AILA Archives - Benach Collopy

Dree Collopy on Central American Refugees and Asylum Law

February 12, 2016

Writing in today's Leadership Blog from the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Dree Collopy explains the fundamentals of asylum law the critics, journalists, and politicians fail to understand: Any refusal to recognize gender-motivated violence such as...

BR Has Another New Lawyer!

February 9, 2015

We are thrilled to welcome and announce the newest addition to our BR family, Elanie Cintron. Elanie has joined us in DC as an associate attorney from North Carolina by way of Brooklyn, New York...

BR “Stars” at American Immigration Lawyers Association Conference

June 26, 2014

The Benach Collopy crew just returned from the annual conference of the American Immigration Lawyers Association in Boston, Massachusetts. The annual meeting is the largest gathering of immigration lawyers and provides an opportunity for lawyers...

More on Asylum Litigation and the Meaning of Particular Social Group

November 7, 2013

Last week, we told you about two cases that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit heard oral arguments on. As we discussed, these cases will go a long way towards setting the...

Thomas Ragland’s Speech at the AILA Awards Ceremony

July 11, 2013

Thomas Ragland received the Edith Lowenstein Award for Excellence in the Advancement of the Practice of Immigration Law from the American Immigration Lawyers Association. He made a speech. Here it is: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt5JtAZSSJY&w=560&h=315]

Things are about to get really interesting

April 10, 2013

As Washington, DC has seemed to jump from winter to summer, the politics of immigration reform are heating up. For the rest of this week, the Capital will be inundated with activists, lawyers, politicians and...

Why Dreamers Need Lawyers

August 8, 2012

Full disclosure, I’m a Dreamer. I’m also a full-time third-year law student. I work at an immigration law firm in Metropolitan Washington D.C. and I love my job. Like many immigrants in the United States,...