Events and Trainings

Leveraging CGRS Technical Assistance to Support an Individual’s Fear-of-Return Claim

Virtual
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 - 11:00 am to 12:00 pm PDT
Leveraging CGRS Technical Assistance to Support an Individual’s Fear-of-Return Claim

This webinar provides an overview on how advocates handling asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture (“fear-of-return”) claims can leverage free resources provided by CGRS’s Technical Assistance (“TA”) Program. We will highlight new features on our site, provide guidance on obtaining tailored resources for your cases, and offer tips on utilizing these materials effectively.

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CGRS MCLE Webinar: Appeals in Fear-of-Return Claims Pretermitted by ACAs

Virtual
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 - 11:00 am to 12:00 pm PDT
CGRS MCLE Webinar: Appeals in Fear-of-Return Claims Pretermitted by ACAs

Please join the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies (CGRS) for a webinar on appealing asylum and related fear-of-return claims pretermitted by Asylum Cooperative Agreements (ACAs). This webinar will provide an overview on initiating the appeal before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) and articulating the legal arguments against ACA-based pretermission within the appropriate standards of review.

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A Matter of Conscience - Sanctuary in the 1980s to the Present

In Person
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 - 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm PDT
A Matter of Conscience - Sanctuary in the 1980s to the Present

Please join the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies (CGRS), Race, Immigration, Citizenship, and Equality (RICE) Center, and the Law & Society Association (LSA) for a film screening and discussion exploring the Sanctuary Movement that took root in the United States in the 1980s. The movement, born in a time when the U.S. rejected the asylum claims of those fleeing U.S. funded wars in El Salvador and Guatemala, was, and continues to be a concrete form of resistance.

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