Please join us for an evening discussion with special guest
LORI ADAMS
Director, Immigration Intervention Project
Sanctuary for Families
WILLIAM C. SILVERMAN
Partner
Proskauer Rose LLP
6:00 p.m. | Registration
6:30 p.m. | Program and Q+A
7:30 p.m. | Wine Reception
Proskauer Rose LLP
11 Times Square (8th Avenue and 41st Street)
27th Floor
New York, NY 10036
In honor of UN Human Rights Day this year, UNA-NYC will present a special event focusing on issues related to gender violence and the problems faced by immigrant women seeking asylum, in the light of recent U.S. immigration policy changes.
On June 11th, Attorney General Sessions issued a decision that puts at direct, immediate risk the safety and lives of immigrant women and children fleeing domestic violence and seeking protection under our asylum laws. This decision reversed settled precedent and upended bipartisan consensus.
Bill Silverman, pro bono partner at Proskauer, and Lori Adams, the Director of the Immigration Intervention Project at Sanctuary for Families, will discuss recent changes in immigration policy affecting victims of gender violence.
SPEAKERS
Lori Adams is the Director of the Immigration Intervention Project at Sanctuary for Families. Lori represents asylum seekers before the immigration courts and in the asylum offices, leads the organizations advocacy efforts on behalf of immigrant survivors of gender-based harm, mentors pro bono counsel, and oversees a team of immigration attorneys and advocates who assist foreign-born survivors of gender violence. Before joining Sanctuary for Families, Lori was the Managing Attorney in Refugee Representation at Human Rights First, and an attorney advisor in the New York Immigration Court, where she conducted research and drafted decisions for 28 immigration judges and supervised the work of the court's law clerks and interns.
William C. Silverman is a partner at Proskauer Rose LLP where he runs the firm's pro bono program. Bill serves as counsel to the New York State Anti-Trafficking Coalition, as Vice-Chair of the Fund For Modern Courts, and as Chair of Legal Information for Families Today (LIFT). Previously, Bill served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, and as a law clerk to the Honorable Louis L. Stanton, United States District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York.
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