Your Immigration Practice During the New Administration: Resilience and Growth in Challenging Times
| Live Event Date: 01/10/2025 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Format | Length | CLE Eligible |
| Web Seminar | 90 min. | No |
Immigration attorneys can expect to see major changes—but also significant professional growth—in 2025 and beyond. Our panel of experts will draw on the invaluable lessons learned in recent years, particularly during the first Trump administration, to help guide immigration lawyers as they navigate through the next four years. Together with AILA’s Practice and Professionalism Center, our skilled panel of business– and practice management-savvy attorneys, ranging from solo practitioners to those at boutique and large firms, will advise on best practices for dealing with the new and unique challenges the new administration may present, offer time-tested tips on practice management and managing client expectations, and give self-care and work-life balance advice to empower practitioners to survive and thrive in the next administration.
Featured Topics:
- Steps (short– and long-term) your firm can take in anticipation of changes to immigration law and policy
- “Accounting” for expected changes under the new administration: revisiting and adjusting fees as needed
- Planning for an increased workload and unpredictable demands on your time
- Managing client expectations and anxiety, stepping up your communications to match the need
- Tips from the experts: working towards a successful and healthy work-life balance under the new administration
AILA Membership Benefit – Access to Free Seminar Recordings
Enjoy access to free seminar recordings (from October 2020–present) as an AILA Member. AILA encourages live attendance for those wishing to ask the speaker questions.
Recordings will be available approximately two weeks after the live event date. AILA members can access these seminars, with no CLE credit, for free.
Christine J. Alden (DL), Miami, FL
Christine J. Alden is a shareholder at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney. She is a past chair of the AILA South Florida Chapter and currently serves as the chair of AILA’s Distance Learning Business Subcommittee, and is a member of AILA’s Custom and Border Protection Liaison Committee and AILA’s Standing Committee on Political Engagement (SCOPE). She is a graduate of Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law (1996).
Jesse Evans-Schroeder, AILA Family Section Steering Committee, Tucson, AZ
Jesse Evans-Schroeder is a partner at Green Evans-Schroeder, PLLC, in Tucson, AZ. Her practice focuses on removal defense, appeals, and U.S. District Court litigation. She is a member of AILA’s Family Section Steering Committee. Jesse graduated from the University of Arizona’s James E. Roger’s College of Law.
Jennifer W. Gates, AILA Well-Being Committee, Austin, TX
Jennifer W. Gates is co-founder and managing partner of JLW Immigration Law Group in Austin, TX, where her practice centers on family-based immigration, naturalization, and visas for survivors of crime, family violence, and human trafficking. She is Board Certified in immigration law. She is also an executive coach certified by the Nuero-Leadership Institute. As a coach, she serves immigration attorneys and other professionals in crafting and executing their ideal vision for their practice, leadership, and professional lives.
John Manley, Los Angeles, CA
John Manley is a solo practitioner in Los Angeles. He is currently the AILA Southern California Chapter Vice Chair. John is also a co-leader for the AILA Middle East Interest group. Mr. Manley's practice focuses on family– and employment-based immigration, Trusted Traveler reinstatement requests, and Petitions for Remission or Mitigation of [CBP] Forfeitures and Penalties.
Reid Trautz, AILA Senior Director of Practice and Professionalism Center, Washington, D.C.
Reid Trautz is Senior Director of the AILA Practice & Professionalism Center where he advises members on business improvement and legal service innovation. He is a recognized advisor, author, and presenter on law practice management. Reid currently co-chairs the ABA Law Practice Division Futures Initiative and the Virginia Bar Technology Committee. An elected Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management, he was honored in the 2012 Fastcase 50 for legal technology innovation.