Register at www.ilrc.org/seminars

This webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of BIA jurisdiction, and will also discuss how to challenge BIA decisions on jurisdictional grounds.

Topics will include:

* General BIA Jurisdiction over IJ decisions
* IJ Decisions over which BIA has no jurisdiction
* General BIA Jurisdiction over DHS decisions
* DHS decisions over which BIA has no jurisdiction
* Issues arising over deadline to appeal

Whether deadline is jurisdictional
Where motion for reconsideration has been filed
Requesting reissuance of BIA decision

* Types of Decisions

Summary dismissals and grounds for
Cases warranting a 3-member panel review
En banc review

* Scope of Jurisdiction over DHS decisions

Questions of law
Questions of fact
BIA authority to "re-weigh" facts

* Precedential Value of BIA decisions

Published decisions
Unpublished decisions

* Review authority over BIA decisions

Attorney General
Appellate Courts
Direct appeals
Motions to reopen

Deadline to Register: 10/12/10