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CASSETTE #1   or   CD #1
WELCOME AND REMARKS
William A. Stock, Program Chair, AILA Philadelphia Chapter Chair, Philadelphia, PA; Carlina Tapia-Ruano, AILA President, Chicago, IL

BEDTIME STORIES AND THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT: WHAT LAWYERS LEARN WHEN CASES GO WRONG (AND RIGHT)
Interactive Faculty Discussion and Analysis of Actual EB Filings — Including Examples of H-1B, L-1, O, PERM and EB-1/NIW

• Learning From Attorneys' Worst Mistakes
• Developing and Documenting the Theory of the Case
• Reading Between The Lines of RFEs and NOIDs
• The Hardest News I Ever Had to Deliver, and How I Delivered It
• Failure Analysis: To Appeal or Refile?
• Ethical Considerations When Things Go Wrong

Faculty:
T. Douglas Stump (d.l.), AILA Board of Governors, Oklahoma City, OK; Jeptha Evans, San Francisco, CA; Judy Lee, Houston, TX
 

CASSETTE #2   or   CD #2
ALL THE THINGS YOU “KNOW” BUT CAN’T FIND IN THE REGULATIONS

• Was There Ever a “Last Action Rule?”: Traveling, Extensions and Changes of Status
• “In Status” or Just “Lawfully Present” and Why It Matters
• The Immigrant Can Pay My Fees, Right?
• Other Knotty Problems Without Clear Answers

Faculty:
Elizabeth A. Thompson (d.l.), Minneapolis, MN; Kathleen C. Walker, AILA President-Elect, El Paso, TX; Paul W. Virtue, Washington, DC

 

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• Controlling the Process, Not Being Controlled
• Mapping the Strategy: Analyzing Jobs and Working With Employers
• Audit-Proof Your Application: Winning Business Necessity Documentation
• Finding the Winners: Identifying and Understanding Job Requirements
• Keeping It Together: Process Management In Labor Certification Recruitment
• Ethical Issues in Labor Certification Practice

Faculty:
William A. Stock (d.l.), Program Chair, AILA Philadelphia Chapter Chair, Philadelphia, PA; Warren R. Leiden, AILA Board of Governors, San Francisco, CA; Nancy Jo Merritt, Phoenix, AZ; William Carlson, Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, Employment & Training Administration, DOL, Washington, DC
 

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CASSETTE #5   or   CD #5
THE BUSINESS OF LAW IN A FLAT WORLD: LAW PRACTICE MANAGEMENT IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM

• Targeting Your Clientele: What Clients You Want, What Clients You Don’t Want
• Managing Client Expectations: The Entitlement Mentality (Where Does It Come From?) an the Client’s Background (Obstacle or Opportunity?)
• Served Clients vs. Satisfied Clients: What the Client Needs and Wants
• Identifying Your Client: Conflicts Between the Employer and Beneficiary
• Staffing Cases: Offshoring, Ethical Concerns, Profitability and Responsive Service

Faculty:
George S. Newman (d.l.), Conference Program Committee, St. Louis, MO; Charles H. Kuck, AILA 1ST Vice President, Atlanta, GA
 

CASSETTE #6   or   CD #6
“YOU NEVER TOLD ME THIS COULD HAPPEN”: DEALING WITH CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCES

• Surviving Retrogression: Employer/Employee Relationship Issues, Cross Chargeability Analysis, Ability to Pay Problems, Aging Out Children, PD Recapture, Substitution
• Planning for the H-1B Cap: Changing Status from L-1B/OPT, and Alternatives to the H-1B
• Handling Consular Non-reviewability: Visa Denials at Consulates
• "What Do You Mean, I Can't Get Promoted?": Permanency of Job Issues
• "What Do You Mean, I Have to Start my LPR Over?": Corporate Changes

Faculty:
Eleanor Pelta (dl), AILA Secretary, Washington, DC; Gerard M. Chapman, Greensboro, NC; Allen Orr, Washington, DC
 

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• Determining Which Cases To Litigate: Business, Naturalization, FOIA and Security Checks
• Planning and Budgeting for Litigation Matters
• Developing Efficient Litigation Systems
• Dealing with the Downsides of Litigation
• Review of Potential Results from Litigating: Is It Really Worth It?

Faculty:
C. Lynn Calder (d.l.), Conference Program Committee, Raleigh, NC; David Leopold, AILA Treasurer, Cleveland, OH; Marc Van Der Hout, AILA Board of Governors, San Francisco, CA; John P. Pratt, Miami, FL
 

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