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.

Parastoo G. Zahedi (DL), AILA Board of Governors/Afghan Response Task Force Co-Chair/USCIS Field Operations Liaison Committee, Vienna, VA

Parastoo G. Zahedi’s practice ranges from removal, asylum, and citizenship issues to all employment & family-based immigration matters. She is serving as an elected member of the AILA Board of Governors and serves as the Co-Chair AILA Afghan Taskforce Committee. She also serves on the AILA National Field Ops Committee. She has served on the AILA D.C. Chapter Executive Committee as its Chair for 2007-2008. Currently she is the AILA D.C. Chapter Liaison Chair with the Washington District Office of the USCIS. She received her JD from Georgetown and is admitted to practice in VA and DC. Parastoo was awarded the 2022 Michael Maggio Pro Bono Award for her work as Co-Chair of the Afghan Taskforce and received AILA’s President Commendation Award for exemplary service to the President. She was also awarded the 2022 AILA D.C. Chapter Pro Bono Champion Award.

Kelli A. Fennell, AILA USCIS HQ (Benefits Policy) Liaison Committee, Chicago, IL

Kelli A. Fennell is a partner at Hughes, Socol, Piers, Resnick, & Dym in Chicago, Illinois. Ms. Fennell concentrates her practice in family-based immigration, removal defense, asylum, humanitarian relief, and consular processing. Ms. Fennell currently serves as a co-chair of the Advocacy Committee for AILA Chicago, is a member of the AILA National USCIS Headquarters Committee, and previously served as the vice-chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Immigration and Nationality Law Committee.

Nicholas J. Mireles, AILA CBP Liaison Committee, Los Angeles, CA

Nicholas J. Mireles is an accomplished Immigration Attorney specializing in family, employment, and humanitarian-based immigration. He established the Law Office of Nicholas J. Mireles, APC in Downtown Los Angeles in October 2017. Nicholas holds a Bachelor's Degree from UCLA and a Juris Doctor degree from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. He is an active member of AILA as well as the Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA).

Adrienne Chulapakorn, Chief of Case Work, Office of the CIS Ombudsman, Washington, D.C.

Adrienne Chulapakorn is the Chief of the Casework Division within the CIS Ombudsman’s Office, where she manages a team of 16 individuals who are responsible for reviewing and taking action on the requests for case assistance. Ms. Chulapakorn holds over 20 years of experience in the immigration field. Prior to joining the CIS Ombudsman’s Office in September 2021, she worked at USCIS’ Office of Policy and Strategy as a Special Assistant for the Chief of Policy, where she coordinated the agency’s policy and regulatory proposals in response to President Biden’s executive order to reduce barriers on the legal immigration system (EO 14012), and as a Policy Analyst and subject matter expert for the H-2A, H-2B, and I-140 portfolios. Prior to joining DHS, Ms. Chulapakorn held the roles of Policy Analyst and Program Analyst with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Foreign Labor Certification.