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EOIR Releases Materials from the 2018 Legal Training Program for Immigration Judges
10/25/18
AILA Doc. No. 18082203.
Admissions & Border, Asylum, Cancellation, Suspension & 212(c), Crimes, Detention & Bond, Naturalization & Citizenship, Removal & Relief
Obtained via FOIA by Hoppock Law Firm, EOIR released training materials for immigration judges from its 2018 Legal Training Program, held in Tysons Corner, Virginia, on June 11–13, 2018. Special thanks to Matthew Hoppock. See Mr. Hoppock’s original blog post about the FOIA request and disclosures.
The following documents were released as part of the disclosure:
- 2018 Legal Training Program Agenda
- IJ Procedures for Adjudicating Non-LPR Cancellation of Removal
- Training on Resolving Claims to U.S. Citizenship
- Training on Evidentiary Challenges for Appellate Adjudication in the Digital Age
- Training on Evidentiary Challenges: Admissibility, Weight, Reliability, and Impeachment
- Circuit Court Case Law Summaries on Assessing Evidentiary Weight
- Circuit Court Case Law Summaries on Reliability of Government Documents
- Training on Developments in Criminal Immigration and Bond Law
- Immigration Law Advisory, January 2017 (Vol. 11, No. 1) with article on The Evolving Interpretation of the Categorical and Modified Categorical Approaches: Chairez III and Silva-Trevino III
- Training on One-Year Bar and One Central Reason Standard in Asylum Law
- Fraud and Abuse Prevention Program IJ Training
- Training on Court Performance Measures and Adjournment Codes
- IJ Performance Measures Overview
- Presentation on Case Priorities / Performance Measures / Continuances / Docketing and Case Management (Non-Detained)
- Docketing and Case Management Breakout Sessions
- Judicial Writing Manual
- Identification and Referral of Potential Child Abuse and/or Neglect Victims