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LGBT Immigration Law Panel at UC Davis Law School
Posted by: Wiley & Jobson
October 24, 2011

Joye Wiley and Cara Jobson will join Marien Sorensen of Considine, Sorensen and Trujillo on a panel about LGBT immigration issues at UC Davis Law School as part of Lambda Law Students Coming Out Week Celebration. The panel will discuss recent developments for LGBT immigrants, including challenges to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), as well as asylum based on sexual orientation. October 25, 2011 at Noon, Room 1008.

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Cara Jobson to Speak on Current Issues for LGBT Immigrants
Posted by: Wiley & Jobson
October 03, 2011

October, 5, 2011
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
San Francisco Bar Association Board Room

Cara Jobson will give a talk on the latest developments for LGBT immigrants, including strategies for same-sex binational couples, challenges to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), determining when (and when not) to file an I-130 petition for a same-sex spouse, how to ask for prosecutorial discretion, and whether a same-sex partner can be a "qualifying relative" under immigration law for the purposes of cancellation of removal and other hardship waivers.

Hosted by the AIDS Legal Referral Panel (ALRP), Asian American Bar Association, Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom (BALIF), California Association of Black Lawyers, Iranian American Bar Association, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, SF Barristers Immigration Law Section, SF La Raza Lawyers Association, and South Asian Bar Association of Northern California.

To RSVP, email trainingsvlsp@sfbar.org

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