Grant Funding for Immigration Programs - Finding, Securing, and Managing Opportunities 2025
Mary ArmisteadAllyson DipofiJessica HernandezNina Mcdermott

Grant Funding for Immigration Programs - Finding, Securing, and Managing Opportunities 2025

Grant funding is a powerful tool for an immigration legal services program to further its mission and goals. For many programs, grants are integral to a healthy, diversified revenue portfolio, but acquiring and managing grant funding presents unique challenges. 

During this two-part webinar series, CLINIC’s program management experts and guest speakers with grant-giving experience will equip attendees with the important information needed to secure and sustain grant funding.  


Overview of Self-Petitioning and Adjustment of Status Under the Violence Against Women Act 2025
Sarah BronsteinRebekah NiblockJosette RamirezAlyson Runco Beinert

Overview of Self-Petitioning and Adjustment of Status Under the Violence Against Women Act 2025

This three-week webinar series will provide an introduction to self-petitioning under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and adjustment of status for approved self-petitioners. The presenters will cover the basic eligibility requirements for self-petitioning for individuals who have been subjected to battery or extreme cruelty by certain U.S. citizen (USC) or lawful permanent resident (LPR) family members. Participants will learn about how to prepare a successful self-petition, including strategies for developing the client’s declaration and gathering required evidence.



Comprehensive Overview of Immigration Law (Fall 2025)
Mary ArmisteadSarah BronsteinElizabeth CarlsonHelen ChenAllyson DipofiCorrie HansenKristina KarpinskiElizabeth MartinNina McdermottKerry McGuireIlissa MiraCharles Wheeler

Comprehensive Overview of Immigration Law (Fall 2025)

CLINIC’s Comprehensive Overview of Immigration Law (COIL) e-learning course provides an overview of core immigration law concepts and legal skills to enable new practitioners to quickly learn the fundamentals of immigration law and gain the training background to help support an application for Department of Justice accreditation.  

Self-Directed Series: Case Management Techniques and Strategies
Dearra GodinezMichelle Haubner

Self-Directed Series: Case Management Techniques and Strategies

One of the secrets to running a successful immigration legal services program is prioritizing consistency, efficiency, and organization. This four-week, introductory-level, self-directed case management webinar series will walk through the life of a case by discussing basic components of effective case management techniques and strategies. Participants will learn best practices in intake procedures, case opening and acceptance, file maintenance, client communication, data and deadline tracking, case closing, and file retention and destruction. Our CLINIC team will help you think through techniques, strategies, and best practices in creating a case management policies and procedures manual that fits your program and ensures ethical, consistent, efficient, and organized immigration legal service program delivery. 

Immigration Practice Skills Course 2025
Marta Garcia-LascurainMichelle HaubnerJoanna Mexicano FurmanskaJosette RamirezAlyson Runco BeinertCharles Wheeler

Immigration Practice Skills Course 2025

Please join us for a six-unit course that will cover the practical skills needed to represent clients in their immigration cases. During the course, we will follow a hypothetical client from intake to case conclusion and all that is needed in between. Participants in this limited-capacity course will be given the opportunity to practice the skills they learn in short assignments after each class and later receive model answers and feedback on select assignments. Topics covered will include the following: conducting an intake with a potential client; accepting the case; obtaining and incorporating the factual evidence; conducting legal research; advocating for your client both in writing and orally; and the common ethical concerns arising in immigration cases.