10/03/2025: ASISTA Special Webinar: Representing Immigrant Survivors Before EOIR with…
Oct 03, 2025 2:00PM—4:00PM
Location
Online.
Cost $35
Event Contact Maria Lazzarino | Email
Categories ASISTA Member Webinars
ASISTA Special Webinar
Representing Immigrant Survivors Before EOIR
with Former IJs Carmen Rey Caldas and Jennifer Durkin
Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, from 2:00pm-4:00pm ET
(1-3:00pm CT/11-1:00pm PT)
Please join ASISTA for a candid discussion with former Immigration Judges Carmen Rey Caldas and Jennifer Durkin about the present lay of the land at EOIR and how to best represent your survivor clients before the Immigration Court. Former IJs Rey Caldas and Durkin will share legal and procedural updates along with advice about representing survivors with 751s, Us, Ts, VAWAs, and GBV-based asylum. In addition, they will answer preselected questions submitted with the registration for the webinar. This webinar is appropriate for any level of practitioner who already has some familiarity with U/T/VAWA and removal proceedings.
Speakers:
- Carmen Maria Rey Caldas, Former Immigration Judge, EOIR
- Jennifer Durkin, Former Immigration Judge, EOIR
- Cristina Velez, Legal & Policy Director, ASISTA (Moderator)
Note: This webinar will be presented in English only.
The webinar will NOT be recorded.
Webinar Cost: ASISTA Special Webinars are open to all who are interested in learning about these issues. These webinars are not free for ASISTA members or OVW grantees, and we charge all attendees a nominal fee to cover our expenses.
We will use the Zoom call platform for this webinar to allow participants greater interaction with each other. We will share the call link after payment is received.
$35/attendee
Questions: Maria Lazzarino at manager@asistahelp.org
ASISTA mailing address: PO Box 12, Suffield, CT, 06078