What Asylum Officers Want, What Asylum Officers Need

Free Event

This training is intended to demystify the asylum process for attorneys of all levels of immigration experience.

It will cover:

  • Brief overview of the elements of a successful asylum claim

  • The affirmative versus defensive asylum process

  • How affirmative asylum decisions are made by local Asylum Offices

  • Best practices for I-589 and interview preparation, from the perspective of a former asylum officer


    • Presenter Bio:
    Kristin Pezzuti was an Asylum Officer at the New York Asylum Office from December 2017-April 2019, where she adjudicated over 350 affirmative asylum cases. She is a longtime volunteer at New Sanctuary Coalition and a 2013 graduate of Hofstra Law School. She is currently a Staff Attorney at Safe Passage Project where she represents young people in their removal proceedings.

    Venue:
    NYU School of Law Vanderbilt Hall
    40 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012

    January 28, 2020, 6:00pm — 8:00pm

    Website:

    https://its.law.nyu.edu/eventcalendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.detail&id=76630