Bridging the Gap for Employment-Based Practitioners: Where Business Immigration Meets Removal Defense
Business immigration attorneys are increasingly encountering clients who employ immigrants with humanitarian backgrounds or enforcement histories that complicate otherwise straightforward cases. During this intermediate-to-advanced seminar, panelists will explore how to identify removal risks, navigate enforcement-related disruptions in employment-based cases, and collaborate across practice areas. They also will offer guidance on advising employers who want to support workers with DACA, TPS, asylum, or removal histories. Finally, they will address the ethical considerations of employee dual representation.
Featured Topics
- Screening and monitoring for removal and inadmissibility risks
- Impacts of criminal history, misrepresentation, and status issues
- February 2025 notice to appear memorandum: how it impacts business clients, how to advise
- When and how to collaborate with removal defense counsel: Update your speed dial!
- Regulatory differences between employment-based and family-based treatment of status issues
- Fees, fees, and more fees!
AILA Membership Benefit – Access to Free Seminar Recordings (CLE Credit Available for $35)
Enjoy access to free seminar recordings as an AILA Member. AILA encourages live attendance for those wishing to ask the speaker questions. CLE credit is included with purchase for live participants.
Recordings will be available approximately two weeks after the live event date. AILA members can access these seminars, with no CLE credit, for free. Recordings are CLE eligible in most jurisdictions and a $35 administration fee is required to obtain CLE credit.
Contact us at cle@aila.org or visit AILA’s Web Seminar Recordings page for more information about receiving CLE credit for a web seminar recording.
| Product Details | |
| Event Date | December 9, 2025 |
| Format | Web Seminar |
| Length | 90 minutes |
| CLE Eligible | Yes. Live attendance must be recorded in My CLE by Tuesday, December 16, 2025. This deadline does not apply to the OnDemand format. |
| Digital Library | Digital goods (MP3, PDF, ZIP, etc.) are available for download for two years after purchase. |
Eligible participants can receive up to 1.8 CLE credit hours. AILA will administer CLE credit only to individuals who register and log into the web seminar. AILA cannot verify your attendance and participation in this program unless you register directly for the web seminar and use your name to log in to participate in the program. Therefore, persons who log in or listen in on the web seminar as part of a group will not be able to obtain CLE credit.
Please note that your jurisdiction may limit the amount of distance learning credit you can earn. To view details on your jurisdiction's credit restrictions and CLE requirements, visit the CLE Center.
AILA has filed for CLE and specialized credit in all jurisdictions with mandatory CLE requirements. For details about specific approvals, contact us at cle@aila.org.
- AILA applies for accreditation upon attorneys’ request after participation for the following states: AR, DE, IA, ID, KS, KY, LA, ME, MN, MS, OR, TN and WY. Programs are typically approved.
- Florida and Rhode Island - Attorneys must apply on their own for approval of seminars in FL and RI. Programs are typically approved.
- The OnDemand Recording format does not qualify for CLE credit in the following jurisdictions: MO and PR. Please note that your jurisdiction may limit OnDemand credit based on the date of the original presentation. View the OnDemand Downloadable Expiration Chart for more details.
To receive CLE credit for the live event, attorneys must record web seminar attendance and the CLE code provided by December 16, 2025 via My CLE.
Contact us at cle@aila.org or visit AILA’s Web Seminar Recordings page for more information about receiving CLE credit for a seminar recording.
*Amy Lighter (DL), Santa Clara, CA
*W. Michael Sharma-Crawford, AILA Board of Governors/Removal Defense Section Steering Committee, Kansas City, MO
Russell Abrutyn, Southfield, MI
Ginger E. Jacobs, San Diego, CA
