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CGRS regularly adds new resources to the TA Library, schedules upcoming trainings, and makes technical improvements and updates to our site. Keep an eye on this page for program updates!
Please note that the resources listed below are limited to those authored by CGRS or universal expert declarations provided by CGRS. Our TA Library also includes a wide range of third-party materials such as sample briefs, unpublished decisions, and resources authored by other organizations. We encourage you to check the TA Library regularly for new and helpful resources.
CGRS regularly holds and participates in events and trainings in California and around the country and internationally to increase awareness, knowledge, and expertise on refugee law and policy and human rights. Our events and trainings are generally open to the public, including attorneys, government officials, human rights advocates, social service providers, law and undergraduate students, media and others. If your organization is interested in co-sponsoring an event or training, please contact us at cgrs-ca@uclawsf.edu.
ImmHELP Workshop: Coordinating with Attorneys to Advance Care for Immigrant Patients: Understanding the Policy & Legal Context
The Immigrant Health Equity and Legal Partnerships (ImmHELP) is excited to offer a 1-hour virtual workshop for California health care providers across disciplines focused on information and strategies to advance care and coordination for immigrant patients, particularly asylum seekers.
CGRS MCLE Webinar: Overview of Asylum Eligibility
Please join CGRS for a webinar overview of asylum law. CGRS attorneys will walk through the substantive eligibility requirements for asylum and discuss common fact patterns. Eligibility for the related forms of relief of withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture will also be discussed.
CGRS MCLE Webinar: Overview to Withholding of Removal Claims
Join CGRS for a webinar on statutory withholding of removal claims. We will discuss the differences between asylum and withholding of removal, discuss the different standards applicants must meet to establish their entitlement to withholding, provide scenarios on when to consider withholding claims for your clients, and provide strategies for representing clients before EOIR.
This advisory offers practical guidance on how to elicit relevant facts in support of a climate-related asylum case. The guide proceeds through a composite hypothetical that models preparation for an initial client meeting, conducting initial screening with a client, conducting additional research, and analyzing the client’s fear of return claim through a climate-sensitive lens.
This practice advisory provides an overview of the Dedicated Docket, discusses strategies for representing families on the docket, and discusses strategies and best practices for mitigating and making a record of due process concerns for families whose cases are on the docket.
This toolkit includes pertinent resources on the historical and social context of persecution of the Indigenous Miskitu in Nicaragua and Honduras, and the prevalence and types of harm perpetrated against this community.
This toolkit includes pertinent resources on the historical and social context of political persecution in Brazil, the prevalence of this type of harm, and violence targeted at specific groups based on their political activities.
This advisory discusses the legal framework for evaluating expert witnesses and proposes litigation strategies advocates can use to persuade adjudicators to admit expert opinions into the record and accord them full weight.
This toolkit includes pertinent resources on the historical and social context of political persecution in Cuba, the prevalence of this type of harm, and violence targeted at specific groups based on their political activities.
CGRS has added a new webinar which focuses on how to identify and analyze U.S. asylum claims involving climate change and environmental disasters, including rapid- and slower-onset climate events, and how to elicit critical facts to support such claims.
CGRS has added a webinar in which we discuss which agency and asylum office has jurisdiction over an applicant’s case and which federal court precedent applies; cover the mechanics of filing an I-589 application; and discuss what to expect after the I-589 has been filed.
CGRS has released a new universal declaration authored by Dr. Mneesha Gellman which addresses gender-based violence in the context of gangs in El Salvador.
CGRS has added a new webinar on the Circumvention of Lawful Pathways Rule. In this webinar, CGRS attorneys discuss to whom the Rule applies, who may claim an exception, and when the presumption of ineligibility may be rebutted.
CGRS has added a field to our case intake form to track asylum ban cases.
You can now edit your own case record to add new information and immediately get relevant materials in the TA Library. Go to your My Account page to edit.
Organizations or clinics offering expert evaluations are now listed in the Expert Witness Database.
If you are working on a case with other colleagues, clinic students, or pro bono counsel, add others as shared users to access the same resources and save time. To share, click Share Case on the case record.
Support CGRS by helping expand our TA Library! We welcome submissions of sample briefs, country conditions research, universal declarations, and more.
CGRS relies on individual donations to provide informative events and trainings free of charge. Please consider donating to support our work. Donate here.
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