Eligible participants can receive up to 1.8 CLE credit hours. AILA will administer CLE credit only to individuals who register and log into the web seminar. AILA cannot verify your attendance and participation in this program unless you register directly for the web seminar and use your name to log in to participate in the program. Therefore, persons who log in or listen in on the web seminar as part of a group will not be able to obtain CLE credit.

Please note that your jurisdiction may limit the amount of distance learning credit you can earn. To view details on your jurisdiction's credit restrictions and CLE requirements, visit the CLE Center.

AILA has filed for CLE and specialized credit in all jurisdictions with mandatory CLE requirements. For details about specific approvals, contact us at cle@aila.org.

• AILA applies for accreditation upon attorneys’ request after participation for the following states: AR, DE, IA, ID, KS, KY, LA, ME, MN, MS, OR, TN and WY. Programs are typically approved.
• Florida and Rhode Island - Attorneys must apply on their own for approval of seminars in FL and RI. Programs are typically approved.
• The OnDemand Recording format does not qualify for CLE credit in the following jurisdictions: MO and PR. Please note that your jurisdiction may limit OnDemand credit based on the date of the original presentation. View the OnDemand Downloadable Expiration Chart for more details.

To receive CLE credit for the live event, attorneys must record web seminar attendance and the CLE code provided within one week of the web seminar date via webCLE.

Contact us at cle@aila.org or visit AILA’s Web Seminar Recordings page for more information about receiving CLE credit for a seminar recording.

Sabrina R. Damast (DL), AILA Southern California Chapter Chair/Amicus Committee Chair, Los Angeles, CA

Sabrina R. Damast is a lawyer based in Los Angeles, CA, focusing on removal defense, federal litigation (including de novo naturalization litigation and challenges to the doctrine of consular nonreviewability), appeals, family-based immigration, asylum, humanitarian immigration, and post-conviction relief. She is a California certified specialist in Immigration & Nationality Law. She currently serves as chair of the AILA SoCal chapter, chair of the AILA Amicus Committee, and long-time leader of Girl Scout Troop 10395.

Michael Sharma-Crawford, AILA ICE Liaison Committee, Kansas City, MO

Michael Sharma-Crawford has been practicing removal defense with his partner Rekha Sharma-Crawford for the past 20 years. In 2011 they formed The Clinic a 501(c)(3) non-profit law clinic dedicated to representing indigent non-citizens in removal proceedings. Michael is on the AILA National ICE Liaison Committee.

Lisa Chun, Chicago, IL

Lisa Chun is a senior attorney with the Detention Project of the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) based in Chicago, IL. She represents detained noncitizens in bond and removal proceedings, habeas petitions, and petitions for review before the circuit courts of appeals. In addition to detention issues, much of her work focuses on the intersection of immigration consequences of criminal convictions a.k.a crimmigration, and fear-based claims. This is her 19th year as a member of AILA.

Kathleen M. Gillespie, Lexington, MA

Kathleen M. Gillespie is a consultant providing legal research, writing, and advisory services to immigration and criminal attorneys. She also serves as a mentor attorney for the Immigration Impact Unit of the Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services. Ms. Gillespie is co-chair of the AILA New England Litigation Committee.