Schedule of Events
Times posted in Eastern Time (ET) and are subject to change.
THURSDAY, APRIL 30
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Welcome Reception | Water Park Arlington
Join fellow conference attendees for an optional opening event on Thursday, April 30 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM EST at Water Park | Arlington. Dinner ticket ($75) is available to add-on during registration process and includes heavy hors d’oeuvres and an open beer + wine bar.
- Approximately 8-minute walk from hotel.
FRIDAY, MAY 1
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Registration + Breakfast
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM | Borderline Genius: Immigration Compliance in 2026 Without Losing Your Sanity
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM | Concurrent Sessions
- From Policy Shifts to Courtroom Practice: What’s New in Immigration Removal Cases
- Consular Roulette: Spin the Wheel and Pray for a Visa
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Keynote Luncheon + Awards Program
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM | Concurrent Sessions
- (Still) Fighting for Survivors of DV, Assault, and Trafficking in 2026
- H-1B & High Skilled Workers Strategies and Updates: Pivoting from Offense to Defense in 2026
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM | Concurrent Sessions
- Children in Crisis: Responding to Changing Policies for UAC and SIJS
- Welcome to the U.S. (Maybe): The F-1 & J-1 Visa Survival Guide for Students Who Dare to Dream
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM | Concurrent Sessions
- The Long Arm of the Law – ICE Enforcement Operations*
- *This session is not open to members of the press.
- Your Office and USCIS: Not Your Average Cat or Mouse Game
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM | Reception
SATURDAY, MAY 2
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Registration + Breakfast
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM | Fighting for the Future – Impact Litigation in the Current Climate
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM | Concurrent Sessions
- When Citizenship Gets Complicated: Eligibility, Policy Changes, and Denaturalization
- Litigating for Freedom – Habeas Strategies in Immigration Detention
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Luncheon Program [Select One]
- Networking Luncheon
- Section Board Meeting
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM | Concurrent Sessions
- Crimmigration in Focus: Crossroads of Two Legal Systems
- Navigating Emerging Procedural Issues before EOIR
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM | Concurrent Sessions
- From Policy to Protection: What’s New in Asylum Law?
- Escape from PERM Island: Creative Green Card Strategies for the Bold and the Bureaucratically Exhausted
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Empathy, Burnout, and Boundaries: Mental Health in Immigration Law (Ethics)
If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact meetings@fedbar.org.
CLE Information
The FBA will seek 11.5 total CLE credit hours for 60-minute states (including 1 Ethics), and 13.8 total CLE credit hours (including 1.2 Ethics) for 50-minute states.
Posted credit hours are estimates and subject to respective state approval and reporting rules. CLE qualifications vary by state/jurisdiction and the FBA takes every measure to collaborate with presenters to ensure approval. Accrediting agencies typically decide whether a program qualifies for credit in their jurisdiction 4-8 weeks after the program application is submitted. For many live events, credit approval is not received prior to the program. Documentation for self-reporting states will be circulated, upon state bar approval.
The FBA partners with ConferenceAdit LLC to track and report CLE credit for national conferences. Attendees are responsible for uploading their state bar information and tracking attendance through a dedicated webpage, issued in advance of the conference. Attendees will be instructed to check in and out of each panel to timestamp attendance. Approximately two weeks following the conference, personalized certificates will be issued via email.
Learn more about Continuing Legal Education (CLE) operations and reporting.