Calendar of Events

Discover how to turn the AILA Cookbook into a practical system for managing your immigration practice. Join colleagues to discuss strategies for strengthening intake processes, workflows, case planning, evidence review, and staff training while improving petition quality and reducing avoidable RFEs.

Fireside Chat Series: Sports & Entertainment Immigration – How Immigration Lawyers Can Support Their Clients – The In-House Counsel/Client Perspective

National Pro Bono Week is the perfect time to discuss what helps immigration lawyers incorporate pro bono service into busy practices. Join us for a discussion about the support systems that make participation easier and everything that help lawyers say "yes" without burning out.

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.

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.

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?

2026 MidSouth Chapter Fall Conference: November 13 – 14, 2026. New Orleans