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Webinar: Immigration Law Section – Statelessness and Asylum
Join the Immigration Law Section’s Newer Lawyers Division for their webinar series. This webinar series enables attendees to receive education and mentoring from seasoned immigration attorneys in specific areas of immigration law. Panelists Samantha Sitterley and Steven Schulman will discuss some of the legal challenges attorneys face when representing stateless asylum seekers, with a particular focus on the unique situation of stateless Palestinian asylum seekers in the United States.
Presented by the Immigration Law Section
Registration is closed
Presenters
Samantha Sitterley, Staff Attorney, United Stateless
Samantha Sitterley joined the United Stateless team as the first ever Staff Attorney in October 2022. At United Stateless, Samantha provides direct legal representation for members of our Stateless Community, and represents our organization’s interests before members of Congress and federal agencies to improve the circumstances of stateless people. Samantha is a 2014 graduate of the Tulane Law School in New Orleans, Louisiana. She currently lives in Boulder, Colorado.
Steven Schulman, Pro Bono Partner, Akin
Steven Schulman is Akin’s pro bono partner, leading the firm’s worldwide pro bono practice since 2006. He has a focus on human rights and refugee matters and has represented asylum seekers in the United States for more than 25 years. Over the past decade, he has worked on statelessness issues in the United States and UK, including winning asylum for a stateless Palestinian in immigration court.
Registration
[Registration is Closed]
Registration will close on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. ET
Registration Fees
- Complimentary for FBA Members & Non-Members
Live Captioning: Closed captioning is available for all virtual webcasts.
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Event Contact
Maya Lugasy (mlugasy@brown-immigration.com)
CLE
Please note CLE will not be offered for this event.
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