SAIL’s innovative approach to training provides you with the tools and expertise you need at every step in your case. Our trainings combine substantive law, procedure, and practice tips in an easy-to-navigate format. Register for SAIL trainings, or contact us about building custom training and materials.
Strategic Academy
SAIL’s innovative approach to training combines short videos on specific substantive, procedural or practice issues with sample application materials, practice pointers, and other written guidance. We make it easy for you to quickly find the content you need. Our trainings guide you through the life span of a case, providing you with the tools and guidance you need at every step of the way..
SAIL offers recorded sessions on substantive law and practice as well as interactive live workshops so you can practice your litigation skills & receive real-time feedback from former immigration judges.
Online Workshops
NOW OPEN: Making and Responding to Objections in Immigration Court
Have you ever wished you had a chance to practice objections in real time and get immediate feedback from former immigration judges? Join SAIL for an interactive online workshop in which a small group of practitioners each get a chance to practice making or responding to objections. Our presenters for each workshop include two former IJs who will offer constructive feedback, so that you can feel more confident when you appear in court.
Click here to see available workshop dates, and to register.
Custom Training
and Practice Materials
SAIL can produce custom training and practice materials tailored to your organization or law firm’s needs. SAIL can create live webinars or workshops, recorded online trainings, or written practice materials to support immigration practitioners. We have extensive experience supporting experienced immigration practitioners, new immigration practitioners, and pro bono attorneys handling immigration cases at nonprofits, immigration law firms, and non-immigration firms.
Recently commissioned work includes:
Practice Guide on New Developments in Particular Social Groups
Practice Pointer on TRIG and Newly Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations
Our expert trainers have designed numerous online courses, including:
Introduction to Immigration Law
Affirmative Asylum for Afghan Nationals
Legal Writing and Research for Immigration Practitioners
BIA Appeals
Defensive Asylum
Contact us for custom training
Mentoring
SAIL can support practitioners with customized one-on-one mentorship for attorneys & accredited representatives working on affirmative and defensive asylum cases and BIA appeals.
Contact us for mentoring
SAIL offers training, mentorship, and consulting services to the following legal professionals in the United States:
Attorneys licensed to practice law anywhere in the U.S. and who are not employees of the federal government
Law students
Accredited representatives working at recognized non-profit organizations
Paralegals working under the supervision of an attorney licensed to practice law anywhere in the United States
We do NOT offer training, mentorship, consulting or any other services to anyone other than the legal professionals listed above.
We do NOT offer legal representation to non-citizens seeking immigration status in the U.S.