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Immigration Law Section Webinar: Immigration Issues Facing State and Local Governments
Join the Immigration Law Section’s Younger Lawyers Division for their webinar series geared toward the younger attorney. Through this webinar series, the intention is to enable attendees to receive mentoring from seasoned immigration attorneys in specific areas of immigration law. This panel will cover state and local governments’ interactions with the Department of Homeland Security and ICE, where lines have been drawn and what is happening on the ground.
About the Presenters
J. Carolina Chavez is the General Counsel and Deputy Commissioner for Policy at the New York City Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA), the primary policy advisor to the Mayor on all immigration related matters. In that capacity, she oversees the Office’s legislative efforts to advocate for immigrant inclusive policies and programs at all levels of government, as well as enforcement of the City’s local laws limiting law enforcement and government from cooperating with ICE on civil immigration enforcement. Carolina’s responsibilities also include advising on the City’s approach to immigration-related litigation, both affirmative and defensive. She joined MOIA after serving as a Senior Counsel at the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, where her responsibilities included advising and operationalizing reforms aimed at reducing the over-policing and criminalization of communities of color. Prior to joining the Mayor’s Office, Carolina was a Senior Counsel at the New York City Law Department, where she litigated on behalf of the City and its employees in federal suits filed in the Southern and Eastern District Courts. She has served as an Administrative Law Judge for New York State, and started her career at the New York County District Attorney’s Office. In addition, she is an adjunct faculty member in the Lawyering and Legal Writing Program at Cardozo Law. Carolina is the proud daughter of immigrants.
Arash Jahanian is the Director of Policy and Civil Rights Litigation at the Meyer Law Office, PC. He advises lawmakers, advocates, and stakeholders on proposed policies, through the lens of the impact those policies will have on members of vulnerable communities including immigrants and people impacted by the justice system. His litigation practice includes representation of victims of governmental abuse and employment discrimination. Prior to joining the Meyer Law Office, Arash worked as a staff attorney at the ACLU of Colorado, where he litigated and advocated on behalf of immigrants, LGBTQ individuals, prisoners, victims of police racial profiling, and people experiencing homelessness. Arash contributed to lawsuits in Colorado that ended sheriffs’ practices of holding individuals at ICE’s request, challenged a 287(g) program that would allow deputies to enforce immigration law, and sought accountability for the death of man in ICE custody at the detention facility run by GEO Group, Inc. Arash previously worked at the civil rights firm Rathod Mohamedbhai LLC, where he represented victims of police brutality, prison abuse, and employment discrimination. Arash was one of the attorneys in the Wyoming marriage equality cases and has served as chair of the Denver LGBTQ Commission and president of the Colorado LGBT Bar Association. He is currently on the board of the Interfaith Alliance of Colorado and the Nomination Committee for the Denver Citizen Oversight Board. Arash was recognized as the Colorado Bar Association’s Outstanding Young Lawyer in 2015, and was part of three different teams winning the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association’s Case of the Year Award. A graduate of Georgetown Law and the University of North Carolina, Arash has also worked as an associate in Crowell & Moring LLP’s Washington, DC office, a judicial clerk for the Honorable Wiley Y. Daniel of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, and a middle school teacher in Chicago through Teach For America.
Registration
Registration for this event will close Wednesday, October 7 at 2PM EST.
Registration Fees
- FBA Members – $0
- Nonmembers – $75
Cancellation Policy
No refunds will be made for notices of cancellation received after the close of business on September 30. No-shows will be billed. Substitutions may be made up to one business day prior to the event except as the Association otherwise agrees in writing. Please contact Ariel White at awhite@fedbar.org with cancellation and/or substitution requests.
CLE
Please note that CLE credit is not offered for this webinar.
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