CREDIT.
Welcome Remarks:
- Trish Refo – President, American Bar Association; Partner, Snell & Wilmer
Panelists:
- Dora Schriro, Special Advisor, ABA Commission on Immigration
- Denise Gilman, Professor, University of Texas Law School
- Sawyeh Esmaili, Equal Justice Works Fellow, Americans for Immigrant Justice
- Elizabeth Taufa (Moderator), Staff Attorney, ABA Commission on Immigration
Joint Sponsors: ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice, ABA Commission on Immigration
Co-Sponsor: ABA Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights and Responsibilities