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Dallas Training Resources

Date:  Monday, June 14th

CAIR Coalition Manual & Resources - Representing Clients with Mental Disabilities

Manual for attorneys representing attorneys with mental disabilities in immigration court

Resource List Dallas

Local immigration and mental health resources.

Texas Appleseed Resources:

Justice for Immigration's Hidden Population

Mental Illness, Your Client and the Criminal Law

Opening the Door:  Justice for Defendents with Mental Retardation

Presentations:
 Texas Appleseed Study: Justice for Immigration's Hidden Population
Steven Schulman
Pro-bono Partner Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Ann Baddour
Senior Policy Analyst
Texas Appleseed

Understanding Mental Disabilities
Dr. Ellen Elliston
Manager of the Victim Intervention Program
Parkland Health & Hospital System

Understanding Competency

Raman Gill
Attorney & Counselor at Law
Sumpter & Gonzalez, L.L.P.

Lauren Farwell, M.A., Clinical Psychology
Doctoral Student, Counseling Psychology
Supervisor:  Stephen Thorne, Ph.D.
Sumpter & Gonzalez, L.L.P.

Representing Clients with Mental Disabilities in Removal Proceedings

Liz McGrail
Legal Director
CAIR Coalition (Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights)

Representing Clients with Mental Disabilities – Attorney Panel

Belinda Arroyo
Belinda Arroyo Law Office P.L.L.C.

Michelle Saenz Rodriguez
Saenz-Rodriguez & Associates

Evan Tilton
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Steven Schulman
Pro-bono Partner
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Moderator:  Christine Cooney Mansour
Legal Director
Human Rights Initiative of North Texas

Mental Disabilities in Immigration Court: A Judge’s Perspective

Judge Michael Baird
Dallas Immigration Court

Local Services for Immigrants with Mental Disabilities - Resources Panel

Susan D. Motley & Meredith Baughman
Regional Managing Attorney 
Advoacy Inc.

Sharon De Blanc
Prevention, Education, and Outreach 
ValueOptions NorthSTAR

Drew Dixon 
Director of Advocacy and Intervention
The ARC of Dallas

Moderator:

Deborah Fowler
Legal Director
Texas Appleseeed

This training is sponsored by:

American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Texas Chapter, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Human Rights Initiative of North Texas and Texas Appleseed

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San Antonio Training Resources

Date:  Tuesday, June 15th

CAIR Coalition Manual & Resources - Representing Clients with Mental Disabilities

Manual for attorneys representing attorneys with mental disabilities in immigration court

Local immigration and mental health resources.

Texas Appleseed Resources:

Justice for Immigration's Hidden Population

Mental Illness, Your Client and the Criminal Law

Presentations:
Texas Appleseed Study: Justice for Immigration's Hidden Population

Steven Schulman
Pro-bono Partner 
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Ann Baddour
Senior Policy Analyst
Texas Appleseed

Understanding Mental Disabilities

Dr. Warner's Sample Evaluation
Benjamin J. Warner, Ph.D., LPC

Understanding Competency

Susan Stone, M.D., J.D.
Executive Coordinator 
Austin Mayor's Mental Health Task Force Monitoring Committee (MMHTFMC)

 Representing Clients with Mental Disabilities in Removal Proceedings

Liz McGrail
Legal Director
CAIR Coalition (Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights)

Representing Clients with Mental Disabilities – Panel
Attorneys:
Virginia Carstens
American Gateways

Javier Maldonado
Law Office of Javier N. Maldonado

Dennis Windscheffel
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Local Resources:

Chance Heinsohn
Regional Attorney 
Advocacy Inc.

Aaron Diaz
Director of Crisis Diversion Program
Center for Health Care Services

Moderator:
Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch
Attorney, Equal Justice Works Fellow
American Gateways

Mental Disabilities in Immigration Court: A Judge’s Perspective
Pending approval

This training is sponsored by:

American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Texas Chapter, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Cox Smith, American Gateways and Texas Appleseed

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Harlingen Training Resources

Date:  Friday, June 18th 

CAIR Coalition Manual & Resources - Representing Clients with Mental Disabilities

Manual for attorneys representing attorneys with mental disabilities in immigration court

Resource List Harlingen

Local Immigration and mental health resources.

Texas Appleseed Resources:

Justice for Immigration's Hidden Population

Mental Illness, Your Client and the Criminal Law

Presentations:

Understanding Mental Disabilities and Competency Issues
Dr. David Morón, M.D.
Clinical Director
Rio Grande State Center in Harlingen

Ann Baddour
Senior Policy Analyst 
Texas Appleseed

Deborah Fowler
Legal Director
Texas Appleseed

Representing Clients with Mental Disabilities in Removal Proceedings

Monica Ashiku
Staff Attorney/Equal Justice Works Fellow 
ProBAR

Dennis Windscheffel
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Tropical Texas Behavioral Heath Services

Carlos Garcia
Psycho-social Rehabilitation (PSR) 
Case Management Supervisor 
Tropical Texas Behavioral Health

Janie Campbell
Case Management
Mobile Crisis Outreach Team (MCOT) supervisor
Tropical Texas Behavioral Health

Advocacy Inc. Services

Rosa Torres
Senior Attorney 
Advocacy Inc.

Jaime (Jimmy) Gonzalez   
Chief Public Defender 
Hidalgo County PD's Office

Moderator:

Deborah Fowler
Legal Director 
Texas Appleseed

This training is sponsored by:

American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Texas Chapter, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project (ProBAR), and Texas Appleseed

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Houston Training Resources

Date:  Friday, June 25th 

CAIR Coalition Manual & Resources - Representing Clients with Mental Disabilities

Manual for attorneys representing attorneys with mental disabilities in immigration court

Resource List Houston

Local immigration and mental health resources.

Texas Appleseed Resources:

Justice for Immigration's Hidden Population

Mental Illness, Your Client and the Criminal Law

Presentations:
Texas Appleseed Study: Justice for Immigration's Hidden Population

Steven Schulman
Pro Bono Partner 
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Ann Baddour
Senior Policy Analyst
Texas Appleseed

Understanding Mental Disabilities and Competency Issues
Dr. Sophia Banu
Menninger Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine
Family and Community Medicine, Harris County Hospital District

Representing Clients with Mental Disabilities in Removal Proceedings

Geoff Hoffman
Director, Immigration Clinic 
University of Houston

Steven Schulman 
Pro-bono Partner
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

 
Mental Disabilities in Immigration Court: A Judge’s Perspective

Judge Howard Rose
Houston Immigration Court

This training is sponsored by:

American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Texas Chapter, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Cabrini Center of Catholic charities, Immigration Clinic of UH Law Center, and YMCA International Services  and Texas Appleseed

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