Business Immigration Law 363E

SYLLABUS

LAST UPDATED: 2 April 2004

NOTE: I will be modifying the syllabus after each class, to reflect the actual starting/stop page numbers. This does not mean that the syllabus will be changing. Rather, it will help you keep track of where we are w/in the syllabus.

The *completed* indicates that the Class has already been completed.

Read sections of the INA as appropriate

REGARDING STUDENT EXPERT PRESENTATIONS:

Each of you have signed up to be a "Student Expert" on one of the topics we will discuss this semester. As you might have noticed, the number of students assigned to a topic varies. For topics with 2 students, the team of experts will make a presentation to the class of about 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes in length. For topics with 3 or 4 students, the team of experts will guide the class for the entire 1 hour and fourty minute session.

Whether you are part of a 2- person team, or a 3- or 4- person team, the assignment is the same: You will educate your fellow students, guiding them through an authoritative overview on the assigned topic and answering any questions they might have.

Your team may divide the time however it wishes. (With the exception that each student must speak for at-least 15-20 minutes.)For example, a team could make presentations in either a team-teaching format or in individual presentations touching on different aspects of the topic. This is your chance to experiment with approaches that you think would best suit the topic. Of course, if a hand out or something similar would be appropriate to aid in your teaching, feel free to distribute one! You have every opportunity to be creative with the format of the class. The only firm rule is that active participation of each team member is required.

Lastly, should you wish to assign additional reading to your fellow students, you can send them an e-mail by clicking below:

SEND AN E-MAIL TO THE ENTIRE CLASS


*completed*WEEK 1 - 15 January 2004 (Thursday)

TOPIC: OVERVIEW OF IMMIGRATION TERMS AND BASIC IMIGRANT & NON-IMMIGRANT CATEGORIES.

*completed*WEEK 2 - 22 January 2004 (Thursday)

TOPIC: CHANGE OF STATUS vs. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS; OVERVIEW OF PETITION/APPLICATION PROCESS; ASSIGNMENT OF 'CLASS EXPERT' ASSIGNMENTS.

*completed*WEEK 3 - 29 January 2004 (Thursday)

TOPIC: SMALL GROUP MEETINGS, DIVIDING CLASS PRESENTATION TIME

*completed*WEEK 4 - 5 February 2004 (Thursday)

TOPIC: MISC. BUSINESS RELATED NON-IMMIGRANT VISAS

*completed* WEEK 5 - 12 February 2004 (Thursday) - STUDENT EXPERT PRESENTATIONS

TOPIC: H-VISAS

PRESENTED BY:

*completed* WEEK 6 - 19 February 2004 (Thursday) - STUDENT EXPERT PRESENTATIONS

TOPIC: L, O, & P VISAS

PRESENTED BY:

*completed* WEEK 7 - 26 February 2004 (Thursday) - STUDENT EXPERT PRESENTATIONS

TOPIC: TREATY VISAS, E-1, E-2 & TN

PRESENTED BY:

*completed* WEEK 8 - 4 March 2004 (Thursday) - STUDENT EXPERT PRESENTATIONS

TOPIC: F, J, M & Q VISAS; SEVIS & WORK PERMITS

PRESENTED BY:

*completed* WEEK 9 - 11 March 2004 (Thursday) - STUDENT EXPERT PRESENTATIONS

TOPICS:

*completed* WEEK 10 - 18 March 2004 (Thursday) - STUDENT EXPERT PRESENTATIONS

TOPIC: EB-1, EB-2 & EB-3 IMMIGRANT VISA CATEGORIES

PRESENTED BY:

*completed* WEEK 11 - NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK!!! - 25 March 2004 (Thursday)

*completed* WEEK 12 - 1 April 2004 (Thursday)- STUDENT EXPERT PRESENTATIONS

TOPIC:

WEEK 13 - 8 April 2004 (Thursday)

WEEK 14 - 15 April 2004 (Thursday)

TOPIC: INTERVIEW WITH HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER OF HYPOTHETICAL COMPANY - Be prepared to ask questions, several students will be called up at random. Further, any information needed for your writing assignment which is not gathered at this meeting may be obtained by sending an e-mail to the "HR contact" for this company: fjc@lclark.edu

WEEK 15 - 22 April 2004 (Thursday)

TOPIC: MISC. TOPICS - SEMESTER REVIEW

FINAL EXAM - OPEN BOOK - OPEN EXAM - ALL EXAMS MUST BE TURNED IN BY MAY 7, 2004


GENERAL INFORMATION:

TEXTBOOK:

Assorted materials will be used, primarily from the AILA 2003-2004 Annual Handbook

Materials will be available on reserve in the Library and/or you may purchase a CD-Rom containing all material, including the Statute and Regulations Source Material

NOTE REGARDING 'KEY' FILE TO KEEP THE CD-ROM ACTIVE: Each user should just copy the attached "aila.lcf" file from this e-mail to replace the "aila.lcf" file in the "AILALink44" folder that should be in their C: drive (assuming they accepted the default settings).

Click here to download the file.

STATUTORY SUPPLEMENT (Optional):

We will be using IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES - SELECTED STATUTES, REGULATIONS AND FORMS from West Publishing. Important note: You do not need to purchase this if you obtain the CD-Rom.

E-MAIL:

All students are required to have an e-mail account which they must check by midnight on the evening prior to each class.

ATTENDANCE & PARTICIPATION:

To obtain maximum benefit from the small number of class sessions, regular attendance is highly encouraged.

Although attendance will not be taken after the first 2 weeks, if it becomes apparent that a student has missed a substantial number of classes, the student and/or registrar may be contacted.

Thus, to be safe, you are encouraged to send Professor Capriotti an e-mail if you will be unable to attend a class.

franco@capriotti.com


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