Events and Trainings

Asylum Skills: Trauma-Informed Client Interviews, Declarations & Testimony Preparation

In Person
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 - 8:45 am to 3:30 pm PDT

The Center for Gender & Refugee Studies – California and San Joaquin College of Law, New American Legal Clinic invite you to a free in-person MCLE skills training focused on representing clients in asylum, withholding of removal & Convention Against Torture Claims. The training will discuss how a client’s age, developmental stage, trauma history, and other factors may impact a client’s narrative.

Symposium: The Rule of Law and Threats to Democracy

Hybrid
Friday, November 14, 2025 - 8:30 am to 4:00 pm PST

The Center for Racial and Economic Justice, Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, Center for Race, Immigration, and Citizenship, and Center for Constitutional Democracy invite you to attend The Rule of Law and Threats to Democracy. Featured speakers will address critical topics including threats to democracy and voting, challenges to higher education and attacks on “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion,” and the rights of non-citizens.

Learn more here.