2010 New York Crimes and Immigration Seminar

Saturday, October 9, 2010
9:00 am -5:00 pm

NYU School of Law
245 Sullivan St. New York, NY 10012
Furman Hall, Room # 216

Presented by the Law Office of Norton Tooby, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyer's Guild and the Immigrant Defense Project

Seminar Topics

I. Multiple Drug Possession Convictions – When Are They Aggravated Felonies?  The Supreme Court's decision in Carachuri-Rosendo leaves many unanswered questions on when a second possession conviction constitutes an aggravated felony.

II. Petty Offense Exception – When Single Minor Crime of Moral Turpitude Does Not Trigger Inadmissibility

III. Effective Assistance of Counsel After Padilla – What defense counsel now must do to, after the Supreme Court's decision in Padilla v. Kentucky, to warn the defendant about, and protect the defendant against, adverse immigration consequences.

IV. Post-Conviction Relief After Padilla – How to Vacate Convictions Where Defense Counsel Fell Below the Minimum Standard

Top Faculty

Dan Kesselbrenner - Director, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, author of Immigration Law and Crimes (2009).

Norton Tooby - Author of Tooby’s Crimes of Moral Turpitude (2008), Tooby’s Guide to Criminal Immigration Law (2008), Criminal Defense of Immigrants (2007), Aggravated Felonies (2006), and Safe Havens: How to Identify and Construct Non-Deportable Convictions (2005).

Manuel D. Vargas - Senior counsel with the Immigrant Defense Project, author of Representing Immigrant Defendants in New York (2006) and Removal Defense Checklist in Criminal Charges Cases (posted at www.immigrantdefenseproject.org).

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9:00 am -5:00 pm
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9:00 am -5:00 pm
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