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SUMMARY:Immigration Law & Civil Rights Law Sections: Trump v. New York\, Can the President Exclude Unauthorized Immigrants from the Census Count for Purposes of Congressional Apportionment?
DESCRIPTION:The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for the census case\, Trump v. New York\, on November 30\, 2020. The Immigration Law Section and the Civil Rights Division present this webinar which will discuss the case\, oral arguments and the primary question of whether the memo from the Trump administration ordering the census count to not include unauthorized immigrants for the purpose of congressional representation violates the equal protection clause. \nSponsored by the Immigration Law Section & Civil Rights Law Section \n\nAbout the Presenters\nTerry Ao Minnis \nTerry Ao Minnis the senior director of the census and voting programs for Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC. Mrs. Minnis was part of the litigation team in LUPE v. Ross (D. Md. and 4th Cir.) (LUPE I) that challenged the administration’s attempted addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 decennial census. The team\, including Mrs. Minnis\, went back to court in LUPE v. Ross (D. Md.) (LUPE II) to challenge the administration’s plan to collect and provide incomplete citizenship data to the states for purposes of redistricting; the subsequent Presidential memorandum seeking to exclude undocumented immigrants from the constitutionally mandated apportionment; and the Census Bureau’s announced plan to end the counting of non-responsive individuals a month earlier than scheduled as an unconstitutional and racially discriminatory scheme intended to deprive Latinos\, Asian Americans\, and noncitizens of equal representation. \nMrs. Minnis experience on the census spans two decades\, having served as a leading authority on census campaigns in 2010 and 2020. Currently\, Mrs. Minnis co-chairs the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights’ Census Task Force. In addition\, she was part of  the U.S Department of Commerce’s 2010 Census Advisory Committee from 2002 through 2011 and the Census Bureau’s National Advisory Committee on Racial\, Ethnic and Other Populations for two terms from 2013 through 2019. \nMrs. Minnis is a widely respected authority on voting rights as well. She was one of the key leaders in the campaigns to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act in 2006 as well as to address the Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder. Mrs. Minnis has published several articles\, chapters in all four editions of the ABA’s elections handbook and has been counsel on numerous amicus briefs filed before the Supreme Court on voting rights cases\, including Shelby County v. Holder. Appointed to the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Elections in 2020\, Mrs. Minnis was named one of the four living 2020 National Women’s History Alliance Honorees: Valiant Women of the Vote. She is one of NOW’s 100 Sisters of Suffrage as part of their celebration of the centennial anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment. \nMrs. Minnis received her Juris Doctor\, Cum Laude\, from American University Washington College of Law and her bachelor’s degree in Economics at the University of Chicago. \nAna Corina “Cori” Alonso-Yoder  \nAna Corina “Cori” Alonso-Yoder is the Director of the Federal Legislation Clinic and a Visiting Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center. Previously\, she was the Practitioner-in-Residence with the Immigrant Justice Clinic at American University Washington College of Law where she also taught immigration and nationality law. She is licensed to practice law in Maryland and in Washington\, DC. \nPrior to teaching\, Professor Alonso-Yoder was the supervising attorney at Whitman-Walker Health\, the country’s longest serving medical-legal partnership. In her public interest legal practice\, Professor Alonso-Yoder has worked on a variety of equal justice issues\, with a special emphasis on advocacy for LGBT and HIV-positive immigrants. Early in her legal career\, Professor Alonso-Yoder represented low-income immigrants at Ayuda\, where she established an innovative project to meet the civil legal needs of notario fraud victims and coordinated with local stakeholders to enact legislation to protect consumers. In her work to promote immigrants’ rights\, she has collaborated on transnational labor policy and worker outreach in central Mexico\, provided legal orientation and advice and counsel to inmates in U.S. immigration detention facilities\, and served as an assistant to the chair of the United Nations Committee Against Torture in Geneva. Professor Alonso-Yoder’s commentary on immigrants’ rights has been featured by ABC News\, The Atlantic\, and Washington Post\, among others. She is also a regular contributor to the George Washington Law Review’s publication\, On the Docket\, where she analyzes Supreme Court decisions affecting noncitizens. \nOriginally from Mexico City\, she grew up in Denver\, Colorado and speaks English\, French\, and Spanish. \nMark Shmueli (Moderator) \nMark Shmueli is the Chair of the Immigration Law Section for the Federal Bar Association. He manages a solo practice dedicated exclusively to immigration law. He represents clients with complex family petitions\, including VAWA applications and litigates before the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) and federal Circuit Courts. Attorney Shmueli represents asylum seekers before the Asylum Office and EOIR as well as handles employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visa petitions. He is fluent in spoken Spanish. \nMark Shmueli has authored articles on the immigration consequences of criminal convictions and the Violence Against Women Act for the Maryland Bar Journal and is a frequent lecturer at national and local conferences on immigration law. Attorney Shmueli also mentors and prepares University of Baltimore clinical law students for court appearances before EOIR. He often speaks to local community and academic organizations on immigration issues. \n\nRegistration\nRegistration Fees \n\nFBA Members – $0\nNonmembers – $75\n\nCancellation Policy \nNo refunds will be made for notices of cancellation received after the close of business on December 3. 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. \n\nCLE\nPlease note that CLE credit is not offered for this webinar. \n\nEmail Communication Policy \nBy registering for this event\, you agree to receive email communications from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details\, Continuing Legal Education certification\, programming changes\, upcoming events\, surveys\, and post-event communications. \nRecording Disclaimer \nBy registering for an FBA webinar\, you agree to the recording of audio and visual content presented during the live event and consent to subsequent use of the recording by the FBA. You agree that the recording is the sole property of the FBA and that the recording may be used by the FBA in any manner in its sole and absolute discretion. This recording may include questions and poll responses provided by you during the live event. If you do not consent to the recording and the FBA’s use of the same\, do not register for the event. \nIf you have any questions regarding this program\, please contact meetings@fedbar.org
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/immigration-law-civil-rights-section-trump-v-ny-can-the-president-exclude-unauthorized-immigrants-from-the-census-count-for-purposes-of-congressional-apportionment/
LOCATION:Online\, US
CATEGORIES:Civil Rights Law Section,Immigration Law Section
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Pursuing Veteran Herbicide Exposure Cases
DESCRIPTION:The webinar will explore the history of herbicide exposure claims subsequent to the enactment of the Agent Orange Act of 1991. This will include an analysis of the Blue Water Navy and the landmark case of Procopio v. Wilkie. We will look at the role of Congress and difficulties in obtaining supportive legislation. The webinar will also explore herbicide exposure areas outside of Vietnam including Guam\, Johnston Island\, Panama\, Korea\, and Okinawa. We will further discuss the role of rulemaking and judicial review in covering veteran herbicide victims and the use of the pro-veteran canon of construction and other statutory interpretation tools to overcome Virginia arguments. \nPresented by the Veterans and Military Law Section \n\nAbout the Presenter:\nCommander John B. Wells\, USN (Retired)\, Chairman of the Board and Director of Litigation for Military-Veterans Advocacy\, Inc. \nJohn B. Wells was born in Taylorville\, Illinois in 1950. He graduated from Sangamon State University (now University of Illinois at Springfield) in 1973. Wells entered the Navy in February of 1972 and was commissioned in 1973. He served as a surface warfare office until his retirement as a commander in 1994. He served at sea for ten years in six different ships and had six years in command of shore facilities. During his last tour of duty\, Commander Wells attended the Duquense University Law school night program\, graduating in 1994\, shortly before his retirement from the Navy. Returning to Slidell\, Louisiana\, he opened his own practice which emphasizes military and veterans laws. His practice is national in scope and Commander Wells travels throughout the nation in support of military personnel. He routinely handles cases in the Washington\, D. C. area. Additionally\, he has represented clients in federal courts and courts-martial throughout the United States and before the Department of Veterans Affairs. As well as military and veterans law\, Wells also practices in the Louisiana state courts. As well as Louisiana\, Commander Wells is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia\, His is also admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States\, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth\, Federal and District of Columbia Circuits\, United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces and the various service Courts of Criminal Appeals\, the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims\, the United States Court of Federal Claims and several federal district court including those in Louisiana and the District of Columbia. Commander Wells also served as the Director of Legal and Legislative Affairs of the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Association. In 2012 he founded Military-Veterans Advocacy and served as their founding Executive Director. In that capacity he has traveled expensively to Washington DC to advance legislation important to members of the military and veterans. He has also filed extensive litigation to protect the right of those who are serving or have served. He has testified before both the House and the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee. In 2019\, he won a successful court case\, Procopio v. Wilkie\, which forced the VA to grant toxic exposure benefits to tens of thousands of veterans. He is a member of the St. Tammany Parish President’s Veterans Military Affairs Advisory Council and serve as a Commissioner for the Louisiana Naval War Memorial Commission. He is also a member of the American Legion\, Veterans of Foreign Wars\, Fleet Reserve Association\, Association of the United States Navy\, Vietnam Veterans of America\, Military Officers Association of America\, and the United States Naval Institute. He was also instrumental in establishing the Veterans Treatment Court for the 22nd Judicial District Court in Louisiana. Commander Wells makes many public appearances and is often interviewed on radio and television. He is a frequent contributor to The Hill\, a Washington DC based newspaper. Commander Wells is married to the former Janice Burton of Perth\, Western Australia. They have two daughters and are five-time grandparents with two great-grandchildren. \n\nRegistration\nRegistration for this event is now closed. Email meetings@fedbar.org with questions. \nLive Captioning\nShould you request live captioning or another accommodation in order to participate in this webinar\, please contact meetings@fedbar.org at least 10 days before the event so we may make the necessary arrangements. \nCancellation Policy\nNo refunds will be made for cancellations received after the close of business on November 19\, 2020. No-shows will be billed. Substitutions may be made at any time upon notification. Please contact Ariel White at awhite@fedbar.org with cancellation and/or substitution requests. \n\nCLE\n1 CLE Credit (60min state) / 1.2 CLE Credit (50min state) \nCredit for these complimentary webinars will be processed/reported within 4-6 weeks of the webinar event date and available for credit in states that allow credit for live webinar presentations. Your bar number must be accurate in our database to receive credit. \n\nEmail Communication Policy \nBy registering for this event\, you agree to receive email communications from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details\, Continuing Legal Education certification\, programming changes\, upcoming events\, surveys\, and post-event communications. \nRecording Disclaimer \nBy registering for an FBA webinar\, you agree to the recording of audio and visual content presented during the live event and consent to subsequent use of the recording by the FBA. You agree that the recording is the sole property of the FBA and that the recording may be used by the FBA in any manner in its sole and absolute discretion. This recording may include questions and poll responses provided by you during the live event. If you do not consent to the recording and the FBA’s use of the same\, do not register for the event. \nIf you have any questions regarding this program\, please contact Caitlin Rider\, Conference Manager.
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/pursuing-veteran-herbicide-exposure-cases/
LOCATION:Online\, US
GEO:37.09024;-95.712891
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