Event Description
Deadline to Register: April 25
Please join the MSBA Immigration Law
Section for this 2-hour program that will
cover family and immigration issues including Special Immigrant Juveniles Status
(SIJS) petitions divorces (custody issues if a parent
is undocumented), powers of attorney and custody documents to
have prepared if ICE comes knocking at the door, US passport
issues for US citizen children (single parent households and households with undocumented
parents), and more!
Presenters:
Rebecca
Scholtz | Staff Attorney, CLINIC’s Vulnerable Populations
Project
Rebecca Scholtz is a Training and Legal
Support Staff Attorney with the new Defending Vulnerable Populations Project.
Prior to joining CLINIC, Rebecca worked with Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid's
Immigration Law Project, first as a Liman Fellow and then as a staff attorney.
Her work at MMLA focused on representation of unaccompanied children, and she
also provided training, technical assistance, pro bono program development, and
advocacy on children's immigration issues.
Cathleen A. Sykes | Attorney,
Sykes Family Law, P.A.
Cathleen
A. Sykes is the Owner and Founding Attorney of Sykes Family Law, P.A. A graduate
of William Mitchell College of Law, Cathleen spent her time at law school
volunteering with low-income families at Southern Minnesota Regional Legal
Services, and at the Hennepin County Juvenile and Family Justice Center’s Family
Law Clinic and Child Support Workshop. She focused her legal studies on women’s
rights and gender equality, helping implement a Law Students for Reproductive
Justice student association on campus and instilling William Mitchell as an
annual participant in the Williams Institute Sexual Orientation Law Moot
Court.
Iris
Ramos | Attorney, Law Office of Iris Ramos, LLC
Iris
Ramos is the Owner and Founding Attorney of The Law Office of Iris Ramos LLC.
Shortly after graduating from the University of Minnesota Law School, Iris
started her law firm with a vision of helping individuals, including those in
the Latino community, achieve their legal needs by providing caring, informed
and supportive services in the areas of family and immigration law. Iris
volunteers her time providing free legal clinics at the Consulate of Ecuador in
the areas of family and immigration law and the Chrysalis Center for family law
as well as monthly Spanish phone legal clinics for the Volunteer Lawyers Network
and volunteer services for the Immigrant Law Center. Iris firmly believes in
giving back to her community and also enjoys investing her time as a board
member and vice-chair of Centro Tyrone Guzman and board member of Latino
Economic Development Center. She is currently a member of the American
Immigration Lawyers Association, Minnesota State Bar Association, Hennepin
County Bar Association and is a Limited Scope Attorney for the Hennepin County
Family Justice Center.
Patricia Perez Jenkins |
Attorney, Perez-Jenkins Law, LLC
Patricia
Perez-Jenkins worked at Southern MN Regional Legal Services in the Refugees,
Immigrant and Migrant unit from 2005 till 2009 working in the areas of
employment, civil and immigration law. She left legal aid to start her own
practice in 2010. Currently her solo practice concentrates on immigration and
family law cases specializing in victims of crime, domestic abuse, family
immigration and waivers. She contracts with Civil Society to continue to provide
services to victims who cannot afford a private practice attorney. Since 2011
she also teaches, as an Adjunct Associate Professor, a course entitled Law in
Practice at the University of Minnesota Law School. She is a graduate of
the University of Minnesota Law School, 2005. She has a A.B. from Harvard &
Radcliffe College (1998) in Government/Political Science.
CLE
Credits:
2.0 Standard CLE Credit approved | Event Code: 237131
Cost:
Immigration and Family Law
Section Members: $10
MSBA Member not in the section: $15
Non-Member: $25
Law
Students: FREE
Remote Participation:
Remote participation is available. Please indicate this option when
registering. Instructions will be emailed to you the day prior to the CLE.
To register with a check, please mail in this registration form.
Need to cancel? Please see our cancellation policy.
Questions? Contact Kayla Erbach | 612-278-6325
The MSBA is committed to creating an inclusive environment in which all
members can participate fully. If you need reasonable accommodations to
participate in this event, please notify
Kayla
Erbach. Please provide
at least 72 hours prior to the event to allow sufficient time to make
arrangements.