Cybersecurity Best Practices for Immigration Lawyers: Defending Against Threats
While immigration attorneys and legal advocates are on the front lines protecting some of the most sensitive data in the country, they also have become increasingly targeted by cyberattacks. During this webinar designed for non-technical professionals, our expert faculty members will explain today’s most common digital threats, outline how to respond effectively, and provide clear, actionable steps to safeguard client data, operations, and organizational trust. They will provide a practical, threat-informed understanding of cybersecurity risks facing organizations, along with best practices and concrete steps needed to prevent digital attacks in an evolving threat landscape.
Featured Topics
- Current cybersecurity threat landscape for immigration legal organizations, and why they are increasingly targeted by cybercriminals and nation-state actors
- Common attack methods explained in plain language: phishing, ransomware, credential theft, insider threats, and data interception
- Responding when an attack happens: a practical, incident-response framework tailored to legal and advocacy organizations
- Protecting highly sensitive client and case data, including access controls, backups, device security, and secure communications practices
- Building a sustainable cybersecurity culture, emphasizing leadership, staff training, policies, and realistic practices for resource-constrained organizations
- Actionable steps to strengthen security now and prepare for the future, with prioritized tools, policies, and planning guidance attorneys can implement immediately
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 | April 21, 2026 |
| Format | Web Seminar |
| Length | 90 minutes |
| CLE Eligible | Yes. Live attendance must be recorded in My CLE by Tuesday, April 28, 2026. 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.
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- 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 April 28, 2026 via My CLE. CLE certificates will be available for download the day after the deadline reporting date.
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.
Reid Trautz (DL), Senior Director, AILA Practice & Professionalism Center and Innovation, Washington, D.C.
Reid Trautz is Senior Director of AILA’s Practice & Professionalism Center, where he helps lawyers modernize their practices through ethical innovation, technology, and smarter service delivery. He chairs the Virginia State Bar Technology and Future of Practicing Law Committee and co-authors the Futureproof You Practice column for ABA Law Practice magazine. He is a past chair of ABA Techshow and a Fastcase 50 honoree. A longtime speaker and writer on legal tech, Reid previously practiced family law in Alexandria, Virginia.
Jeffrey O’Brien, Berkeley, CA
Jeffrey O’Brien founded The O’Brien Immigration Firm in 2010 with a focus on providing exceptional, affordable, and respectful legal assistance to individuals seeking to live in the United States. He has been honored by East Bay Sanctuary, a nonprofit organization, for his pro bono work, and has served as a mentor with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights. Jeff earned his JD from the University of San Francisco School of Law and his BA from Loyola Marymount University, and is admitted to practice law in California.
Ben Mann, Chief Data Officer, Mobile Pathways, Atlanta, GA
Ben Mann is the Chief Data Officer for Mobile Pathways, a tech nonprofit leveraging data and AI to help legal service providers and their clients navigate the U.S. immigration system. He has spent his career advising government agencies, nonprofit organizations, small businesses, and social enterprises in building data-driven solutions for social justice across the world.
