A new book from the American Bar Association, “Heirs’ Property and the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act: Challenges, Solutions, and Historic Reform,” provides a comprehensive, yet easily understandable overview of a widespread and problematic form of property ownership in the United States known as heirs’ property, which typically arises due to a lack of estate planning.
There has been growing awareness about various heirs’ property problems, including massive, decadeslong, involuntary land loss. This book will increase that awareness among lawyers, the public and policymakers. Just as important, the book offers practical solutions for those seeking to address a variety of heirs’ property problems.
The contributing authors possess expertise in working on a range of heirs’ property issues, including Thomas Mitchell, the lead co-editor and contributing author, who was awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant in large part for his heirs’ property work. The authors include academics, leaders of various nonprofit organizations that do important heirs’ property work, grassroot activists and prominent attorneys in private practice.
“Heirs’ Property and the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act: Challenges, Solutions, and Historic Reform” is available as a paperback and eBook for $79.95. To order, visit www.shopaba.org.
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The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) is proud to release the 2nd edition of its “Immigration Law Practice and Procedure Manual: A ‘Cookbook’ of Essential Practice Materials.” Written by Ari Sauer and Greg Siskind, the “Cookbook” provides the reader with thorough, how-to guidance on preparing and filing many of the more common immigration applications and petitions. Immigration law is famously complex so this resource is incredibly helpful; each chapter contains all the resources most attorneys will need to prepare a specific type of immigration case. It can serve as a valuable tool for newer immigration lawyers, as well as a handy practice aid for more seasoned practitioners.
The new two-volume edition updates and builds on the first edition which covers B Visas, E Visas, H-1B Visas, L Visas, O Visas, R Visas, Family-Based Immigration, K Visas, PERM Process, Alternatives to PERM, EB-1C, Consular Processing, Post-LPR Issues, Naturalization, DACA, and TPS.
The new, second edition also includes three new chapters covering TN Visas, U Nonimmigrant Status, and VAWA Self-Petitions, as well as 40+ new guides, checklists, and samples
Each chapter includes:
• Overview of the subject matter
• Workflows that cover the entire petition process
• Eligibility Assessment Screening Checklists
• Sample Intake Forms
• Sample Document Checklists
• Packet Preparation Checklists
• Sample Cover Letters
• Sample Documents
• Tips for Filling Out Relevant Forms, with Form Samples
The two volume “Immigration Law Practice and Procedure Manual: A ‘Cookbook’ of Essential Practice Materials” costs $569 and can be ordered at https://agora.aila.org/
store/products.
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The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) has a new resource for practitioners seeking to gain access to government records: “AILA’s FOIA Toolbox: A Practical Guide to Obtaining Records for Immigration Cases through FOIA and Other Document Requests.”
AILA attorneys continually collect documents and information from government agencies to support clients’ requests for immigration benefits or relief from removal. Finding and accessing those documents isn’t always easy but attorneys need to ensure that they and their clients are aware of what the government believes the case or situation is all about.
“AILA’s FOIA Toolbox” can be the guide through the maze. It focuses on the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and how to make requests to the key components of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), and also covers all manner of requests for documents or information necessary for an immigration case, held by any federal or state agency.
Toolbox’s documents include explanatory articles and samples on topics such as:
• Where to direct your FOIA requests for particular types of documents
• Documents properly excluded from a FOIA request
• How to make FOIA requests of USCIS, ICE, CBP, and OBIM
• How to get the records you need for a client in removal proceedings
• Obtaining records from government agencies other than DHS
• Getting necessary records from overseas for clients who are consular processing
• Seeking arrest and other criminal justice system records
• Litigating insufficient responses to your FOIA request
“AILA’s FOIA Toolbox” is 735 pages and costs $181. To order, visit, https://agora.aila.org/
store/products/view/ailas-foia-toolbox.
