Philadelphia, PA: Improving Access to Justice for Immigrant Victims Presentation (May 6th, 2025) [pdf]
This training will provide specific and practical examples of the important roles state court judges can play in ensuring access to justice when immigration law issues arise in state court cases involving litigants, victims of crime or abuse, and children who are immigrants or live in immigrant families. Judges will learn to identify victims who qualify for the legal immigration relief that Congress created to protect and improve the safety, stability and economic security of immigrant victims of domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, human trafficking, sexual assault, and stalking. Faculty will discuss what every state court judge needs to know to apply legally correct information about immigration law when protection order, custody, divorce, and support cases involve immigrant victims and family members. The training will include a discussion of current policies and statutes governing courthouse immigration enforcement and the impact that federal Violence Against Women Act confidentiality laws have on state court discovery in criminal and family court cases.