Understanding Your Foreign-born Client: Refugee and Immigrant Communities and Their Perspectives of the US Criminal Justice System and Court-ordered Treatment
Presented with the Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo
and the Western New York Regional Immigration Assistance Center
Zoom Webinar
Friday, February 19, 2021
1:00 - 3:00 pm
2.0 CLE Credit Hours
including 1.0 Professional Practice and 1.0 Diversity,
Inclusion and Elimination of Bias
Registration Fee:
FREE
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Presenters:
Ye Myo Aung,
Support Staff Supervisor, Civil Legal Services Unit,
Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo
David M. Engel,
Professor of Law,
University at Buffalo Law School
Sophie Feal,
Supervising Attorney, Western New York Regional Immigration Assistance Center, Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo
Ting Lee,
Licensed Mental Health Counselor/Senior Counselor,
BestSelf Behavioral Health
Fidèle Menavanza,
Director of Compliance and Risk Management,
Jericho Road Community Health Center
Hassan Shibly,
Former Chief Executive Director,
Council on American-Islamic Relations, Florida
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This program is intended for defense attorneys and other members of the defense team, including investigators, social workers, and mitigation specialists.
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MCLE
NYSDA has been certified by the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board as an Accredited Provider of Continuing Legal Education in the State of New York (2019–2022) in traditional and non-traditional formats. This transitional/nontransitional program has been approved in accordance with the requirements of the Continuing Legal Education Board for experienced attorneys–a maximum of 2.0 credit hours, of which 1.0 credit hour can be applied toward Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias. Only experienced attorneys may earn credit in the Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias category of CLE credit for attending diversity programs. No CLE credit may be earned for repeat attendance at any accredited CLE activity.
