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 [...]
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.
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!
Randall Cohn is continuing to demonstrate his passion for assisting refugees as a new board member at Kinbrace.
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Will Tao and Edris Arib presented a webinar to MOSAIC on the challenges faced by international students during the pandemic.
Erica Olmstead and Molly Joeck presented at the BCCLE Immigration Issues in Depth on Friday, December 4, 2020. Jurisprudence Update: Administrative and Immigration Law – Cases from 2020 - Erica Olmstead Detention Update – Brown and conditions of detention - Molly Joeck