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On Their Own:

The 2nd Annual Conference On

Unaccompanied Immigrant Children


AGENDA


THURSDAY, May 17, 2007

(full day- morning overlap with Freedom Network conference)

Time

Session

8:30am- 5pm

Registration

9:00am- 12:30pm

Freedom Network sessions on Child Trafficking Issues

12:30pm- 2pm

LUNCH

2:00pm- 2:15pm

Welcome/Opening Remarks


  • Room 3210A


2:15pm- 3:15pm

PLENARY SESSION: Building the Movement to Help Unaccompanied Immigrant Children


  • Room 3210A


Moderator:

Elissa Steglich, American Friends Service Committee


Speakers:

  • Maria Jose Fletcher, FIAC’s LUCHA Project

  • Maria Woltjen, Immigrant Children’s Advocacy Center

  • Alheli Herrera, Youth Organizer


3:15pm- 3:30pm

BREAK

3:30pm- 4:45pm

TRACK A: International Perspectives on Unaccompanied Immigrant Children


  • Room 3210A



Moderator:

Elizabeth Dallam, UNHCR



Speakers:

  • Jacqueline Bhabha, Harvard University & co-author of Seeking Asylum Alone

  • Carlos Molina, International Social Service


TRACK B: Federal Court Litigation 101


  • Room 3208/09


(Open to Attorneys/Legal Representatives only)


Moderator:

Rebecca Sharpless, FIAC



Speakers:

  • Charles Elsesser, Florida Legal Services

  • Peter Schey, Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law

  • JoNel Newman, University of Miami School of Law

4:45pm- 6pm

Breakout Rooms for:


  • Building the Movement to Help Unaccompanied Immigrant Children

      • Room 3210A


  • Posada (film by Mark McGregor, S.J.) with discussion afterwards with filmmaker

      • Room 3208/09


  • Role of the Guardian Ad Litem (Child Advocate) in Immigration Court proceedings (led by M. Woltjen and S. Krehbiel)

      • Room 3210B


All breakout sessions are open to all attendees


FRIDAY, May 18, 2007 (full day)

Time

Session

8:30am- 12pm

Registration

9:00am- 10:15am

TRACK A: Courtroom Techniques for Asylum Claims (mock hearing)


  • Room 3210A


(Open to Attorneys/Legal Representatives Only)


Moderator:

Lisette Losada, FIAC


Participants:

  • Lisa Frydman, Legal Services for Children

  • Deborah Lee, FIAC

  • Lisa M. Lauck, FIAC

  • Steve Lang, EOIR

  • Claudia Valenzuela, National Immigrant Justice Center


TRACK B: Working with a Traumatized Child


  • Room 3208/09


Moderator:

Susan Schmidt, co-author of Seeking Asylum Alone


Speakers:

  • Teresa Descilo, Victim Services Center

  • Etiony Aldarondo, Department of Educational and Psychological Studies, University of Miami

  • Tamara Paula, Department of Educational and Psychological Studies, University of Miami

  • Shanna Dulen, Department of Educational and Psychological Studies, University of Miami


10:15am- 10:30am

BREAK

10:30am- 11:30am

PLENARY SESSION: Discussion with Office of Refugee Resettlement’s Division of Unaccompanied Children’s Services


  • Room 3210A


Facilitator:

Adriana Ysern, National Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children


Guest:

Maureen Dunn, Division of Unaccompanied Children’s Services


11:30am- 1:00pm

LUNCH


Sessions for:

  • U Visas (bring your own lunch- open to all)

    • Room 3210A


  • Florida Umbrella Group luncheon

(for Florida legal service providers)

    • Room 3208/09



1:00pm- 2:15pm

PLENARY SESSION: Social Group Asylum Claims (Panel Discussion)


  • Room 3210A


Moderator:

Stephen Knight, University of California- Hastings College of Law, Center for Gender and Refugee Studies


Speakers:

  • Aryah Somers, Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project

  • Anne Chandler, University of Houston Law Center


2:15pm- 2:30pm

BREAK

2:30pm- 3:45pm

TRACK A: Fundamentals of SIJ cases (Skills building workshop)


  • Room 3210A


(Recommended for beginning practitioners or non-attorneys)


Moderator:

Michelle Abarca, FIAC


Speakers:

  • Sarah Diaz, National Immigrant Justice Center

  • Kira Romero, Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association

TRACK B: Advanced SIJ issues

(Panel discussion)


  • Room 3208/09


(Open to Attorneys/Legal Representatives Only)


Moderators:

Lisa Lauck, FIAC

Lisa Frydman, Legal Services for Children


Speakers:

  • David Thronson, University of Nevada- Las Vegas, Boyd School of Law

  • Angela Lloyd, Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law


3:45pm- 4:00pm

BREAK

4:00pm- 5:00pm

TRACK A:

Different Models of Representing Children in Detention


  • Room 3208/09


Moderator:

Anita Khashu, Vera Institute of Justice


Speakers:

  • Diane Eason, ProBar

  • Carolyn Reyes, Legal Services for Children

  • Anne Chandler, University of Houston Law Center

  • Michelle Abarca, FIAC


TRACK B: The Juvenile Court Perspective



  • Room 3210A



Moderators:

Rhiannon Brusco, Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

Wendi Adelson, University of Miami School of Law


Speakers:

  • Bernard Perlmutter, University of Miami School of Law

  • Hon. Judge Butchko, Eleventh Judicial Circuit (Miami-Dade County), Circuit Court

  • Hon. Judge Venzer, Eleventh Judicial Circuit (Miami-Dade County), Circuit Court

  • Hon. Judge Langer, Eleventh Judicial Circuit (Miami-Dade County), Circuit Court

5:00pm- 7:00pm

Reception


    • Fifth Floor Terrace




SATURDAY, May 19, 2007 (half day)

Time

Session


9:00am- 10:00am

TRACK A: Advanced SIJ issues- Part II (Panel Discussion)


  • Room 3210A


(Open to Attorneys/Legal Representatives Only)


Moderators:

Deborah Lee, FIAC

Lisa Frydman, Legal Services for Children


Speakers:

  • Ragini Shah, Columbia Law School

  • Christina Wilkes, Ayuda, Inc.


TRACK B: Updates from Field Coordinators


  • Room 3208/09






Speakers:

  • Stephanie Scott, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

  • Tenneh Johnson, Lutheran Immigrant and Refugee Service

10:00am- 10:15am

BREAK

10:15am- 11:30am

TRACK B: Legislative Updates (Panel)


  • Room 3210A


(Open to Attorneys/Legal Representatives Only)


Moderator:

Christopher Nugent, Holland & Knight, LLP


Speaker:

  • David Shahoulian, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law, Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives


TRACK B: Ethical Concerns for Legal Advocates of Children


  • Room 3208/09





Facilitator:

University of Miami School of Law’s Center for Ethics and Public Service


11:30am- 11:45am


BREAK

11:45am- 12:45pm

STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION:


Effective Impact Strategies: Use of Legislation, Media and Federal Litigation on behalf of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children


  • Room 3210A


Moderator:

Kathleen Moccio, University of St. Thomas School of Law


Speakers:

  • Christopher Nugent, Holland & Knight, LLP

  • Carlos Holguin, Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law

  • Susana Barciela, The Miami Herald (Editorial Board)





                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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