The Annual New York Asylum & Immigration Conference will convene for its sixth year on February 5-6, 2021 via Zoom. The conference will continue to offer a Basic and Advanced Track on Friday, February 5, 2021. All ticket holders are welcome to attend the scheduled programming held on Saturday, February 6, 2021 at no additional cost!

AGENDA:
Friday, February 5, 2021
9:00 - 9:15 AM | Welcoming Speech Speaker: Lenni Benson
9:15 - 10:45 AM | Basic Asylum/ Withholding/ CAT
11 AM - 12:30 PM | Basic Bars to Asylum
12:30 - 2 PM | Plenary Lunch - The Big Picture: International Human Rights Law and the US
2:15 PM-3:45 PM | Advanced Evolving Theories of Social Group and Other Hot Topics in Protection
3:45-5:30 PM | Advanced Motions to Reopen and Responding to Expedited Forms of Removal
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | Update on Asylum Regulation Litigation or End of Day Networking Rooms with “MC:” Desireé Hernandez

Saturday, February 6, 2021
9:00 AM | Welcoming Speech
9:15 - 10:45 AM | Best Practices and Ethics: Representing Children in Asylum Claims
11 AM - 12:30 PM | Best Practices: Presenting a Case Remotely
12:45 - 2 PM | Plenary Lunch: Toward an Independent Immigration Court
2 PM | Closing Remarks

Registration:
To register or for more information, click here.