Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Trainings & Guidance
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Trainings & Guidance
Download Resource Hon. Dorothy Harbeck – “Objections in Immigration Court: Dost Thou Protest Too Much or Too Little?” (Stetson Journal of Advocacy and the Law)
Law review article published by Hon. Dorothy Harbeck through the Stetson Journal of Advocacy and the Law, discussing verbal objections in immigration court removal/deportation proceedings. 5 Stetson J. Advoc. & L. 1 (2018).
Trainings & Guidance
National Immigrant Justice Center – Voluntary Departure Quick-Start Guide
Practice guide providing an overview of voluntary departure, including requirements, risks and benefits, and relevant considerations. Published by the National Immigrant Justice Center on October 20, 2025.
Trainings & Guidance
Download Resource CLINIC Practice Advisory – Direct Examination
CLINIC practice advisory that provides an overview of procedural matters before an immigration court hearing, as well as tips on how to prepare a direct examination in immigration court. Published on July 2, 2020.
Trainings & Guidance
Download Resource CLINIC Practice Advisory – Rules of Evidence in Immigration Court Proceedings
CLINIC practice advisory that provides guidance on the evidentiary standards applicable in immigration court proceedings, as well as tips on how to make and respond to objections in immigration court. Published on March 13, 2020.
Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Trainings & Guidance
Download Resource Human Rights First Practice Advisory on Pretermissions
Human Rights First practice advisory describing possible bases for pretermission in immigration court and explaining how to prepare for, and respond to, motions to pretermit a client’s asylum claim. Last updated on January 23, 2026.
Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Trainings & Guidance
Download Resource National Immigration Project and Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, Practice Advisory – Fighting for a Day in Court: Understanding and Responding to Pretermission of Asylum Applications
Practice advisory published by the National Immigration Project (NIPNLG) and Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS) on July 25, 2025 (updated August 27, 2025), discussing pretermission of asylum applications in immigration court in light of the March 2025 BIA decision in Matter of C-A-R-R-, 29 I&N Dec. 13 (BIA 2025) and April 2025 EOIR […]
Trainings & Guidance
Download Resource National Immigration Project – Fifteen Steps for Addressing Orders of Removal Issued by an Immigration Judge
Guide published by the National Immigration Project on December 2, 2025, outlining steps to address an order of removal in immigration court.
Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Parole, Trainings & Guidance
American Immigration Council and The Legal Aid Society Practice Advisory UPDATE – Detention under INA § 235(b): Matter of Yajure Hurtado, 29 I&N Dec. 216 (BIA 2025)
Update to the American Immigration Council and The Legal Aid Society’s practice guide on detention under INA § 235(b). Shortly after that practice guide was published, on September 5, 2025, the Board of Immigration Appeals issued Matter of Yajure Hurtado, 29 I&N Dec. 216 (BIA 2025), a precedent decision finding that any noncitizen who is […]
Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Parole, Trainings & Guidance
American Immigration Council and The Legal Aid Society Practice Guide – Detention under INA § 235(b): The Statutory Scheme and Strategies for Release
Practice guide published in September 2025 by American Immigration Council and The Legal Aid Society providing an overview of detention under INA § 235(b) and guidance for seeking release of noncitizens detained under this provision. Copyright © American Immigration Council. Reprinted with permission. Related materials: Practice Advisory
Adjustment of Status (AOS), Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Samples & Templates, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)
CLINIC and AILA Template Opposition to DHS Motion to Recalendar Proceedings
Template opposition to a DHS motion to recalendar a respondent’s removal proceedings, prepared by attorneys at the Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC) and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). Last updated in May 2025.
Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Trainings & Guidance
Download Resource Prosecutorial Discretion in Removal Proceedings – Part 2 (Oct 2024)
Immigration Legal Resource Center’s advisory on navigating unfavorable exercises of discretion in removal proceedings inflatable movie screen