The current issue of the Federal Bar Association Law Section’s Newsletter, The Green Card, features Christine Poarch’s article “A Personal Essay—Challenges in Immigration: Ugandan Orphans.”
In the article, Christine discusses her twelve-day trip to Uganda and what she learned about the process of international adoption in Uganda.
A Poarch Law attorney will serve as the Interim Director of the pro bono Immigration and Citizenship Clinic at Washington & Lee University School of Law.
The attorney will help the clinic’s clients and cases throughout the summer until the new director takes over in August.
Christine Poarch and Rachel Thompson will give a class presentation on immigration law at Roanoke College on March 26, 2013.
The members of Poarch Law will discuss an overview of immigration concepts, enforcement, and reform with Dr. Joshua Rubongoya’s political science seminar students.
A Poarch Law attorney will be sitting on a panel entitled “Legal Research in the Real World” on March 23, 2013.
The attorney will speak alongside Judge Bumgardner of the Virginia Court of Appeals and Chris Russell, Commonwealth’s Attorney in Buena Vista, Virginia. The panel discussion will focus on ways law students can efficiently manage their time and use of legal research sources.
Christine Poarch will serve on two panels at the Federal Bar Association Immigration Law Section 2013 Conference in Memphis, Tennessee. One of the panels will be on non-LPR cancellation and the other regarding Special Immigrant Juveniles.
A Poarch Law attorney will be re-living their law school moot court days as a quarterfinal judge at the William Spong Moot Court Competition on February 18, 2013. The competition will be hosted at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Roanoke College in conjunction with Poarch Law will host a pro-bono Deferred Action Clinic at Roanoke College. Student volunteers from Roanoke College will help undocumented immigrants prepare and mail applications for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a new program announced by the Obama administration and processed through the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.
The clinic is part of a trifecta of events held by Poarch Law in conjunction with Roanoke College. In addition to the Deferred Action clinic, Christine Poarch will give an in-class presentation on October 23 about what life is like for a young immigrant in America. The presentation was given to students of Professor Rubongoyaâs senior seminar âGlobal Migrations and Immigration Policy: Immigration, Refugees and Diasporas.â
Roanoke College will host a panel entitled “Living the DREAM: Deferred Action and Other Immigration Options for Children.” Panelists, including our own Christine Poarch, will discuss recent developments in immigration law including the effects of Deferred Action and similar immigration programs on the community, the workplace, and local families.
Living the DREAM: Deferred Action and Other Immigration Options for Children
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