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January 20, 2016

Immigration Law Training at the Ninth Circuit

Last week, the United States Court of Appeals held an Immigration Law Training at its courthouse in Pasadena, California. The training included sessions on motions practice, mediation, brief writing, and oral argument. I spoke on two panels: one called "Jurisdiction and Motions Practice" and the other called "Preparing Your Brief." I had the privilege of speaking on the same panel with Judge Jacqueline H. Nguyen of the Ninth Circuit on appellate brief writing. Immigration practice before the Ninth Circuit is a critical component of the court's work. In 2014, immigration matters and appeals brought by inmates in state or federal prisons within the circuit constituted two-thirds of the new filings in the Ninth Circuit.