This workshop is an interdisciplinary collaboration designed to build the capacity of social work and legal professionals and students to serve the immigrant community in Illinois. Through building the capacity of professionals, we aim to expand access to justice and healing for the ever-growing immigrant community. The program consists of three sessions for which we will offer MCLE credit (pending), and CEUs.
With thanks to the UIUC School of Social Work Social Innovation Fund, the entire program is offered free of charge, with lunch provided Friday and Saturday, plus a light breakfast Saturday morning.
Location: UIUC College of Law, Room A
Objectives:
- Equip social work and legal professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively collaborate on cases involving immigrants, including recognizing trauma, conducting trauma-informed interviews, expert witness testimony and understanding immigration law and available benefits for non-citizen clients.
- Provide guidance to professionals on the ethical considerations and best practices for working with interpreters in the context of immigrant advocacy, including strategies for recognizing and addressing unethical interpreter practices.
- Establish a network of professionals willing to offer occasional pro bono services to the immigrant community, thereby expanding access to justice and diversifying the toolkit of Illinois lawyers while fostering a stronger immigrant advocacy community in Champaign-Urbana.
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