• Hot Topics
• Bi-Specialization: Updates, Issues and Concerns
• Individual Case Issues Versus Trends
• Update Regarding NTA Memo
• EAD Processing Issues
• Where Do We Go From Here?

Faculty:
Shawn A. Orme (d.l.), Conference Program Chair, USCIS Liaison Committee Chair, Dallas, TX; Sharon R. Mehlman, Chair, SCOPS Liaison Committee Chair, San Diego, CA; Michael Aytes, Associate Director, Domestic Operations, USCIS, Washington, DC; Lynden D. Melmed, Chief Counsel, USCIS, Washington, DC; Donald Neufeld, Chief, Field Operations, Domestic Operations, USCIS, Washington, DC

CBP/US VISIT – WHAT DO CBP AND US VISIT KNOW ABOUT YOUR CLIENT?

• Information From the Consulate or Embassy Abroad
• Prior Admissions, Departures, Overstays
• Immigration Benefits Received
• Immigration Benefits Sought
• Criminal Convictions and Charges--In the U.S. and Beyond
• Other Agency Issues

Faculty:
Diane M. Butler (d.l.), CBP Liaison Committee Chair, Seattle, WA; Edward Rios, El Paso, TX; Paul Morris, Executive Director, Admissibility Requirements and Migration Control Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Washington, DC; John Klow, Program Manager, Admissibility Review Office, US Customs and Border Protection, Washington, DC; Michael D. Olszak, Acting Director, Admissibility Requirements and Migration Control Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Washington, DC; P.T. Wright, Jr., Acting Deputy Director, US VISIT Program, Washington, DC

• Staff Confidentiality Agreements
• Vicarious Liability of Lawyers for Staff Misconduct
• Email Miscues and Miscommunication
• File Retention and Records Management
• Protecting Client Confidences in a Mobile World

Faculty:
Alan B. Goldfarb (d.l.), Ethics and Professionalism Committee Chair, Minneapolis, MN; Reid Trautz, Director, AILA Practice & Professionalism Center, Washington, DC; David Ross Rosenfeld, Alexandria, VA

• BEC Update – RIR Conversion Program & Progress
• BEC Update – Traditional Processing Hurdles
• PERM Processing Update – Numbers, Queues, System enhancements
• PERM Substantive Update – Standards, Audit Triggers, 9089 Drafting Tips

Faculty:
Susan M. MacLean (d.l.), DOL Liaison Committee Chair, Chicago, IL; Jeanne M. Malitz, San Diego, CA; William Carlson, Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, US Department of Labor, Washington, DC; Elissa M. McGovern, Regulatory & Policy Manager, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, US Department of Labor, Washington, DC; Brian Pasternak, PERM Program Manager, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, US Department of Labor, Washington, DC; William Rabung, Backlog Program Manager, Office of Foreign Labor
Certification, US Department of Labor, Washington, DC

• U.S. Consular Posts No Longer Accepting I-130 Petitions
• Case Resolution: "Do's" and "Don'ts" for Attorneys and Consular Officers
• E Visa Processing: Improving Efficiency and Transparency at U.S. Consular Posts
• Update on National Visa Center Case Processing

Faculty:
Liam Schwartz (d.l.), DOS Liaison Committee Chair, Ramat Gan, Israel; Joel H. Paget, Seattle, WA; Teri A. Simmons, Atlanta, GA; John Brennan, Director, Office of Field Support & Liaison, US Department of State,
Washington, DC; Jim Pritchett, Chief, Legislation & Regulatory Assistance, US Department of
State, Washington, DC

• Workplace Enforcement Policy
• "No-Match" Letters and the Safe Harbor
• Initiation of Proceedings for Aliens with Adjustment of Status Applications Pending with USCIS
• Detention and Release Policies
• Exercise of Prosecutorial Discretion Favorable to the Alien

Faculty:
Laura Lichter (d.l.), AILA Board of Governors, ICE Liaison Committee Chair, Denver, CO; Douglas Weigle, Cincinnati, OH; William J. Howard, Principal Legal Advisor, ICE, DHS, Washington, DC; Gary E. Mead, Assistant Director for Management, Office of Detention and Removal Operations, ICE, DHS, Washington, DC

EOIR – WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN 2007

• New Directions at EOIR—Implementing the Attorney General’s Directives
• Changes at the BIA
• Immigration Judge Performance Evaluations
• Local ACIJs
• EOIR Complaint Processes
• IJ’s and BIA’s Sanction Authority Against Attorneys
• EOIR Code of Conduct

Faculty:
Linda Kenepaske (d.l.), EOIR Liaison Committee Chair, New York, NY; Mark J. Shmueli, Takoma Park, MD; Lockhart Nimick, Chief Counsel, Immigration Unit, Office of General Counsel,
EOIR, Falls Church, VA; Brenda M. O’Malley, Counsel to the Chief Immigration Judge, EOIR,
Falls Church, VA; Ana Mann, Board of Immigration Appeals, EOIR, Falls Church, VA