Legal Ethics in Immigration Matters: Legal Representation and Unauthorized Practice of Law
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Report regarding recent issues in which the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR), the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and various state attorneys general have taken action to address the problems posed by unethical conduct by immigration attorneys and by persons posing as immigration attorneys, such as so-called "notarios" and other immigration consultants.
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Report regarding recent issues in which the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR), the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and various state attorneys general have taken action to address the problems posed by unethical conduct by immigration attorneys and by persons posing as immigration attorneys, such as so-called "notarios" and other immigration consultants.
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Lee, Margaret Mikyung.Legal Ethics in Immigration Matters: Legal Representation and Unauthorized Practice of Law,
report,
September 18, 2009;
Washington D.C..
(https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc689340/:
accessed April 25, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.