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Thursday November 17
2016
 Representing Immigrants in Family Court

Family court is already a complex arena, even more so when representing immigrants. Learn how to spot both opportunities to help your immigrant clients, and pitfalls to avoid when representing immigrants. We'll go over basic forms of immigration status that are seen most often in family court, and then narrow our focus on when and how to best represent immigrant clients in this context. 

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  • When
    Thursday, November 17, 2016
    3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  • Location
    Staten Island Family Justice Center
    126 Stuyvesant Place
    Staten Island, NY
  • CLE Credits
    Skills: 1.00
    Areas of Professional Practice: 1.00
  • Format
    Traditional Live Classroom
  • Practice Area(s)
    Immigration
    Family
  • Price: $0

About the Faculty

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    Lorilei Williams (Speaker)

    Lorilei Williams is the Director of the Immigration Unit at Staten Island Legal Services (SILS), which provides holistic services to Staten Island immigrants and direct representation in a wide-range of immigration matters, including U and T-visas, VAWA self-petitions, family petitions, citizenship, asylum, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, and removal defense. Prior to joining SILS, Ms. Williams worked with unaccompanied minors detained in federal custody and specialized in working with minors with criminal history, mental health needs, and severe trauma history. Before this, Ms. Williams represented domestic violence survivors as the sole attorney for a domestic violence shelter. Ms. Williams is admitted to the state bars of New York and Texas. She is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, where she was the recipient of numerous recognitions reflecting her dedication to public service, her skills in oral advocacy, and her academic achievement. She received her bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland.
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    Esther Limb (Speaker)

    Esther joined the staff of Her Justice in April 2008. She trains and mentors pro bono attorneys and provides legal assistance and representation to the women served by Her Justice in the areas of family and matrimonial law, as well as Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) immigration cases. Upon graduation from Fordham University School of Law in 2004, Esther worked for the Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center (APALRC) in Washington, D.C. as an Equal Justice Works Fellow representing Asian victims of domestic violence in the great DC area in the areas of family, matrimonial and immigration law. After her fellowship, Esther worked at Sanctuary for Families' Center for Battered Women's Legal Services as the Courtroom Advocates Project Supervising Attorney in Queens Family Court. Esther received her J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in 2004 and her B.A. in Politics from Pomona College in 1997. She is admitted to the New York, California and Virginia Bars. Esther is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and speaks fluent Korean and conversational Russian.