6th Annual New York
Asylum & Immigration Law Conference
Detailed Agenda & Presenters Below!
Friday, February 5, 2021
9:00 – 9:15 AM | Welcoming Speech
Speaker: Lenni Benson
Morning – Basic Track
9:15 – 10:45 AM | Basic Asylum/ Withholding/ CAT
- Moderator: Dr. Alicia Triche, Triche Immigration Appeals
- Desiree C. Hernandez, Safe Passage Project
- Lauren Wyatt, Catholic Charities Community Services
- Lauren Anselowitz, Harlan Yorke & Associates
10:45 – 11 AM | BREAK
11 AM – 12:30 PM | Basic Bars to Asylum
- Moderator: Linda Kenepaske, Law Office of Linda Kenepaske
- Elizabeth Gibson, NYLAG
- Murat Berdyev, Berdyev Law, P.C.
12:30 – 2 PM | Plenary Lunch – The Big Picture: International Human Rights Law and the United States
- Moderator: Alexandra Rizio, Safe Passage Project
- Professor Audrey Macklin, University of Toronto
- Betsy Fisher, IRAP
- Alice Farmer, UNHCR
Afternoon – Advanced Track
2:15 PM-3:45 PM | Advanced Evolving Theories of Social Group and Other Hot Topics in Protection
- Moderator: Heather Axford, CALA
- Hon. Jeffrey Chase (retired)
- Anwen Hughes, Human Rights First
- Lori Adams, Sanctuary for Families
3:45-5:30 PM | Advanced Motions to Reopen and Responding to Expedited Forms of Removal
- Moderator: Jodi Ziesemer, NYLAG
- Jackie Pearce, Make the Road New York
- Maura Finn, Southern Poverty Law Center
- H. Raymond Fasano, Youman, Madeo & Fasano, LLP
Please join us for an end-of-day networking opportunity
Starting at 5:30 PM
End of Day Networking Rooms | “MC:” Desireé Hernandez
Saturday, February 6, 2021
9:00 AM | Welcoming Speech
Amy Gell, Chair of SDNY-Fed. Bar Assoc.
Mark Schmueli, Chair of ILS-Fed. Bar. Assoc.
9:15 – 10:45 AM | Best Practices and Ethics: Representing Children in Asylum Claims
- Hon. Patricia Rohan (retried) (opening remarks)
- Catherine Weiss, Lowenstein Sandler LLP
- Professor Theo Liebmann, Hofstra University
10:45 – 11 AM | BREAK
11 AM – 12:30 PM | Best Practices: Presenting a Case Remotely
- Moderator: Helen Parsonage, Elliot Morgan Parsonage, PLLC
- Amelia Wilson, Immigrants’ Rights Clinic at Columbia Law School
- Liz Willis, Asylum Seekers Advocacy Project
12:45 – 2 PM | Plenary Lunch: Toward an Independent Immigration Court
- Moderator: Professor Lenni Benson
- Kate Goettle, AIC
- Danny Alicea, Center for Family Representation/NYC Bar Association
2 PM | Closing Remarks
Speakers: Professor Lenni Benson; Alexandra Rizio and Desiree C. Hernandez, Safe Passage Project