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Registration Fees, Cancellations and Refunds
Registration
In-person ..... $10
(Limited to 30 Registrants)
Webcast ..... $10
(The fee includes Lunch)
On-Site Registration available if space permits.
Cancellation of registration must be received in writing by the LSBA no later than August 28th. Cancellations will receive a full refund of registration fee.
CLE Credits: This program has been approved for a maximum of 1 hour of CLE ethics credit.
QUESTIONS??
For more information, contact:
Lucia Cabezon Anderson
Direct line...504-619-0110
lucia.anderson@lsba.org
PROGRAM AND SPEAKER
Program
12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
Registration 11:30-12:00Noon
(1 Hour CLE Ethics credit)
ETHICS FRIDAY CLE 2025 SERIES: ETHICS AND IMMIGRATION:
“Attorneys in all legal practice areas face ethics issues often, but immigration attorneys must address challenging ethical questions because they represent a very vulnerable population. Clients of immigration attorneys are not familiar with the U.S. legal system, so they are unaware of their rights most of the time. Dedication to ethical conduct and adherence to ethics rules are fundamental to our professionalism. A lawyer new to immigration practice quickly learns that it involves far more than completing forms for submission to the government or guiding a foreign national through an administrative hearing. Immigration practice requires a high level of knowledge to provide responsible representation in a constantly changing world of laws. New immigration lawyers may assume that if they are honest and fair with their clients, they don’t have to worry about specific ethical rules. They are wrong. Immigration lawyers may
be licensed in one jurisdiction, but they are practicing federal immigration law, and their professional conduct is governed by ethics rules, federal regulations, and federal law. An immigration lawyer also deals with a special category of clients—some who are desperate to obtain legal status through any means possible, raising the risks for the lawyer.The need for an immigration lawyer to be competent is obvious. However, even the most competent and dedicated immigration lawyer may be unaware of the specific ethical obligations that govern her/his practice.”
About the Speaker....
Oxana Bowman is a Senior Attorney at Foster LLP in Houston, Texas. Her practice focuses primarily on nonimmigrant visa petitions and permanent residency applications, including PERM labor certification applications, multinational manager/executive priority workers, outstanding researchers and National Interest Waivers. A graduate of the University of Houston Law Center with a Jurist degree from North Caucasus Federal University in Russia, Oxana also worked as a research assistant for the University of Houston Law Center. She is fluent in both English and Russian. Oxana is licensed to practice in the State of Louisiana and is an activemember of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and Louisiana State Bar Association – Ethics Advisory Service Committee. Oxana is frequent AILA
publications author and editor.
WORD OF THANKS....
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