Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions – Advanced Session

Program Description

This one-hour seminar assumes that attendees have a basic familiarity with the crim/imm concepts (ie: what is an aggravated felony) and dives into more advanced topics. We will review strategies that CA defense attorneys can use to avoid or mitigate the most severe immigration consequences. The seminar will also provide a brief update of new California and Federal laws impacting immigrants – such as Prop. 36 and the Laken Riley Act.  Finally, the seminar will provide an overview of legal vehicles for post-conviction litigation in California that can mitigate or eliminate immigration consequences faced as a result of prior convictions.  

About the Speaker

Raha Jorjani is a detention and deportation defense attorney and runs the Immigration Representation Unit of the Office of the Alameda County Public Defender. From 2007 until 2014, Raha served as a Clinical Professor at the UC Davis School of Law in the immigration law clinic. In 2015, she taught the first course offered at the UC Berkeley School of Law dedicated to “Crimmigration.” Since 2005, Raha has provided pro bono representation and legal assistance to hundreds of immigrants – detained and non-detained - before the Immigration Courts, BIA, U.S. District Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, and California state courts.

Also see:

Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions 101 – Overview of Basic Concepts

Wed, Mar 26, 12pm - 1pm PDT

Q: Are these trainings geared towards defense attorneys or immigration attorneys?

A:  A little of both.  Criminal Defense attorneys will gain a basic understanding of legal concepts (part 1/Overview of Basic Concepts) and become familiar with strategies for protecting noncitizens from the most severe immigration consequences (part 2/Advanced Session). Immigration Attorneys will gain a basic understanding of how to determine potential immigration consequences for clients who have had contact with the criminal legal system in CA, and become familiar with post-conviction relief strategies that may be used to eliminate or mitigate consequences faced by clients as a result of prior convictions.