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Pro Bono eFile Account Information
Odyssey Portal Account Information
How to request an Odyssey Portal Account
Odyssey Portal Account Request Form
General Resources
Immigration Forms
EOIR Forms
USCIS Forms
Court-Specific Practice Manuals
Immigration Court Practice Manual
BIA Practice Manual
Ninth Circuit Practice Guide (2021)
EOIR Practice Manual
Government Websites
Las Vegas Immigration Court
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (Department of Homeland Security)
U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (Department of Homeland Security)
Advocacy Resources
Outlines and Manuals
Ninth Circuit Immigration Outline (thorough summary of all Ninth Circuit immigration precedents)
NIJC Asylum Manual (updated in July 2021, includes comparison of affirmative and defensive asylum procedures)
Immigration Equality’s Asylum Outline (last updated in 2006, but includes numerous samples and practice tips)
Practice Advisories
Particular Social Group
Various Immigration Law Practice Advisories
Additional Resources
American Bar Association Commission on Immigration
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Amnesty International Country Reports
Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, University of California, Hastings College of the Law (includes resources for gender law and asylum)
Department of Justice Country Conditions Research
Detention Watch Network
EOIR Virtual Law Library (with BIA precedent decisions)
Human Rights Watch, Country Specific Reports
Human Rights Watch, Children’s Rights Division
Immigrant Legal Resource Center
Immigration Equality (includes extensive resources for LGBT asylum claims)
National Immigrant Justice Center’s Resources for Attorneys Representing Asylum Seekers (includes numerous free training webinars)
ABA Commission on Immigration
Stanford Pro Se Asylum Guide
Immigration and Nationality Act
CFR Title 8
Updated NIJC Resources for Attorneys
UNHCR Link for LGBTQIA+ Asylum Claims
Updated State Department Country Reports
United Nations High Commission on Refugees
USCIS Guidance on Adjudicating LGBT Asylum Claims
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library / Refugee and Asylum Resources
Women on the Run, UNHCR Report (resources for female asylum-seekers)
Women’s Human Rights Net
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Resources
Nevada Statutes
NRS 159.343: Extends the age of guardianship to 21 from 18 for purposes of obtaining SIJ status to conform to federal law.
NRS 128.012: Definition of “abandonment of a child”
NRS 128.014: Definition of “neglected child”
NRS 432B.020: Definition of “abuse or neglect of a child”
NRS 125C.0035(4): Best interest of the child specific findings
SIJ Resources
Nevada Bar Article
8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(27)(j), the section of the INA defining SIJ classification
8 C.F.R. §204.11, the section dealing with SIJ Classification
Post I-360 approval
Employment Authorization
Applying for Work Authorization (while application is pending)
