The main barriers to increasing capacity for additional legal representation are experience, affordable support services, and the ability of detained immigrants to afford legal services. The company, which was launched more than two years ago as an app store for legal technology – with investments from law firms such as Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Latham & Watkins and Nishimura & Asahi, among others – is now looking to expand its offering and foster networking in the legal world by allowing public actors to invest. In 2016, 37.6% of immigrants received legal representation at the North West Detention Centre (NWDC). In 2017, the number of immigrants represented declined to 33.8% for the first time in a decade. After the first quarter of 2018, the number of immigrants represented in the NWDC declined further to 31.4%. The downward trend in the number of detained immigrants represented is expected to worsen under President Trump`s Executive Order No. 13768, Improving Public Safety in the Interior of the United States (January 25, 2017) and subsequent executive orders. For example, Decree Law No. 13768 removed existing priority lists for immigration deportation procedures and significantly reduced the availability of release guarantees during the proceedings. WIDEN is a non-profit organization that assists defense attorneys in deporting in order to increase the quantity and quality of legal services for detained immigrants. Widen achieves this in two ways: Legal technology platform Reynen Court announced Wednesday the launch of an online stock offering to attract the attention of lawyers and legal technology entrepreneurs looking to invest in the company. In June, the Washington Immigrant Defense Network (WIDEN) was founded (www.widenlaw.org). I am the president of the organization and here is the story of why it was founded and how it will operate.
WIDEN`s services are designed to ensure that every immigrant in deportation proceedings will one day receive legal representation. Therefore, there is a need to research and implement innovative solutions to increase the capacity and quality of legal services available to detained immigrants. When you first sign in, your account is pending until it is approved by an administrator. You will receive an email once your account is approved. 1. Raising funds to pay low fees to immigration lawyers who would otherwise not be able to handle a detained case. A graduate of Harvard Law School, where he served as editor-in-chief of the Harvard Law Review, Professor Widen worked for Levin Campbell, Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, from 1983 to 1984. Discover our organization, our mission and our methods. Note: If you expand Accounts that have been inactive for more than one year will be automatically disabled. If you have any questions or problems, please contact STI. The currently limited capacity of immigration defence service providers to handle more cases and the increasing number of detained immigrants, combined with the increased emphasis on timely case processing, are reaching crisis levels. While there is considerable interest from non-immigration lawyers and non-lawyers looking to help resolve the issue, the highly specialized nature of immigration law makes it difficult for them to contribute without a practical structure or management.
We all remember the chaos that erupted at the country`s airports in the days following Donald Trump`s travel ban went into effect in January 2017. By advising non-specialists, we are helping to increase the capacity of immigration lawyers by volunteering hours, and we are also working to train non-specialists so that they can better assist now and in the future. If you have any questions about access or content, please contact the Communications Office at communications@law.upenn.edu. Widen is a cloud-based digital image sharing and uploading service. William H. Widen, Professor of Law, was a partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York until 2002, where he worked on structured finance and secured lending. As personal and professional resources become scarcer, Widen believes this low compensation will open the door to a dramatic increase in the number of lawyers who can take on these critical cases. Users can also contact Widen directly: online or by phone (1-877-943-3625, Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.). 2.
By grouping immigration lawyers with volunteers who want to help but don`t have the expertise to help independently. Are you ready to take the next step? You can donate to our cause or volunteer. At the time, I chaired a newly formed advocacy committee of the Washington chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILAWA), which I co-founded after the November 2016 election. Send lawyers to the airport to respond to the crisis triggered by Trump`s executive branch. Professor Widen teaches commercial law, contracts and other commercial subjects. Immigration lawyers offer considerable pro bono services, but the complexity and cost of representing immigrants in removal proceedings make it impossible to meet the growing demands for representation with traditional solutions. In order to increase the availability of services for detained immigrants, it is necessary to increase the capacity of experienced immigration lawyers. For technical support, contact ITS Help at itshelp@law.upenn.edu or 215-898-9140.