Webinar: IRAP USRAP Practice Guide Launch | International Refugee Assistance Project

IRAP is hosting a webinar roundtable to launch its Practice Guide for Legal Practitioners on the US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP). The Practice Guide has legal background, practice tips, templates, and other resources to help legal practitioners represent a refugee applicant in USRAP. This webinar, intended for legal practitioners, will include an overview of USRAP processing, a walkthrough of IRAP’s resources on USRAP, and a Q&A session where IRAP attorneys will address questions from practitioners.

You can view video of IRAP’s launch roundtable for USRAP Practice Guide below or at the link here.

You can view the slide presentation here or below.

This webinar is intended for a legal practitioner and legal advocacy audience. If you would like more general legal information about refugee resettlement in English, Spanish, and other languages, or to request help from IRAP, please use IRAP’s Legal Information website.

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