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Note: Due to the impact of COVID-19, the in-person portion of the following training will be scheduled sometime between November 2020 and early 2021. CLINIC will continue to track updates from the CDC and WHO and adapt accordingly.

CLINIC is pleased to announce this training opportunity. As part of its Defending Vulnerable Populations Project, the training is geared towards partial accredited representatives who want to qualify and apply for full accreditation in order to represent their clients in immigration court.

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Thank you for your interest in the intiative. We are no longer taking applications at this time.

Prior to attending the in-person training, participants must:

• View recordings of five to seven webinars on removal proceedings and program considerations that CLINIC will have available through an e-learning course starting in June
• Arrange for local mentoring on defense from removal and court skills by available attorney(s) and/or full accredited representative(s) with experience in representing non-citizens in immigration court in order to obtain hand-on experience.
• Observe a master calendar hearing(s) in immigration court and submit reflections in writing
• Study training materials, including a sample court file, and complete a case assessment exercise in advance of the in-person court skills training

Other initiative requirements:

• Participating in the three-day in-person court skills training that will be held: virtually from November 16-20, 2020
• Upon completion of the in-person court skills training, collect documentation towards your application for full accreditation and work with your CLINIC Field Support Coordinator (FSC) to finalize and submit the application to DOJ’s Office of Legal Access Programs (OLAP)
• Agree to identify a non-citizen in removal proceedings and accept the person as a client within three months after obtaining full accreditation
• Provide CLINIC with a reflection of how obtaining this advanced training and full accreditation status to represent individuals in removal proceedings has affected you and your program or community.

DOJ Recognition and Accreditation Toolkit contains a step-by-step guide to the application process. Specifically, utilize the resource ACTION PLAN for obtaining DOJ Full Accreditation.

Memorandum of Understanding and detailed Timeline of Initiative Requirements that participants will need to agree to and execute on behalf of their agency.

CLINIC FSCs are available for technical support on the full accreditation application process.

Please use the following chart to contact the appropriate FSC for your area if you have additional questions:

Silvana Arista-Olms	Laura Burdick	Helen Chen	Minyoung Ohm	Shaila Rahman	Leya Speasmaker
ALASKA	DELAWARE	ALABAMA	CONNECTICUT	ARIZONA	TEXAS
IDAHO	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	ARKANSAS	MAINE	CALIFORNIA
ILLINOIS	FLORIDA	INDIANA	MASSACHUSETTS	COLORADO
MICHIGAN	GEORGIA	IOWA	NEW HAMPSHIRE	HAWAII
MINNESOTA	LOUISIANA	KANSAS	NEW JERSEY	NEW MEXICO
MONTANA	MARYLAND	KENTUCKY	NEW YORK	OREGON
NEVADA	MISSISSIPPI	MISSOURI	RHODE ISLAND
NORTH DAKOTA	NORTH CAROLINA	NEBRASKA	VERMONT
SOUTH DAKOTA	OHIO	OKLAHOMA
UTAH	PENNSYLVANIA	TENNESSEE
WASHINGTON	SOUTH CAROLINA	VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN		WEST VIRGINIA
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