Seminars & Publications
Leslie A. Holman is a frequent and sought after speaker in almost all areas of immigration and nationality law, ethics and practice management. She has guest lectured at the University of Vermont, Middlebury College, the Vermont Law School and Suffolk University of Law. The following is a partial list of presentations, panels and seminars given over the past three years. A complete listing of prior presentations is available on demand.
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Seminars
2011 Seminars
JANUARY 2011
“Latin American Immigration and the American Dream, Middlebury College, VTMarch 2011
AILA Midwest Regional Conference, Chicago, IL - March 2011:INTOLERABLE CRUELTY - MARRIAGE FRAUD AND PROBLEM I-751 CASES
MAY 2011
8TH ANNUAL FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION IMMIGRATION LAW SEMINAR, MEMPHIS, TN:UNITED STATES CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION (CBP) HOT TOPICS PANEL
WORKSHOP: WAIVERS AT THE US EMBASSY OR CONSULATE
USCIS INTERVIEWS & TIPS ON PRESENTING COMPLICATED I-130/I-485/I-751 & NATZ CASES
WORKSHOP: USCIS INTERVIEWS AND TIPS ON PRESENTING COMPLICATED I-130/ I-485/I-751 AND NATZ CASES
MAY 2011
10TH ANNUAL NEW ENGLAND IMMIGRATION LAW CONFERENCE, BOSTON, MA:OBSTACLES FOR BUSINESS TRAVELERS MOVING BETWEEN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES
JUNE 2011
AILA ANNUAL IMMIGRATION LAW CONFERENCE, SAN DIEGO, CA:ARE YOU IN JEOPARDY – AN ANALYSIS OF ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR ATTORNEYS
OCTOBER 2011
UPSTATE NY AILA CHAPTER ANNUAL CONFERENCE, ITHACA, NY:DECEMBER 2011
AILA NY CHAPTER IMMIGRATION LAW SYMPOSIUM, NEW YORK, NY:HOW TO NAVIGATE YOUR WAY TO ETHICAL DILEMMAS
2010 Seminars
January 2010
2010 AILA Annual Midyear Conference, Puerto Vallarta, MX: STUCK OUTSIDE: CONSULAR AND CBP JAMS IN THE REVOLVING DOORApril 2010
Massachusetts Bar Association Continuing CLE, Boston, MA:Canadian Entries – Some Tokens for Invisible Turnstiles
May 2010
New York State Bar Association CLE Seminar:Consular Processing – Preparing the Employee
May 2010
7th Annual FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION IMMIGRATION LAW SEMINAR, MEMPHIS, TN: How to Prepare and Use an I-864 Affidavit of SupportMeeting the Challenges of Nonimmigrant Visas
June 2010
AILA AILA ANNUAL IMMIGRATION LAW CONFERENCE, WASHINGTON, DE: Milestone Ages of Immigrant and Nonimmigrant ChildrenSeptember 2010
AILA Fall CLE Conference, San Antonio, TX:Success Tips for Busy Lawyers
October 2010
Waiver Overview: Waiver Series Part 1, National WebinarDecember 2010
13th Annual AILA New York Chapter Immigration Symposium, New York, NY:ECONOMIC IMPACT ON YOUR PRACTICE: TIPS ON HOW TO SURVIVE AND EVEN GROW IN A STRUGGLING ECONOMY
2009 Seminars
January 2009
AILA Midyear Conference, ArubaThe Attorney Role in representation before government agencies
March 2009
2009 AILA SPRING CONFERENCE: GOVERNMENT AGENCY UPDATE— A NEW ADMINISTRATION, A NEW DAY, WASHINGTON, DCCBP PANEL – BORDER AND ADMISSIONS CHALLENGES
June 2009
AILA Annual Immigration Law Conference, Las Vegas, NV: All Hands In: Business Immigration Cases in an Interagency World, Las Vegas, NVAugust 2009
TNs for Management Consultants, National WebinarNovember 2009
Guest Lecturer University of Vermont - Individual Rghts in the International War on Terror, Burlington, VTDecember 2009
2th Annual AILA New York Chapter Immigration Symposium, New York, NY: Preparing your client for their Adjustment of Status InterviewOlder
Solutions to Tactical Human Resource Challenges
Immigration Law and Hiring Foreign Nationals
Topics presented by Holman Immigration Law:- How to ensure a foreign job applicant is eligible to work in the United States
- How to familiarize yourself with common visa options for the temporary foreign worker
- How to secure the permanent worker: obtaining a "green card" for your employee
Leslie A. Holman, Esq. discussed Immigration Laws and Hiring Foreign Nationals. She described the best strategy to obtain a temporary visa through the green card process. Visa options based on individual employee situations were explained, along with their advantages and pitfalls
Crossing Borders in the 21st Century
Products - People - Data - Knowledge - Money
The Rules of the Game have Changed Forever
Speakers and resource people included:Leslie A. Holman, PC: Leslie A. Holman, Esq.
Gabel Law Firm: Patricia Gabel, Moderator
U.S. Customs Service: Timothy G. Moran and Amos Hamilton
Senator Jeffords' Office: Jan Marinelli
Senator Leahy's Office: Kathy Bolduc
Topics presented by Holman Immigration Law:
BUSINESS
- U.S. Immigration Procedures
- Canadian Immigration Procedures
- U.S. Customs Inspection and Enforcement
- Cross-Border Negotiations
- Foreign Market Product Distribution
- Foreign-Source Supply Agreements
- Cross-Border Technology Transfer
- Foreign Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
- Transnational Employment and Labor Law Issues
- POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION
Vermont Bar Association presents, Immigration 101
April 15-16, 2003, Burlington, Vermont.
Topics presented by Holman Immigration Law:-Students
-Trainees-The J-1 Exchange Visitor Category
-Diversity Lottery
Presentations to Vermont Service Center VAWA Unit-February, 2004.
Presented and participated in round table discussion with VSC adjudicators on current issues experienced by outside counsel in areas involving battered immigrants.Vermont Human Resourses Assocation's Networking Breakfast presents, Immigration Law in the Workplace
November 15th, 2006, Burlington, Vermont.
Topics presented by Holman Immigration Law:-Employer verification of employee work eligibility
-Familiarizing yourself with common visa options for temporary foreign workers
-How to secure a permanent worker
Publications
Publications
The Impact of September 11th on America’s Immigration Laws, Policy, and Procedures.
Book Review:The Criminal Lawyer’s Guide to Immigration Law, Questions and Answers.
“Bordering on Insanity: Entry Issues for Foreign Academics,”
Immigration Options for Academics & Researchers, (American Immigration Lawyers 2005)
“PIMS Much Ado About Nothing,”
The Consular Practice Handbook, (American Immigration Lawyers 2010)
“Immigration Law and Children: Important Ages to Assess Eligibility for Immigration Benefits”
(With Lindsay Curcio & Maurice Goldman), Immigration Practice Pointers 2010-2011, (American Immigration Lawyers 2010-2011)
“Practice Pointers for Presenting TN Applications,”
The Nurse Immigration Book, (ILW)
Humor
Immigration Humor
Please Be Fair
DHS please make a pact
Our petitions don’t attack
Where there is proof, please be fair
H-1Bs with apt degrees
Jobs with corr-ect SVPs
If O*Net’s met, please be fair
Rs who’ve worked more years than two
Who have jobs, vocations true
Where there is faith, please be fair
L-1Bs with specialties
We really need our transferees
They’ve worked one year so, please be fair
Os and Ps with peer reviews
Who have shown they’re in the news
Where there is fame, please be fair
H-2Bs with one season
Why must it start on April one
Where there’s peak need, please be fair
And oh - we are here and watching you
Built a case on facts sure to convince and prove
We’re so mad that now we’ll sue
We’ll be there with a writ that’s strong
You’ll have to cave, we’ll show you’re wrong
Yes we will, yes we will.
So, when we give you the docs you’re after
A thorough look is all we ask for
All that you need, you’ll see it’s there
We’ve agreed to work with you
Stop sending paper that is blue
When we give proof you must be fair
Please be fair, please be fair, just read our stuff, and please be fair.
Our petitions don’t attack
Where there is proof, please be fair
H-1Bs with apt degrees
Jobs with corr-ect SVPs
If O*Net’s met, please be fair
Rs who’ve worked more years than two
Who have jobs, vocations true
Where there is faith, please be fair
L-1Bs with specialties
We really need our transferees
They’ve worked one year so, please be fair
Os and Ps with peer reviews
Who have shown they’re in the news
Where there is fame, please be fair
H-2Bs with one season
Why must it start on April one
Where there’s peak need, please be fair
And oh - we are here and watching you
Built a case on facts sure to convince and prove
We’re so mad that now we’ll sue
We’ll be there with a writ that’s strong
You’ll have to cave, we’ll show you’re wrong
Yes we will, yes we will.
So, when we give you the docs you’re after
A thorough look is all we ask for
All that you need, you’ll see it’s there
We’ve agreed to work with you
Stop sending paper that is blue
When we give proof you must be fair
Please be fair, please be fair, just read our stuff, and please be fair.
Juan & Julio Out in a Cow Barn
Mama’n Papa they rolled outta bed
Had to get to the slaughter’n station
What they soon found out was they’d been sold out
ICE had started its “investigation.”
It’s against the law
It was against the law
What Postville saw
It was against the law
Judge Reade looked down and spit on the ground
Every time a bond was mentioned
The manu’l a ploy just to get those boys
and stick em in a barn of detention
You’ll try it my way!
They won’t know what we’re saying
Got seven days, I’m giving no time
And I won’t be fair
Goodbye to justice and constitution
Holding Juan and Julio out in a cow barn
Holding Juan and Julio out in a cow barn
Oh, In a couple of days they would’ve
Put em away
But Erik let the story leak
And when the gallant Rockne
Dared to say not for me
It should’ve been on the cover of Newsweek
If I had my way
When H.R. they’re trying
They’ll now delay, Just taking their time
Cuz its only fair
Goodbye to justice and constitution
Rubashkin and Althouse now in the cow barn
Reade and Dummermuth next in the cow barn.
Bring back our justice and constitution
So no more people go down in a cow barn
So no more people go down in a cow barn
Had to get to the slaughter’n station
What they soon found out was they’d been sold out
ICE had started its “investigation.”
It’s against the law
It was against the law
What Postville saw
It was against the law
Judge Reade looked down and spit on the ground
Every time a bond was mentioned
The manu’l a ploy just to get those boys
and stick em in a barn of detention
You’ll try it my way!
They won’t know what we’re saying
Got seven days, I’m giving no time
And I won’t be fair
Goodbye to justice and constitution
Holding Juan and Julio out in a cow barn
Holding Juan and Julio out in a cow barn
Oh, In a couple of days they would’ve
Put em away
But Erik let the story leak
And when the gallant Rockne
Dared to say not for me
It should’ve been on the cover of Newsweek
If I had my way
When H.R. they’re trying
They’ll now delay, Just taking their time
Cuz its only fair
Goodbye to justice and constitution
Rubashkin and Althouse now in the cow barn
Reade and Dummermuth next in the cow barn.
Bring back our justice and constitution
So no more people go down in a cow barn
So no more people go down in a cow barn
VB Fiasco – The Rules They are a Changing
Come gather round lawyers
Wherever you file
And admit that your cases
Will all get denials
And accept it that now
Adjudications are vile
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better e-file
Can't wait for a while
For the forms they are a-changin'.
Come engineers and an'lysts
who've long retrogressed
Don't e-mail us hourly
You're becoming a pest
Yet you know so much law
Actually, more than the rest
And there's no telling whose
Site your read'n
For the rules we know
Will later be sin
For the laws they are a changin'
Come senators, congressman
Please heed the call
The last CIR it
Was destined to fall
For what must get passed
Has to benefit all
There's a battle inside
And its raging
Don't call it an amnesty
When building a wall
For the laws they need a-changin'
Come mothers and fathers
And minors alone
Fiances and lovers and
Bad men atoned
Your sons and your daughters
But not if they're stoned
And if you're
An English investor,
Don't get used to your life here
E-2s there are none
For the times they are a changin'
The line it was drawn
The curse it was cast
When current not did
a moment it last,
Whose case do I file
Whose time has not passed
The order was
rapidly shaken
And the next one filed
Will be my last
For my nerves they are a shakin'
Wherever you file
And admit that your cases
Will all get denials
And accept it that now
Adjudications are vile
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better e-file
Can't wait for a while
For the forms they are a-changin'.
Come engineers and an'lysts
who've long retrogressed
Don't e-mail us hourly
You're becoming a pest
Yet you know so much law
Actually, more than the rest
And there's no telling whose
Site your read'n
For the rules we know
Will later be sin
For the laws they are a changin'
Come senators, congressman
Please heed the call
The last CIR it
Was destined to fall
For what must get passed
Has to benefit all
There's a battle inside
And its raging
Don't call it an amnesty
When building a wall
For the laws they need a-changin'
Come mothers and fathers
And minors alone
Fiances and lovers and
Bad men atoned
Your sons and your daughters
But not if they're stoned
And if you're
An English investor,
Don't get used to your life here
E-2s there are none
For the times they are a changin'
The line it was drawn
The curse it was cast
When current not did
a moment it last,
Whose case do I file
Whose time has not passed
The order was
rapidly shaken
And the next one filed
Will be my last
For my nerves they are a shakin'