The Filipino American Human Services, Inc. & The Ilocano American Association Inc. present

Free Legal Clinic and Seminar at the Philippine American Center

Saturday, July 16, 2011

1:45-3:00 pm

Naturalization and Citizenship Immigration Law Seminar

Immigration Attorney Rhodora Derpo is a first generation Filipina American.  She emigrated from the Philippines at the age of ten and can relate to the challenges that non-citizens experience in the United States.  Ms. Derpo began her work in immigration law while she was attending University of Hawai`i William S. Richardson School of Law.  As a Student Attorney for the Immigration Law Clinic, she represented indigent clients charged with committing removable criminal offenses.  In 2003, Ms. Derpo served as an Immigration Advocate for Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies in Hawai`i.  As an Immigration Advocate, she developed and adapted language appropriate materials for state-wide presentation and national distribution.  Ms. Derpo collaborated with immigrant service organizations in scheduling and presenting information about stalking to immigrant communities. She authored Safety Planning for Immigrants, a victim rights handbook that has been published by the National Center for Victims of Crime.  And, as a Law Clerk at Hawai`i’s only nonprofit immigration law center, Ms. Derpo worked on cases involving self-petitions under the Violence Against Women Act.  In 2008, Ms. Derpo established Immigrant Rights Advocate, an immigration law practice specializing in family-based and employment-based immigration.

3:00-5:00 pm

Free Legal Clinic with the Filipino American Legal Defense & Education Fund

If you have legal issues or concerns you need clarified, FALDEF will have volunteer FIL-AM lawyers to help explain and clarify issues or concerns on a “one on one” basis.

FALDEF is dedicated to providing pro bono legal aid to such Filipino-American nationals who are suffering legal injustices by reason of their immigrant origins and status and unable to employ and engage legal aid and assistance on account of poverty.

FALDEF is dedicated to providing a forum for education, advocacy and scholarship aimed at educating and advancing the interests of the Filipino American community on issues and matters pertinent to immigrant and civil rights

Philippine American Center

185-14 Hillside Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11432