From USCIS: Employment Verification (E-Verify) Webinar, March 2013
All U.S. employers are required to verify the identity and employment eligibility of everyone they hire. Please join the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Office of Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices, for a webinar that can help you to be INFORMED and to KNOW YOUR RIGHTS regarding employment and hiring practices.
Click on the image below for a copy of the flyer.
From USCIS: Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) Program
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites interested individuals to participate in a stakeholder teleconference on Wednesday, March 20, 2013, from 1 p.m. to 3p.m. (Eastern).
During the teleconference, subject matter experts from the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) Program will provide stakeholders with a program updates regarding near-term system enhancements and the new SAVE Case Check service for state and local benefit granting agencies and their customers.
Read all the details here.
Announcement from APALA-NJ: Carlia M. Brady Confirmed
The APALA-NJ Executive Board and Judicial & Prosecutorial Appointments Committee announces the confirmation of CARLIA M. BRADY to the Superior Court of New Jersey, Middlesex County. Ms. Brady is the first Philippine-born NJ Superior Court Judge and will be the only Filipino-American sitting judge in the NJ Superior Court bench.
Download a copy of APALA-NJ’s press release here, which may also be found on their website www.apalanj.com.
Online Petition: We Must Have Real Immigration Reform
Online Petition: We Must Have Real Immigration Reform
Please see this post from change.org:
Please write to the Gang of Eight Senators drafting Immigration Reform. Tell them that we need real immigration reform that unites immigrant families, provides a pathway to citizenship for the undocumented, protects workers, restores due process for immigrants, and recognizes LGBT families. A bill will be ready by the end of March and we need to influence those drafting it now.
Read more here.
2013 Judicial Campaign Ethics Training and Guidance
The Judicial Campaign Ethics Center has posted a notice concerning some resources and requirements that may be of interest to attorneys who are considering a campaign for elective judicial office this year in New York State, or who may be asked to serve on a judicial candidate’s campaign committee.
Download a copy of this notice here.
Further questions or comments may be directed to JCEC@nycourts.gov or
1-888-600-JCEC (5232).
From SAALT: National South Asian Summit 2013
National South Asian Summit 2013
April 19-22 | Washington, DC
Don’t miss out on Early Bird Registration for the
National South Asian Summit 2013!
Deadline: March 1st
For less than $19 each day, you can:
- Build skills to deepen your organization’s work and your individual leadership
- Connect with government officials and congressional offices
- Expand your networks
- Strategize on how to advance a movement in pursuit of justice
Early bird registration through March 1: $75
General registration after March 1: $125
Please visit Summit 2013 to learn more about this biannual event, then register to be one of hundreds of South Asian Advocates, community members, students, business leaders, and allies convening in our nation’s capital to work towards social change.
Changemakers Reception Keynote: Pramila Jayapal
ChangeMakers Reception
Friday, April 19, 2013
Location TBD
Pramila Jayapal is an activist, author and speaker with over 20 years of experience in social justice issues. Pramila founded and led OneAmerica, Washington state’s largest immigrant organizing and advocacy organization, for almost 11 years. Pramila is currently the Distinguished Taconic Fellow at the Center for Community Change and a Distinguished Fellow at the University of Washington Law School. Learn more about Pramila here.
The ChangeMakers Awards recognizes individuals, programs, and organizations that have made a significant impact on social justice in the South Asian community in the US. Join us at theChangeMakers Reception to honor these agents of change in our community and to connect with fellow community members, leaders, and allies!
Registration for the ChangeMakers Reception is available through two great options:
- Summit 2013 registration: Summit 2013 registrants will have the opportunity to RSVP for the ChangeMakers Reception when they complete their Summit 2013 registration form. If you register for Summit 2013, you do not need to register or pay separately for the reception using the form mentioned in option 2 below. You can register for Summit 2013 here to take advantage of all events and sessions. Early bird registration is only $75 until March 1!
- Reception-only registration: Can’t attend the entire Summit 2013, but interested in networking with fellow community members, leaders, and allies? Tickets for the ChangeMakers Reception ONLY are available for $50 and you can register and pay online here. Please note, this option does not include Summit 2013 registration. If you would like to register for Summit 2013-which includes the ChangeMakers Reception, Summit, and Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill-please use see this information instead.
ATL: New Bar Exam in 2015
Alas, read it and groan, law students. Civ pro to join the roster of subjects being tested on the MBE, starting in Feb 2015. Click on the title for the full post, written by Elie Mystal.
Climate for Change: Overhauling a Broken Immigration System
Congratulations, Rio Guerrero, Co-Chair, Immigration and Nationality Law Committee, on being published in the ABA Litigation Section Minority Trial Lawyer!
The sun set on pragmatic and broad immigration law relief on April 30, 2001, and few could have predicted that a decade would pass before we would see any rays of hope. Indeed, the post-9/11 anti-immigrant rhetoric and vitriol have raged for more than a decade, but in recent years a chorus of voices supporting immigration-law reform has grown louder, achieving piecemeal improvements and calling for a comprehensive solution to our country’s broken immigration system. Today, almost unexpectedly, we finally begin to see meaningful change emerging on the horizon.
Click here to read more.