Calendar of Events

AI impacts not only how government agencies process cases, but how they gather information, identify fraud, assess credibility, allocate resources, and prioritize investigations. Participants will learn about AI’s effects on clients and cases and identify new legal avenues for accountability.

Determining a client’s claim to U.S. citizenship is rarely straightforward. Expert panelists will provide practitioners with a rigorous methodology for analyzing derivative and transmitted citizenship claims.

Learn how to obtain clients’ A-files and other immigration records through FOIA litigation while recovering attorneys’ fees and expenses. This session covers request design, exhaustion, joinder, venue considerations, and strategies for securing records quickly and collecting fees.

Join AILA and the Protecting Immigrant Families (PIF) Coalition for an overview of means-tested benefits under the 2026 Public Charge Final Rule. Discuss risks to adjustment of status cases, common client concerns, and strategies for advising clients.

Withdrawing a case with USCIS can be tricky: the practitioner must balance client autonomy with the duty of competent, ethical representation. Panelists will discuss the tightrope act that attorneys must walk evaluating when and if to withdraw a USCIS case.

Attention AILA members! The AILA Northern California Chapter is thrilled to invite you to our conference in scenic San Francisco.

2026 New England Chapter Conference, November 6, 2026. Hynes Convention Center: Boston, MA. Save the Date! More information soon. This event is being presented by AILA's New England Chapter. This event is not being organized by the AILA National Office.

Join a panel of immigration leaders who will share highlights on what happened and offer predictions on how the outcome might shape U.S. immigration policy in the coming years. AILA leaders will also share AILA’s goals and strategy for the next Congress.

Join AILA’s Law Student Roundtable for a practical look at how to gain valuable immigration law experience during law school.

Practical guidance for managing organizational or job‑related changes that may impact ongoing or approved PERM, I‑140, or I‑485 processes. When does a change require an amended filing? When can you avoid refiling? How should you advise clients who anticipate future restructuring?