Introduction to Immigration Continuing Legal Education Series   

Have you considered adding immigration law to your practice or simply interested in learning more about this hot topic?  The Introduction to Immigration CLE Series will provide you with a basic understanding of immigration law and is intended for practitioners who have no or very little immigration law experience.  Immigration law is a complex topic.  This CLE series will provide the basic groundwork to assist someone in starting to learn the various components of the system.  The following are a list of sessions with brief descriptions:

Our facilitator: Brittany Henderson is an Attorney with Franklin County Legal Services.  Prior to joining Franklin County Legal Services, Ms. Henderson worked for a nonprofit organization in West Virginia providing immigration legal services to low-income immigrants and their families.  She also worked with refugees resettling in the state.  She previously worked for the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and for Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez as an immigration fellow.  Ms. Henderson graduated from the University of Miami School of Law in 2012 with her law degree and a Masters of Law in international law.  In law school, she participated in the Immigration Clinic where she argued in front of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, interned with the Miami Immigration Court, and interned with an immigration legal services nonprofit that serves unaccompanied immigrant minors.  Prior to law school, Ms. Henderson attended Shepherd University where she majored in Political Science and Spanish.  Ms. Henderson is a member of AILA and is fluent in Spanish.  She is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and New York.