In this New York State Bar piece Tina provides eight tips for new practitioners in their first jobs. Lawyers often say that while law school taught them how to analyze and argue like a lawyer it did not prepare them for the realities of working in a law firm. Tina uses her experience both working […]
Mark Shmueli Co-Authors Orlando Sentinel Editorial on Immigration Reform
In this editorial Mark Shmueli and Washington College of Law Professor Jayesh Rathod outline the urgent need for immigration reform but present a perspective which is often overlooked in the media’s coverage of the immigration debate; the role that immigrants and their supporters have taken in changing the dynamics of the discussion. Mark and […]
Mark Shmueli Chairs Prestigious Federal Bar Asylum Symposium.
On February 21, 2014 over 200 people attended a full day two track symposium on Asylum law in the United States presented by the Federal Bar Association (FBA) and the American University Washington College of Law (WCL) . The symposium, chaired by FBA Immigration Law Section board member Mark Shmueli, featured both a […]
Legal Representation Makes a Difference! Results of the BIA Pro Bono Project
The Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) Pro Bono Project began in 2001 to match respondents without representation with pro bono (free) counsel. More than a decade after the project began, results have shown that the Project had “an average success rate of 87% in matching pro se respondents with pro bono counsel” and that “pro […]
New Maryland Driver’s License Rules Effective Jan. 2014, Summarized by the AILA-DC MD Legislative Committee
In the attached summary, Mark Shmueli & Christina Wilkes (of Grossman Law LLC) summarize the requirements for Maryland driver’s licenses and highlight the key steps required for the new federally non-compliant license. In order to apply for the federally non-compliant license or identification card, you must file two years of state income taxes and comply […]
Guest Blog: Protect Hard Fought Gains for Migrant Farm workers in Senate Bill
“We owe [immigration reform] to those lost in Los Gatos and all of the other migrant farmworkers who have fed our nation for years.” – MJS Mark’s guest post for the AILA leadership blog focuses on the positive aspects of the Senate immigration bill for immigrant agricultural workers and the need to fight hard against […]
Mark & Tina’s Immigration Update in The Federal Lawyer on Options for Same Sex Couples
In this article we analyze the post DOMA landscape as it pertains to immigrants and their families after the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Windsor This decision resulted in marriage equality for federal benefits and obligations as it rendered a federal ban on providing benefits to same sex couples a violation of equal […]
Tina R. Goel Helps Domestic Abuse Survivor from Cameroon Obtain Permanent Resident Status
“Jane” came to the US to visit a childhood friend and fell in love with a US Citizen. A few months later, she married him in 2009 — with high hopes of starting a new life together. No sooner than she could change out of her wedding dress, he began to verbally and physically abuse […]
Mark Shmueli Wins Requests for Parole in Place for two Military Spouses Before USCIS Provides Formalized Guidance
On Nov. 15, 2013, USCIS issued guidance expressly authorizing that military spouses who have entered the United States without inspection may be paroled in place in the United States. When Mark successfully filed his first parole in place request in 2010, his was among the very first cases granted in the Baltimore District Office. Rather […]
Part 2 of Mark Shmueli’s two part series on immigration reform
In this article Mark describes the recent events which have led to the powerful call for progressive and meaningful immigration reform along with a discussion of the recently passed Senate Bill 744. Read the full article below. Cite as: Mark Shmueli, Mending the Fences? Meaningful and Just Immigration Reform Before Congress, Maryland Bar Bulletin (Sept.. […]
