E-learning Course:
Overview of Immigration Law and Skills 

This four week e-learning course provides the new immigration practitioner with an overview of immigration law concepts and the practice skills necessary to be an effective advocate. Through readings, webinars, and exercises, participants will learn key concepts and remedies in immigration law and the functions of the different government agencies that carry out the law.  Topics covered will include introductory immigration concepts; an overview of family-based immigration; an overview of obtaining permanent residence status; and inadmissibility and deportability concepts.   The course will also cover client interviewing techniques, methods for conducting legal research and staying up-to-date on the law and how to deal with ethical issues in the practice of immigration law.    

This course involves a blend of self-directed learning and interaction with both the instructors and the other course participants. Students learn by taking part in weekly live webinars, completing reading assignments, exercises and activities each week; and sharing ideas with each other in online discussion forums. The course requires a time commitment of approximately four hours per week, and most of the course work may be done by students on their own schedules. Participants are strongly encouraged to attend each live webinar at the scheduled time, but all webinars are recorded and posted on the course website, and may be accessed by course participants who are unable to attend a particular webinar.  

The instructors for this course will be CLINIC attorneys Jennie Guilfoyle and Kristina Karpinski. For questions about the course content, please contact Kristina Karpinski at kkarpinski@cliniclegal.org.