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 within one week of the web seminar date via webCLE.

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.

Leah L. Chavarria (DL), AILA Federal Court Litigation Section Steering Committee/ICE Liaison Committee, San Diego, CA

Leah L. Chavarria is a senior associate with Hurwitz Holt, APLC. She formerly worked at Jewish Family Service of San Diego (JFSSD) where she helped lead a team of over 40 passionate advocates provide culturally considerate legal representation and defence to the most vulnerable in the San Diego community. She practices law before California state and federal district courts, USCIS, EOIR, and the Ninth Circuit. She has dedicated many years of volunteer service to AILA. She served as San Diego Chapter 2020/21 Chair. She is a frequent presenter at AILA conferences, law schools, and universities. This is her third year on the AILA ICE Committee (national).

Mark A. Prada, AILA Federal Court Litigation Section Steering Committee Chair/Benefits Litigation Committee, Miami, FL

Mark A. Prada is a founding member of Prada Dominguez, PLLC. He primarily devotes his time to federal court litigation, including challenges against agency actions and policies of USCIS, habeas work against ICE, FOIA actions against federal agencies, challenges to agency action and policies of other federal agencies, and petitions for review of BIA decisions and other appellate work.

Mark began his legal career by representing victims of domestic violence and other crimes as part of a nonprofit organization, and eventually opened his own practice. He grew up in Miami and is the son of Colombian immigrants. For his experience, please see www.pradadominguez.com/mark_prada.

Kathleen Kersh, AILA Federal Court Litigation Section Steering Committee, Dayton, OH

Kathleen Kersh serves as lead counsel and second chair on impact litigation representing immigrants and agricultural workers in federal court (constitutional, administrative, employment and civil rights issues). She represents immigrants in affirmative administrative applications before USCIS, such as asylum, U Visa, T Visa, VAWA self-petition, and family-based cases, and removal defense before immigration court, Board of Immigration Appeals, and 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. She also conducts a great deal of community outreach and Know Your Rights presentations in immigrant and farmworker communities throughout southern Ohio, and advocates for immigrant-friendly policing policies with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies.

Adam W. Boyd, Seattle WA

Adam W. Boyd is a partner at Gibbs Houston Pauw where he advocates for immigrants and the underprivileged. He earned his JD cum laude from Boston College Law School in 2013, where he engaged in the European Union Moot Court Competition and the Immigration Clinic. Admitted to practice in Massachusetts, Washington, and federal courts, Adam previously worked in Boston focusing on immigration and appeals. He now heads the asylum committee and serves as Treasurer for AILA’s Washington chapter.