Dear Friend of PAIR,
As the first week of October kicks off, so does our month-long celebration of Pro Bono Month!
In FY22, pro bono volunteers like you donated more than 19,000 hours to PAIR's work to serve more than 1,700 PAIR client partners. Our volunteer community includes pro bono attorneys and volunteer paralegals, interpreters, and experts who have collectively dedicated their time to support our brave asylum-seeking client partners and friends.
We are so grateful for your ongoing support of PAIR and PAIR client partners. Without your commitment, PAIR would not be able to serve as many indigent asylum-seekers and detained immigrants as we do. Thank you!
From all of us at PAIR,
Anghie, Anita, Connor, Dani, Elizabeth, Elena, Gaby, Irene, Julia, Luke, Marianne, Melanie, Rebecca, Sarah, Seth, and Yanzie
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As part of pro bono month, PAIR is launching it's 2022 "I Make Justice Happen!" campaign today!
“I Make Justice Happen!” (IMJH) is a grassroots fundraising campaign created, led, and driven by generous legal associates during the month of October. Since 2009, PAIR has received thousands of dollars in donated funds with the help of the associates. All funds go directly to running PAIR's programs and providing free legal services to PAIR's client partners.
The IMJH drive this year, led by 15 dedicated team captains from 10 participating firms, aims to raise $30,000 in critical funds for PAIR’s programs. We are so grateful for the captains' dedication and fundraising efforts!
Learn more about the campaign here.
If you'd like to support this year's campaign (and to find your firm's team page), visit here.
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Available Pro Bono Cases
If you are an attorney and are interested in taking on one of the below cases, please email me at mgleason@pairproject.org.
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Asylum (Immigration Court): JG & GB (Haiti) are long-term partners who fear returning to their home country due to gangs targeting the family.
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Asylum (Immigration Court): JMM (Venezuela) is a 32 year old man who fears returning to his home country due to political persecution as well as his sexual orientation.
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Asylum (Asylum Office): LAMG (Guatemala) is a 29 year old woman who fears returning to her home country because she identifies as transgender.
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Immigration Court Training Series:
Every Wednesday in October at Noon
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Practicing and Procedure in Immigration Court
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
from 12:00 - 1:00pm EST
Hosted by PAIR Detention Attorney, Irene Freidel
This training will provide practical information about the Immigration Court. You will learn the nuts and bolts about how and where to appear at court hearings, what to expect at different stages of the case, how to file documents, general court procedures, and other useful tips for practitioners. Please click here to register.
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Before the Individual Hearing: Master Calendar Hearings and Preparing Your Supplemental Submission/Call-Up
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
from 12:00 - 1:00pm EST
Hosted by PAIR Detention Attorney, Julia Ciachurski
This training will focus on the relevant procedures and requirements in Immigration Court leading up to a client’s Individual Hearing. This training seeks to provide pro bono attorneys the legal framework and tips on how to best represent their clients prior to, and in preparation of, their final hearing date, including: how to conference with opposing counsel, which preliminary motions may be useful and how to submit them, what evidence to gather and eventually submit, and what to include in a call-up submission and how to do so. Pro bono attorneys will be given the tools to feel comfortable representing their clients throughout the entirety of their court proceedings. Please click here to register. |
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Individual Hearings: Evidence and Direct Testimony
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
from 12:00 - 1:00pm EST
Hosted by PAIR Asylum Attorney, Marianne Staniunas
This training will demystify the process of submitting evidence in Immigration Court and defending it against challenges, while also challenging inappropriate submissions by the government. Strategies will be discussed for preparing clients for direct testimony, as well as the thinking-on-our-feet and adjusting that happens when actually conducting a direct examination. Please bring all of your questions and the scenarios that challenge and maybe scare you a little bit—we hope for this to be a lively conversation! Please click here to register.
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Individual Hearings: Cross-Examination and Objections
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
from 12:00 - 1:00pm EST
Hosted by PAIR Deputy Director, Elena Noureddine
This training will continue to unpack the Individual Hearing by going over effective cross-examination strategies—with an eye towards always preserving the overall record. In Immigration Court, the Federal Rules of Evidence do not strictly apply, but practitioners must familiarize themselves with these rules as well as the evidentiary standards that apply in immigration court proceedings. Tips on how to make and respond to objections will also be covered in order to protect clients' due process rights. Please click here to register.
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