WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18

PRACTICE ROUNDTABLES

AUDIO CD #1
Stress Management and Case Management
Ann Kanter, Jim Tom Haynes, Gregory H. Siskind

AUDIO CD #2 & #3
Consular Processing Review
Liam Schwartz, Robert W. Donaldson, Paul W. Ferrell, Jose R. Perez, Daniel Retter, Heather N. Segal, Robyn M. Bishop, Jeffrey Gorsky

AUDIO CD #4 & #5
Shining Through Adversity: Strategies for Success with Requests for Evidence & Denials
David G. Newhall, Frances C. Berger, Stephen J. Navarre, Shawn A. Orme, Lisa Spiegel, Stacey Gartland

AUDIO CD #6 & #7
Around the World in 2 Hours: Outbound Immigration Options
Scott M. Borene, Eugene Chow, Niegel Dobbie, Ranjit Maholtra, Neil McHardy, Julia Onslow-Cole, Federico Vergara Ramirez

AUDIO CD #8 & #9
Dysfunctional Businesses, Dysfunctional Families: Conflicts in Duel Representation
Robert G. Heiserman, C. Lynn Calder, Minette A. Kwok

AUDIO CD #10 & #11
Special Relief and Other Gems at the Bottom of the Barrel: “She Wore Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes”
Michael Ungar, Bart Klein, Patricia G. Mattos, J. Joseph Reina, Mark Silverman

AUDIO CD #12
Office Management in the New Economy – “Working 9-5?”
Dale M. Schwartz, Sarah Buffett, Joanne T. Stark

THURSDAY, JUNE 19

OPENING PLENARY SESSIONS

AUDIO CD #13
President’s Installation
Steven M. Ladik, Jack L. Pinnix, Palma R. Yanni

AUDIO CD #14
Hot Off the Press
Paul L. Zulkie, Daryl R. Buffenstein, Maria I. Casablanca

AUDIO CD #15
Connecting the Dots: Legislation, Regulations and Your Practice
Judy Golub, Ruth K. Oh, Carlina Tapia-Ruano, Kathleen C. Walker, Crystal Williams

AUDIO CD #17
Department of Homeland Security Update
John L. Pinnix

Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS)
Charles C. Foster, Eduardo Aguirre, Jr.

Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (BICE)
John L. Pinnix, Michael Garcia

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (BCBP)
Jeanne A. Butterfield, Douglas M. Browning

CORE CURRICULUM

AUDIO CD #18A & #18B
The Basics You Should Know About Immigration Tools and Concepts

• Brief History of Immigration Law Prior to and After 1996
• New Changes in Immigration Law as a Result of September 11, 2001
• Important Terminology
• Understanding the Numerical Language
• Sources of Information: INA, CFR, Website, Kurzban, etc.
• Government Agencies DHS, DOL, DOS, EOIR, AAU, etc.

Stephen Yale-Loehr, Charles C. Foster, Maureen O’Sullivan, Margaret H. Taylor

AUDIO CD #19
Nonimmigrant Visas Part I: Playing by the Nonimmigrant Rules

• Changing, Maintaining and Extending Status
• Reinstating Legal Status
• Overstay and Its Consequences
• Understanding the Difference Between a Valid Visa and Legal Status
• Canadians and Mexicans: the Exception to the Rules
• Preconceived Intent: 30/60 Day Rule
• Consular and Immigration Inspectors
• Visa Revalidation
• Unlawful Presence

Timothy G. Payne, Elizabeth R. Edwards, Jeffrey Joseph

AUDIO CD #20
Nonimmigrant Visas Part II: Visas for Business Purposes

• H-1B – Professional: Eligibility, LCA’s, Prevailing Wage Determination and Alternative Surveys, Credential Evaluations, Industry Standards, Portability,
  Quota
• Trading and Investing Visas E-1/E-2
• TN Admissions for Canadians and Mexicans
• TN v. H-1B
• L-1A/B – Transfers of Executives, Managers and Those With Specialized Knowledge, Blanket L-1 Petitions
• Employment Authorization for Spouses of Nonimmigrants

Michele L. Strickland, Boyd F. Campbell, Cheryl B. Williams

AUDIO CD #21
Nonimmigrant Visas Part III: Visas for Other Sojourners

• Visitors for Business and Pleasure (B1/B2)
  
• Academic and Vocational Students (J and M)
  
• NAFTA Entrants – Border Crossing Cards
  
• Athletes, Performers and Extraordinary Ability Workers (O&P)
  
• Religious Workers (R)
  
• Fiancées (K)
  
• Exchange Visitors (J and Q)
  
• Temporary Agricultural and Nonagricultural Workers and Trainees (H2A, H2Bs and H3)
  
• Diplomats, Crewman, Transit Without Visa (TROW) (A, C, D)
  
• Informants, Victims of Crimes (S & Ts)
  
• Visitors Without Visas (I-94W, Board Crossing Cards, Transit Without Visa TRWOV)

Peter L. Ashman, Robert C. Divine, Naveen Rahman

AUDIO CD #22
Nonimmigrant Visas Part IV: Applying for a Visa at a U.S. Consulate or Embassy Abroad

• Who Needs to Apply for a Visa Outside of the United States?
  
• Visa Revalidation in the United States
  
• Where Should Clients Apply for the Nonimmigrant Visa?
  
• Who is Eligible to Apply for a Nonimmigrant Visa at U.S. Consulates in Mexico or Canada?
  
• Basic Documents in Support of Applications
  
• Preparing Your Client for the Consular Interview
  
• Visa Refusals After September 11
  
• Nonimmigrant Visa Waivers: Are They Ever Approved?
  
• Inspections Upon Return to the United States

Terry J. Hellbush, Douglas Bristol, Bernard P. Wolfsdorf

SUBSTANTIVE PRACTICE I

AUDIO CD #23A & #23B
Labor Certification in the Brave New World

• Managing Employer and Employee Expectations
  
• Drafting the ETA for the Changing Economy
  
• New Strategies for Using Reduction in Recruitment Processing
  
• Options for Handling Layoff Notice of  Findings and Industry Availability Letters
• PERM Preview
  

Cheryl Lenz-Calvo, Edward R. Litwin, Eleanor Pelta, Teri A. Simmons, William Carlson, Harry Sheinfeld

AUDIO CD #24 & #25
Deconstructing H-1Bs

• Back to the Sources: Working with the Statute, Regulation and Case Precedent
  
• When Size Matters: The Nature of the Employer
  
• "Isn’t That Special?”: Maturing Technologies and Specialty Occupations
  
• Working with General Educational and Liberal Arts Degrees
  
• More Than the Sum of its Parts: The Petition as Advocacy
  
• Regional Discrepancies: Know Your Service Center

Kathleen A. Moccio, Gary Endelman, David Grunblatt, Angelo A. Paparelli

SUBSTANTIVE PRACTICE II

AUDIO CD #26A & #26B
Entry and Inspection Issues: "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window!”

• Admissions and PFIs
  
• IBIS Checks and Look-Out Lists
  
• National Security Entry/Exit Registration System (NSEERS)
  
• Parole Entry: Still an Option?
  
• The Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services and the New Era of Inspections
  
• Overstaying Your I-94 & The Threat of Expedited Removal
  
• Re-entry After Removal, Deportation, and Voluntary Departure

Christine Brigagliano, Gregory D. Boos, Zada Edgar Soto, Ellen G. Yost, Jayson P. Ahern, Robert Mocny

AUDIO CD #27
Issues in Adjustment of Status: "Let’s Twist Again”

• Child Status Protection Act
  
• Changing Partners
  
• Bouncing from Category to Category: When is it Allowed?
  
• Priority Dates
  
• Adjustment in Immigration Court
  
• Concurrent Filing Issues
  
• §245(i) and Grandfathering

Jay I. Solomon, Sarah Z. Brown, Nancy B. Elkind, Mary L. Mucha

SUBSTANTIVE PRACTICE III

AUDIO CD #28 & #29
Naturalization or Derivative Status: "Born In The USA” (Not!)

• When Not to File a Naturalization Case
  
• Language and Health Waivers for Naturalization
  
• What is Considered Physical Presence for Naturalization?
  
• Permanent Resident Commuters
  
• Appealing a Denial!What Are the Options?
  
• Application to Preserve Residence
  
• How to Gather Evidence to Support a Claim to Citizenship?
  
• A Passport or Application for Certificate of Citizenship?
  
• Birth Abroad: When Has a Person Derived Citizenship?
  
• Automatic Naturalization of Children
  
• The Child Citizenship Act of 2000

Martin L. Rothstein, Frederick B. Benson, John P. Pratt, Consuelo Panchon

AUDIO CD #30
Successfully Managing The Marriage-Based Case: "Going To The Chapel”

AUDIO CD #54
Protecting Those with Nowhere to Go: Asylum, CAT, Refugees, TPS, DED, NACARA

• Establishing a Nonfrivolous Claim
  
• Avoiding a Frivolous Asylum Finding
  
• Establishing Eligibility for Protection Under Convention Against Torture
  
• Affirmative Filings
  
• Filing a Defensive Asylum Claim Before Immigration Court
  
• Current Temporary Protected Status and Deferred Enforced Departure Programs
  
• Nicaraguan and Central American Relief Act
• When is the Case Really Over?
  

Gloria Goldman, Frank K. Lipiner, Mario M. Lovo

AUDIO CD #56
Naturalization and Citizenship Claims

• Requirements for Naturalization
  
• Good Moral Character Problem Areas: Selective Service and Perjury Charges
  
• Physical Presence Requirements and Exemptions
  
• Obstacles to Naturalization
  
• When Naturalization Is Not A Good Idea
  
• Derivative Citizenship Claims
  
• Citizenship Acquired at Birth Abroad
  
• Application for Preservation of Residence for Naturalization Purposes (I-470)
  
• Revocation and Denaturalizaton
  

Lucy Fong Lee, Theresa Corcoran, Carmen A. DiPlacido

SUBSTANTIVE PRACTICE I

AUDIO CD #57
Post 9-11 Regulatory and Legislative Changes: "I Feel the Earth Move Under My Feet”

• New Photography and Fingerprinting Requirements
  
• Registration Requirement
  
• Department of Homeland Security
  
• Responding to Threats of Detention
  
• Other Proposed Legislation
  
• Important Attorney General Directives and Memos
  

Kathleen C. Walker, Judy Golub, Robert B. Jobe, Paul W. Virtue

AUDIO CD #58
Negotiating the Prevailing Wage Maze: Another Day, Another Dollar

• Door #1, or Door #2? Distinguishing Between Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) Levels I and II
  
• The New TEGL on Levels I and II
  
• Framing the Issue: Getting Your SWA to Say Yes
  
• Going Outside the Box: Alternatives to OES
  
• The Last Resort: What to Do When You’re Stuck on Level II
  
• "Money Changes Everything”: Dealing With H-1B Wages With an Eye Toward Labor Certification
  

Robert S. Whitehill, Nancy-Jo Merritt, Susan Borowski Storch, Patrick Strange

AUDIO CD #59A & #59B
Government Investigations: "I Hear You Knocking . . .”

• Federal, State, Local: Who Investigates What?
  
• Where Employers Can Falter: I-9’s; Social Security Number Mismatches; OFCCP, etc.
  
• What are the Investigators Really After? Labor Law and Employment Law Issues
  
• Orchestrating the Defense and Engaging Co-counsel: Send Lawyers, Guns and Money
  
• But It Was Not Us! The Extent of Corporate Liability
  
• Preventative Measures: Avoiding Corporate Liability
  

Michael Patrick, Thomas E. Moseley

AUDIO CD #60 & #61
Deconstructing H-1B’s

• Back to the Sources: Working with the Statute, Regulation and Case Precedent
  
• When Size Matters: The Nature of the Employer
  
• Maturing Technologies and Specialty Occupations
  
• Working with General Educational and Liberal Arts Degrees
  
• More Than the Sum of its Parts: The Petition as Advocacy
  
• Regional Discrepancies: Know Your Service Center
  

Michael Turansick, Rita Kushner, Dinesh P. Shenoy, Annie J. Wang

AUDIO CD #62A & #62B
Issues Before the Board of Immigration Appeals: "I am a Man of Constant Sorrow”

• Filing the Appeal, When and How
  
• Understanding Remands, Motions to Reopen and Motions to Reconsider
  
• Seeking the Stay of Removal and the Motion for Emergency Stay
  
• What to Do with Late Appeals and Briefs
  
• Will BIA Reorganization Affect Your Case?
  
• Overcoming Summary Dismissal
  
• Timing Issues in the BIA: When is Time Your Friend and When Should You Push the Case?
  

Linda A. Cristello, Brian K. Bates, Victor D. Nieblas Pradis, Lori Scialabba

SUBSTANTIVE PRACTICE II

AUDIO CD #63 & #64
Winning J-1 Waivers: "One for the Gipper”

• Determining if the Client is Subject to §212(e)
  
• Making Successful Extreme Hardship Cases
  
• No Objection Letters and Working with the Client’s Embassy
  
• The Skills List! – Is the Client a "Marked Man?”
  
• Interacting with Interested Government Agencies
  
• Government Financing – The Death Knell for Waivers?
  
• From State to DHS: Avoiding the Black Hole
  

Robert D. Aronson, Michael Maggio, David A.M. Ware, Stephen K. Fischel, Marcia Pryce

AUDIO CD #65
Understanding Overstay and Bars: "You Keep Me Knocking But I Can’t Come In”

• The 3- and 10-Year Bars
  
• Unlawful Presence vs. Not Accumulating Illegal Status
  
• When Does the Time Start Running for Unlawful Presence?
  
• Impact of a Change of Status and Extension of Status
  
• Obtaining Waivers
  
• Unlawful Presence in Proceedings
  
• The Permanent Aggregate Bar
  

Claudia Slovinsky, Lisa E. Seifert

AUDIO CD #66A & #66B
Criminal Conduct And How It Affects Your Case: "I’m All Shook Up”

• What is an Aggravated Felony and Why Does It Matter Now?
  
• What is a Crime Involving Moral Turpitude?
  
• Sentence Reduction
  
• Pleading to a Lesser Offense
  
• The Immigration Consequences of a Prior Criminal Plea
  
• Working With Criminal Defense Counsel Before a Plea Entered
  
• Developing a Plea that Does Not Have Immigration Consequences
  

Zachary Nightingale, Mary E. Kramer, Linda Osberg-Braun, Lory D. Rosenberg

AUDIO CD #67A & #67B
Strategies In Fighting Removal: "Float Like A Butterfly And Sting Like A Bee”

• Doing It Right the First Time
  
• Challenging Removability
  
• Removability vs. Inadmissability
  
• Seeking Post-Conviction Relief After the OSC is Filed
  
• Discovery in Immigration & District Courts
  
• Handling the Case in Chief
  

David W. Leopold, Thomas P. Adams, Simon M. Azar-Farr, Charles Roth

AUDIO CD #68 & #69
Advanced Issues in Asylum, Withholding and CAT Claims: "Someone to Watch Over Me”

• Analysis of Latest DHS Regulations
  
• Overcoming the Bars to Asylum
  
• Analysis of the Latest BIA/Attorney General Decisions
  
• Presenting Successful CAT Claims and DHS Policy on CAT Claims
  
• Stateless Asylum Claims
  
• Overcoming the Effect of 9-11 on Asylum Claims
  

Deborah Ann Sanders, Stephen Knight, Larry Katzman, Molly M. Groom

AUDIO CD #70 & #71
After the Grant of Asylum

• Receiving the Grant
  
• I-730 for Family Members
  
• Asylee Travel
  
• Asylee Adjustment of Status
  
• Alternatives to Lawful Permanent Residence
  
• Termination/Revocation of Status
  

Kirsten Schlenger, Carol Edwards, Tilman Hasche

SUBSTANTIVE PRACTICE III

AUDIO CD #72
Relief for Children: "Here Comes the Sun”

• Relief for Unaccompanied Minors
  
• Children’s Issues: Detained and Non-Detained, Special Immigrant Juveniles, Tactics for Interviewing Minor Children

Wendy Young, Deidre Gilin, Michael Biggs

AUDIO CD #73
Judicial Review of BIA Decisions

• The Limited Jurisdiction of the Federal Bench
  
• Update and Review of Criminal Cases
  
• Discretionary Decisions and Consolidation
  
• Habeas Corpus vs. Petition for Review
  
• The Petitions for Review (Deciding Whether to File, Which Court, When and How to File)
  

Nadine K. Wettstein, LInton Joaquin, Robert Jobe

AUDIO CD #74A & #74B
Priority Date Issues: "When Can Grandma Come?”

• Strategies for the "Other” Category
  
• Western Hemisphere Priority Dates
  
• Cross-Chargeability
  
• Recapturing and Using Old Priority Dates
  
• The Conversion Regulations
  
• V and K Visas
  
• Child Status Protection Act
  
• Automatic Revocation of Petitions

Kathrin S. Mautino, Cynthia A. Aziz, Maureen O’Sullivan, Scott D. Pollock, Ellen Gallagher Holmes

AUDIO CD #75
Waivers for Nonimmigrants: "You Don’t Send Me Flowers Anymore”

• Eligibility Under §212(d)(3)
  
• Where to Apply! – Time Allotted and Extensions
  
• Where to Go If Denied
  
• Medical Waivers
  
• Criminal Inadmissibility
  
• Misrepresentation
  

Richard Ginsburg, William Z. Reich, Daniel Hoyt Smith

AUDIO CD #76A & #76B
Waivers for Immigrants and Waivers for Bars: "I’m Always Chasing Rainbows”

• Grounds for Cancellation of Removal
  
• Waiver of Inadmissibility for Criminal Grounds §212(h)
  
• Waiver for Misrepresentation Under §212(i)
  
• Waiver of Post-Removal Bar
  
• Applying at the Consulate After Removal Proceedings
  
• Entry Without Inspection and Adjustment Application
  
• Waiver for 3 and 10 Year Bars
  
• Actions for Which No Waiver Available
  

Jules E. Coven, Jonathan D. Montag, Leigh Nelson, Eric Schultz

AUDIO CD #77
Managing the Managers: Identifying and Advising Executives and Managers

• "I Know One When I See One:” Identifying Managers and Executives
  
• E and L Strategies and Eligibility Issues
  
• H-1B Managers: Successes and Pitfalls
  
• The Ugly Duckling Becomes the Swan: L-1Bs and H-1Bs to Priority Workers
  
• How Portable are Managers?
  
• Corporate Restructurings and the Nonimmigrant Manager
  
• Spousal Employment
  

Margaret A. Catillaz, Barbara Bower, Neil S. Dornbaum, Larry L. Drumm

OCCUPATIONAL WORKSHOPS

AUDIO CD #78
Chefs and the Hospitality Industry

• Nonimmigrant Visa Options
  
• Specialty Cooks and Labor Certification
  
• Other Hospitality Workers
  

Donald J. Wolfson, Martin J. Lawler

AUDIO CD #79
Artists, Athletes and Performers

• Os, Ps and Miscellaneous Nonimmigrant Options
  
• Peer and Union Consultations and Reviews
  
• Immigrant Visa Options Above and Beyond EB-1
  

Howard L. Kushner, Jonathan Ginsburg, Maite Hoyos

AUDIO CD #80
Computer Professionals

• When "High Tech” Can be Done by "High Schoolers”: What Technical Jobs are Still Potential H-1B Jobs? Which Ones are Problematic?
  
• L-1Bs and the Computer Professional: Proving Specialized Knowledge
  
• Why Computer Positions May Prove Problematic for E Visas
  
• Unrelated Degrees
  
• Labor Certification
  

Robert E. Banta, Cyrus Mehta, Lawrence D. Bastone

AUDIO CD #81
Doctors

• H-1B the Dream, J-1 the Reality, and O-1 the Bridge Between the Two
  
• The Three Year Commitment and its Interplay with Permanent Residency
  
• Update on Interested Government Agency (IGA) Recommendations
  
• Changes in Employment After Obtaining an IGA Waiver
  
• Renewed Conrad 20
  

Sylvia G. Titgemeyer, Alison J. Brown, Barry J. Walker

AUDIO CD #82 & #83
Allied Health Care Professionals

• Nurses
  
• Credentialing, Licensing and Visa Screening – Inside and Outside the U.S.
  
• PTs, OTs, Med Techs
  
• Emerging Professions – Respiratory Therapists, Radiation Therapists etc
  
• H-1C
  

James D. Acoba, Matt Dunn, William A. Stock

AUDIO CD #84 & #85
Religious Workers

• Is Volunteer Experience Ever Appropriate for Establishing Special Immigrant Visa Eligibility?
  
• There is Hope for Church Music Directors
  
• Cases of Non-Ministerial Religious Occupations?
  
• Are There Hidden Constitutional Issues in the Way These Petitions are Adjudicated?
  
• Using Litigation to Stop the DHS from Further Restricting Eligibility Criteria
  
• Are Parochial Schools "Religious Organizations"?
  
• Strategies When the Sponsoring Denomination is Different from the Beneficiary’s Denomination
  
• Complex Compensation Issues
  

Martina M. Keller, Leon Wildes

OPEN FORUMS

AUDIO CD #86
DOL Open Forum
Eleanor Pelta, Frances Berger, William Carlson, Charlene Giles, Floyd Goodman, Harry Sheinfeld

AUDIO CD #87
DOS Open Forum
Robert P. Deasy, Jonathan Ginsberg, Robyn M. Bishop, Stephen K. Fischel, Jeffrey Gorsky

SATURDAY, JUNE 21

AUDIO CD #88
General Counsel Open Forum
Daryl R. Buffenstein, Denyse Sabagh, Dea Carpenter, Barry O’Melinn

AUDIO CD #89
BICE Open Forum
Gregg Rodgers, David Leopold

MOCK INTERVIEWS/HEARINGS

AUDIO CD #90
Expedited Removal at the Border: Inspections Interview

• Who is Susceptible to Expedited Removal
  
• What Questions Are Asked in an Expedited Removal Interview?
  
• Legal Representation Available
  
• What is Asylum Claim Asserted?
  
• Ramifications of Expedited Removal
  

Gerald P. Seipp, Roger Bernstein, Richard Prinz

AUDIO CD #91
Removal Hearing Conducted in Detention Center

• Bond Availability and Hearing
  
• Basic Procedures of hearing
  
• Translator Assigned
  
• Possible Relief Available: Asylum, Cancellation, §212(c), Derived Citizenship
  
• Questions to Cover in Making Claim for Particular Relief
  
• Reactions/Questions from Government Attorney and Judge
  
• Evidentiary Issues
  

Linda Kenepaske, Royal F. Berg, Leon Rosen, Hon. Charles A. Wiegand, III

AUDIO CD #92 & #93
A Meeting with Oz: Nonimmigrant Visa Interview at Consulate

• Eligibility to Apply for a Nonimmigrant Visa in Mexico or Canada
  
• Required Clearances for Certain Nationals
  
• New Rules or Expectations Under the US PATRIOT Act and Other Post-9/11 Policies and Practices
  
• An Attorney at the Consular Interview – Help or Hindrance?
  
• Special Precautions When Applying for Nonimmigrant Visas in Mexico or Canada
  
• Essential Documents to be Submitted During the Consular Interview
  
• Unlawful Presence
  
• Surprise! Client at the Post Learns He is Subject to the 3- or 10-Year Bar
  
• Oz Said No! Now What? Any Recourse?
  
• Legal Resources to Request a Reconsideration of a Visa Refusal
  

Silvia R. Graves, Frances J. Hayden, Paul M. Isel, Stephen K. Fischel, Jeffrey Gorsky

T. Douglas Stump, Jeffrey A. Devore, Patricia Ravenhorst

AUDIO CD #95
Naturalization Interview

• Eligibility for Naturalization
  
• Can You Ever Establish Good Moral Character With a Criminal Record?
  
• Can DHS Find a Lack of Moral Character When Your Client Does Not Have a Criminal Record?
  
• What Departures from the U.S. Constitute Interruption of the Physical Presence Requirements?
  
• Failure to Register for Selective Service
  
• How to Document Your Case Prior to the Naturalization Interview
  
• What to Do When Client Failed to Disclose Information on the N-400 Application
  
• When to Stop a Naturalization Interview
  

S. Christopher Stowe, Jr., Judith Cooper, Nicomedes E. Suriel

AUDIO CD #96
Federal Court Habeas Corpus Hearing
David K. Wenger, Mauricio L. Aldazabal, Karen T. Grisez, Hon. Charles A. Wiegaud, III

SUBSTANTIVE PRACTICE I

AUDIO CD #97A & #97B
Labor Certification in The Brave New World

• Managing Employer and Employee Expectations
  
• Drafting the ETA for the Changing Economy: Job Descriptions, Worksite Locations, Wage Predictions
  
• Is Reduction in Recruitment "DOA”? New Strategies for Using RIR Processing in the Current Market
  
• Options for Handling Layoff NOF’s and Industry Availability Letters
  
• Special Handling
  
• PERM Preview
  

Howard W. Gordon, Susan J. Cohen, Aggie R. Hoffman, Warren R. Leiden, Harry Sheinfeld, William Carlson

AUDIO CD #98
Negotiating the Prevailing Wage Maze: Another Day, Another Dollar

• Door #1, or Door #2? Distinguishing Between Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) Levels I and II
  
• The New TEGL on Levels I and II
  
• Framing the Issue: Getting Your SWA to Yes
  
• Going Outside the Box: Alternatives to OES
  
• The Last Resort: What to Do When You’re Stuck on II
  
• "Money Changes Everything:” Dealing with H-1B Wages with an Eye Toward Labor Certification
  

Ester Greenfield, Cynthia Lange, Michael J. Zavatsky, Patrick W. Stange

AUDIO CD #99A & #99B
Post 9-11 Regulatory and Legislative Changes: "I Feel the Earth Move Under My Feet”

• New Photography and Fingerprinting Requirements
  
• Registration Requirement
  
• Department of Homeland Security
  
• Responding to Threats of Detention
  
• Other Proposed Legislation
  
• Important Attorney General Directives and Memos
  

Denyse Sabagh, Charles H. Kuck, Tarik H. Sultan, Crystal Williams

AUDIO CD #100
It’s Academic: The New World of Students and Scholars

• New Restrictions on Students and on Universities Since September 11
  
• The Impact of SEVIS and NSEERS on Educational Institutions
  
• F, J, M and  Students: Employment Options
  
• Immigration Compliance and Educational Institutions
  

Scott W. Wright, Katherine Bellows, Ellen R. Gorman, Donal Eoin Reilly, Michael Dougherty

SUBSTANTIVE PRACTICE II

AUDIO CD #101
Day Tripper: Strategies for the Border Crossing Business Traveler

• DHS’ New "Registration Rule”: What Every Business Traveler Should Know About Entry and Designated Ports for Departure
  
• Visa Expirations, I-797 Expirations and Automatic Revalidation Rules
  
• Extensions, Changes of Status and Travel
  
• Special Issues Relating to Canada and Mexico
  
• Portability and Travel
  
• Travel During Adjudicatory Delays
  
• Visas vs. Advance Parole
  
• Port of Entry Shopping
  

Mark D. Koestler, David H. Paruch, Katherine E. Urban-Linck, Robert Mocny

AUDIO CD #102
My Client Is Stuck! Keeping Your Head and Saving the Day

• Know Before You Go: Sidestepping Problems Before They Arise
  
• Lookout, Lookout, Wherever You Are: The Ever-Expanding Universe of Data
  
• I’m On the List! Get Me Off!
  
• Advanced Techniques in Client Calming
  
• Withdrawing the Request for Admission
  
• Foreign Governments and Other Friendly Resources
  

Peter N. Larrabee, Timothy J. Murphy, William A. Stock

AUDIO CD #103
Consular Processing for Family Members: "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean”

• V and K Visas
  
• Age-Outs and §201(f) Preserving Priority Dates
  
• DHS Revocation of Petition
  
• I-601 Waivers
  
• Adoption Petitions
  
• K-3 Visas for People that Are Unlawfully Present
  
• The Remote Beneficiary and Other Challenges in Consular Cases
  

Edwin R. Rubin, Jose Pertiera, Irene A. Steffas, Robyn M. Bishop

AUDIO CD #104
Nonimmigrant Strategies for Non-degreed Workers: "My Lack of Education Never Hurt Me None”

• Non-degreed Workers and the Industries That Love Them
  
• L-1B and E Visas: Proving Specialized Knowledge and "Essentiality”
  
• H-2B Visas: When is a Position "Temporary” in Nature
  
• NAFTA’s Non-degreed Categories
  
• Using the 3=1 Rule for H-1B Petitions
  

Stanley Mailman, Gerard M. Chapman, R. Patrick Murphy

AUDIO CD #105
Constitutional Issues in Post 9-11 ERA: "Here Comes the Judge”

• Overall Struggle Between Basic Freedoms and Security Concerns in  Post-9/11 Era
  
• Basic Constitutional Principles and Civil Rights Acts Limiting Government Actions
  
• Particular Role of Immigration Attorneys in This Struggle
  
• Challenges to the USA PATRIOT Act
  
• Recent Legislation/Litigation: Department of Homeland Security
  
• Recent Litigation Over Constitutional Issues Impacted by Government Actions
  

Lucas Guttentag, Hiroshi Motomura

AUDIO CD #106
LCA Record Keeping and Audits: "Carry That Weight”

• Helping Clients Set Up, Maintain and Update LCA Public Access Files
  
• How Do Large H-1B Employers Cope with LCA Recordkeeping Requirements?
  
• Implementing Systems that Prevent Audit Penalties: What Can and Should You Do For Your Clients?
  
• Managing LCA’s for Roving Employees: The Impossible Dream?
  
• Coping with Wage and Hour Audits
  

Roxana C. Bacon, John S. Brendel, Josie Gonzalez, William Lesser

SUBSTANTIVE PRACTICE III

AUDIO CD #107
Entering the United States as a Visitor: The Latest Buzz About Bs

• Admission, Extension, and Change of Status: The New Reality
  
• Student B-ings: Don’t Let Your Client Get Stung!
  
• Visa Waiver – Now More than Ever?
  
• The Academic Honorarium: A Bright Spot
  
• B’s and the Nest: Family Members, Domestic Partners and Household Workers
  
• "B-ing and Other-ness”: B-1 in Lieu of Other Nonimmigrant Classifications
  

Jeanne M. Malitz, Paul R. Hribernick, Elissa M. McGovern, Jeffrey Gorsky

AUDIO CD #108
H-2A and H-2B Visas: "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You...Temporarily”

• How Temporary is Temporary? Four Expectations! Employer, DOL, DHS, DOS
  
• Initial Considerations: Nonimmigrant Intent, Admissibility
  
• Changes in Duties, Location After Labor Certification Approval
  
• §212(d)(3)(A) Waivers of Unlawful Presence
  
• Timing Strategies!60/90/120 Days and Premium Processing
  
• Roles of Recruiters, Agents and Attorneys
  
• Emerging Trends and Regional Variances
  

Andrew B. Greenfield, Eric Bord, Malvern C. Burnett, Charlene Giles

AUDIO CD #109
"Collateral Damage”: Criminal Immigration Primer for Business Practitioners

• Communicating With Criminal Defense Attorneys
  
• Implications of Different Convictions on Immigration Status
  
• The "3Ds”: Drugs, Domestic Violence, and DUI
  
• Crimes of Moral Turpitude and Aggravated Felonies
  
• Nuts and Bolts of NIV and IV Waivers and the Petty Offense Exception Previous Non-Disclosure of a Conviction
  
• Reentry After Self-Deportation
  

James R. Patterson, Maria Baldini-Potermin, George N. Miller

AUDIO CD #110 & #111
"Running” Around the Runaround: Avoiding Labor Certification

• Identifying Vital Workers and High Level Employees
  
• Leveraging Merits: Extraordinary Ability, "Outstandingness,” and Exceptional Ability
  
• The Importance of Being Important: Successful National Interest Waivers
  
• Schedule A: Useless Anachronism, or Secret Weapon?
  
• E13, Be Good to Me: Creative Strategies for Multinational Managers and Executives
  

Carl Falstrom, Carlos M. Recio, Nathan A. Waxman

AUDIO CD #112
Income Tax Basics for Immigration Lawyers: "Dancing in the Dark”

• Residents and Nonresidents for Tax Purposes
  
• "Glory Days”: Special Rules for Students, Trainees and Scholars
  
• Exemptions from FICA and Totalization Agreements
  
• Consequences of Abandoning PR Status or Citizenship for Tax Purposes
  
• Importance of Formal Abandonment To Avoid Residency
  
• Obligations of Immigration Practitioners Regarding Taxation of Foreign Nationals
  
• Working with Tax Specialists
  

Joel H. Paget, Ted J. Chiappari, Donna Kepley

AUDIO CD #113
Media: When to Use and When Not to Use in Specific Cases – “Lights, Camera, Action”

• What Type of Media to Use for Your Case?
  
• Developing Relationships With the Media
  
• Don’t Let the Media Use You: How to Develop and Preserve Your Message
  
• Keeping Your Message Consistent
  
• Coordinating a Large Audience
  

Donna L. Lipinski, Enrique Arevalo, Ron Russell

MASTERS PROGRAM: EXPERIENCED PRACTITIONERS TRACK

AUDIO CD #114
Dealing with Adjudicatory Delays: "Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There!”

• Commencing Employment: What to do (or not) While the H, L, or O are Pending
  
• Nonimmigrant Transitions
  
• Transitioning Laid-Off Nonimmigrants
  
• Premium Processing: Is it Really the Deal of a Lifetime?
  
• Nonimmigrant to Immigrant Transitions: Pending Labor Certifications, Pending I-140’s and Seventh Year Extensions
  
• Strategies to Deal With Nonimmigrant Expirations in Other Visa Categories
  

Howard S. “Sam” Myers III, Lorna Rogers Burgess, H. Ronald Klasko

AUDIO CD #115
Social Group Persecution Claims: "The Impossible Dream??”

• Analysis of DHS Proposed Regulations on DV/Social Group Claims
  
• Summary and Analysis of DV Adjudications Before the Immigration Judges (IJs)
  
• Presenting Successful DV/Social Group Claims Before the DHS, IJs and BIA
  
• Latest Developments in International Law on DV/Social Group Claims and Their Impact on U.S. Asylum Law
  
• Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Claims and Their Relationship to DV Claims
  
• Interrelationship of DV Claims and Political Persecution Claims
  

Karen Musalo, Helen A. Sklar, Deborah Anker

AUDIO CD #116
"Everything Old Is New”: Preparing and Presenting §212(c) Cases

• St. Cyr and Beyond
  
• BIA Regulations as They Affect St. Cyr
  
• Circuit Law Across the Country
  
• What Are the Procedures for Reopening?
  
• Where and When to File?
  

Daniel M. Kowalski, Traci Hong, Robert Pauw, Douglas S. Weigle

AUDIO CD #117A & #117B
Adjustment of Status vs. Consular Processing: Advanced Strategies for the Business Applicant

• Concurrent Filing
  
• §106 and Concurrent Filing: Must One Wait for the I-140 to be Approved in Order to be Portable?
  
• Adjustment of Status and its Ancillary Applications
  
• To Adjust or Consular Process, That is the Question
  

Deborah J. Notkin, Janet H. Cheetham, Tammy Fox-Isicoff, Lawrence H. Rudnick

AUDIO CD #118A & #118B
Post Conviction Relief: "Like a Bridge Over Troubled Water”