Virtual Networking

Special Pre-Conference Sessions for Asylum Conference Attendees

These sessions will be held the week of the virtual conference as a bonus feature for registrants.

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Monday, September 28, 2020

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm (ET)

Tapping into Your Resilience and Strength to Face the Current/New Asylum Process

Take a well-deserved break for a casual conversation with fellow AILA members, led by Wellness Committee Member, Craig Dobson, and Asylum Conference faculty member Hannah C. Cartwright, on building resilience and strength while practicing immigration law in these challenging times. For a little fun, bring either your pet to the Zoom meetup for an introduction, or a show-and-tell item that relates to the theme of this networking event.

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Meeting ID: 943 8788 7402
Passcode: 144876

Well-Being Keys to Productivity and Happiness

Join Chair of the Lawyer Well-Being Committee, Ritu Goswamy, for a conversation on identifying the keys that can help unlock productivity and ultimate happiness in your practice. Bring yourself and your pet to the Zoom meetup for an introduction, or a show-and-tell item that relates to the theme. We’ll have a little fun and talk about how to be resilient, strong, productive, and happy.

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Meeting ID: 969 7108 3127
Passcode: 368640

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm (ET)

Discussion with AILA Author Dree Collopy

Dree Collopy is the author of AILA’s Asylum Primer: A Practical Guide to U.S. Asylum Law and Procedure, 8th Ed., and chair of the 2020 AILA Virtual Asylum Conference Committee. In this session, Dree will answer questions from participants regarding the latest updates to asylum law. Attendees may pre-submit questions here, or ask their questions live during the discussion.

  • New Regulations and Proposed Regulations, Impacting Asylum Eligibility and Asylum Seekers’ Eligibility to Apply for Work Authorization
  • COVID-19’s Impact on Asylum Seekers: Border Closure and Exclusions, Asylum Office and Immigration Court Processing
  • Current State of Border Processing: Remain in Mexico/MPP Program, Asylum Cooperative Agreements, and PACR/HARP
  • Updates on the “Asylum Bans,” Including the Third-Country Transit Ban
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AILA Virtual Meeting Code of Conduct

AILA is committed to providing a professional and productive learning environment for all participants and staff. As a result, all participants are expected to follow all stated meeting and event instructions and guidelines in order to maintain an atmosphere of professionalism, mutual respect, and collegiality. AILA members in particular are expected to adhere to the principles set forth in AILA’s civility code. The guidelines herein apply to all AILA virtual, webcast and online programming including but not limited to AILA conferences, seminars, online courses and roundtables.

All participants must comply with the following guidelines to participate in the virtual meeting and events:

– All participants are expected to maintain a professional and civil discourse throughout AILA’s virtual meeting and event space. Participants are prohibited from using any defamatory, abusive, profane, discriminatory, harassing, threatening, and/or offensive language during the sessions or events including but not limited to Q&A, chat rooms or any activity that takes place in the virtual space.

– All participants must comply with the instructions of the moderators and/or any virtual event staff.

– Disruption of sessions, events or any activity that takes place in the virtual space is prohibited.

– Presentations, postings, and messages should not contain promotional materials, special offers, job offers, product announcements, or solicitation for services unless preapproved by AILA. AILA reserves the right to remove any such communications that have not been preapproved.

– Participants may not record, transmit, copy, or take screen shots of any sessions or events including but not limited to Q&A, chat rooms or any activity that takes place in the virtual space.

Participants who do not comply or are in violation of any of AILA’s virtual meeting guidelines may be denied further access and participation at the discretion of event organizers. AILA is not responsible for reimbursement or refund if you are denied access or participation due to violation of AILA’s Virtual Meeting Code of Conduct.

Participants can contact conferences@aila.org with any questions or concerns related to AILA’s Virtual Meeting Code of Conduct.

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