Navigating Refugee and Asylum Law in 2026
Date: Aug 18, 2026 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick, and Online
Member Price: $177.00
Non-Member Price: $209.00
Section Price: $157.00
Areas of Law: Immigration
Keynote
Moderator
- Marisol Conde-Hernandez, Esq.
- Chair, New JerseySBA Immigration Law Section
Law Office of Eric M. Mark, Newarkis an associate with the Law Office of Eric M. Mark with offices in Newark, Jersey City and Elizabeth, New Jersey. New Jersey’s first undocumented graduate from a New Jersey law school, she concentrates her practice in immigration law, including affirmative applications, removal defense, and state and federal appellate filings.
Admitted to practice in New Jersey and before the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Ms. Conde-Hernandez is Second Vice Chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association Immigration Law Section and has been Co-Chair of the Law Student and New Member Committee of the American Immigration Lawyers Association-New Jersey (AILA-NJ). She has been a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild and the Middlesex County Bar Association. She has also served as a Trustee of Young Audiences New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania and has organized and advocated for pro-immigrant federal and state legislation, the Dream Act of 2007 and the New Jersey In-State Tuition Bill of 2013, and co-founded the New Jersey Dream Act Coalition, New Jersey’s first statewide, grassroots immigrant-youth led organization.
Ms. Conde-Hernandez attended Middlesex County College and received her undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, from Rutgers University and her law degree from Rutgers School of Law-Newark.
Presenters
- Lisa J. Kasdan, Esq.
- Law Office of Marcia S. Kasdan, Hackensack
- Eliza Rhine, Esq.
- Murray Osorio PLLC, Kearny
Presented in cooperation with the NJSBA Immigration Law Section
The chaotic situations in Ukraine and Sudan, and the humanitarian crises in Haiti, Syria, and Venezuela, among others, have given rise to an increased awareness about the plight of refugees and asylum seekers. The complexities and difficulties of refugee/asylum law have been compounded by dizzying administrative changes, executive orders, and U.S. Supreme Court decisions during this Trump administration. This informative program is designed to help practitioners traverse the minefields in the asylum/refugee process and provide practical suggestions for counseling clients.
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