Appellate Practice
Erica Olmstead is presenting at CLEBC's Appellate Practice 2021 on Monday, November 22, 2021. The presentation, New to Appeals—A Primer, will include: advice for counsel new to appeals lessons along the way
Immigration issue in-depth
Erica Olmstead is chairing Immigration Issues in Depth 2021 through the Continuing Legal Education Society of BC (CLEBC) on Friday December 3rd, 2021. Erin Roth will be presenting on Representative Group Proceedings in the Immigration Judicial Review Process at this event. This presentation will cover: identifying cases for group litigation: remedies available, what works, what [...]
Presenting at the National Immigration Conference
Erica Olmstead is presenting at the national Immigration Law Conference in Ottawa about the Alarming Trends in Federal Court Jurisprudences - H&C's post Kanthasamy.
Welcoming Sadaf to the firm
We are thrilled to announce that Sadaf Kashfi has joined the firm as our newest lawyer. Sadaf's legal background includes Canadian criminal law and US immigration law. Welcome Sadaf!
Kinbrace board member
Randall Cohn is continuing to demonstrate his passion for assisting refugees as a new board member at Kinbrace.
Article in the Tyee re: Detained migrants and COVID-19
Molly Joeck's study with Dr. Efrat Arbel was the base of an article that appeared in the Tyee: Detained Migrants Get a Pandemic Lifeline The tribunal deciding who to hold has new rules about harsh treatment. Result: more are being freed from incarceration.
Edelmann & Co’s participation in the inaugural bilingual Immigration, Refugee, and Citizenship Law Moot
By Molly Joeck A version of this blog post was originally posted here. Edelmann & Co is honoured to have supported the University of British Columbia Peter A. Allard School of Law’s participation in the inaugural bilingual Immigration, Refugee, and Citizenship Law Moot on March 11 and 12, 2021. It constituted Canada’s first ever moot [...]
Job posting – legal assistant
The legal assistant tasks include Immigration -Preparing, indexing and filing documents for disclosure in accordance with all divisions of the Immigration and Refugee Board, Federal Court, Federal Court of Appeal and Supreme Court rules; -Drafting correspondences including faxes, emails, and letters to various government agencies; -Completing immigration forms, cross-referencing for accuracy; -Performing cursory country conditions [...]
Federal Court of Appeal: applicability of duress defence to immigration inadmissibility
Erin Roth will be appearing before the Federal Court of Appeal on Wednesday at 1:00pm to argue about the applicability of the duress defence to immigration inadmissibility allegations in Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) v. Gaytan. Information to view the proceeding can be obtained from the Registry by contacting them at least 48 hours [...]
Webinar on International Students
Will Tao and Edris Arib presented a webinar to MOSAIC on the challenges faced by international students during the pandemic.