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THE OPINIONS, FINDINGS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS EXPRESSED IN THIS DOCUMENT ARE THOSE OF THE AUTHOR (S) AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE UNITED  \nSTATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN.  \n6.5 CA MCLE  \nU Visa Fundamentals  \nJune 26, 2013, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm  \nSan Francisco, California  \nSponsored by: Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC), ASISTA, Bay Area VAWA/U Network, CLINIC, Los Angeles VAWA Network, AILA Northern California Chapter, and the Northern California Coalition for Immigrant Victims of Crime  \nThis course will provide a comprehensive overview of the entire U nonimmigrant and adjustment of status process, including strategies to get law enforcement agencies to sign the certification of helpfulness. It is intended for those who are new to U visas, including those who are new to legal advocacy and/or new to the practice of immigration law, those with little or no prior knowledge of immigration law, and those with basic familiarity with immigration law but no prior experience working on U visas specifically.  \nAgenda  \n9:00-9:30am Introductions and Overview of Training (Sonia)  \n9:30-11:00am Overview of U Nonimmigrant Status (Susan, Monica, Sarah, Debbie)  \n11:00-11:15am Break  \n11:15-12:00pm Overview of Inadmissibility Issues and Waivers (Sarah, Debbie)  \n12:00-1:00pm Lunch  \n1:00-1:45pm Working with Law Enforcement (Nancy, Susan)  \n1:45-2:30pm U Nonimmigrant Status Application Process and Practice Pointers (Susan, Cecilia)  \n2:30-3:30pm Overview of U Adjustment of Status (Susan, Nancy)  \n3:30-3:45pm Break  \n3:45-4:30pm Overview of Consular Processing (Cynthia, Monica)  \n4:30-5:00pm Remaining Questions  \n6.5 CA MCLE  \nSpeaker Bios:  \nCecelia Friedman Levin, Staff Attorney – Asista  \nPrior to joining ASISTA as a staff attorney in June 2012, Cecelia Friedman Levin worked as a supervising attorney at Women Empowered Against Violence in Washington, DC and as the domestic violence staff attorney at the National Law Center for Homelessness and Poverty. She has also been an immigration staff attorney at Ayuda, providing direct legal representation to low‐income immigrants in the Washington, DC area. Prior to law school, she was a Fulbright Research Scholar in Santiago, Chile assessing community responses to domestic violence. Cecelia received her B.A. in International Studies and Women & Gender studies from American University and her J. D. from American University‐ Washington College of Law.  \nCynthia Lucas  \nCynthia Lucas is a private immigration attorney practicing in Los Angeles, California. Ms. Lucas received her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and her J. D. from the University of San Francisco, School of Law. Since law school she has been dedicated to practicing immigration law and providing legal services to underrepresented populations in family‐based immigration matters, U visas, VAWA, Special Immigrant Juvenile petitions, consular processing and waivers. Her past experience includes extensive public interest work as an attorney at ICWC and the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law and as an Associate Attorney at Wolfsdorf Immigration Law Group. She has been a speaker at various conferences and trainings for the Federal Bar Association, AILA and ILRC. She was selected as a “Rising Star” in the 2010 Rising Star Edition of Southern California Super Lawyers. 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