The American Bar Association’s Children’s Immigration Law Academy (CILA) is hosting a two-part webinar series for judges on Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) classification and on adoption of foreign-born children. There are two opportunities to view the webinar series, each with its own registration.  For more information, please see the ABA announcement below.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will present on both Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) classification and adoption of foreign-born children. In the first training of this series, USCIS will present on SIJ classification, with a focus on the federal statutory requirements, USCIS’ role in reviewing petitions, and the role of state courts in this process. USCIS will also discuss recent policy updates and provide tips and tools for state court judges encountering these cases. In the second training of this series, USCIS will provide an overview of adoption-based immigration, discuss other paths to lawful immigration status open to foreign-born children, and offer tips and tools for state court judges working with immigrant children for whom adoption is an option. Faculty will also discuss the adoption of children granted SIJS. Please note these webinars will not be recorded. 

The first opportunity to view the two-part series is on September 12, 2024, at 2:00 pm CST (SIJ topic) and on September 17, 2024, at 2:00 pm CST (Adoption of Foreign-Born Children topic). To attend this first series, please Register Here. For questions regarding registration or the webinar series on these dates, please email Daniela Rocha at drocha@wcl.american.edu.  



The second opportunity to view the same two-part series is on September 26, 2024, at 1:00 pm CST (SIJ topic) and on October 2, 2024, at 1:00 pm CST (Adoption of Foreign-Born Children topic). To attend this second series, please Register Here. 

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