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The attorneys and paralegals at Curran & Berger LLP are always involved in a variety of immigration related activities. All of the attorneys are members of several immigration associations and they often present at conferences and workshops. Below is a list of activies and projects that staff at Curran & Berger LLP is involved in. Please also refer to Reader's Corner on the About Us panel to read recent articles that the attorneys and paralegals have written and updated. Upcoming Engagements: On Wednesday, March 14, 2012, Attorney Curran will speak at the World Affairs Council in Springfield on Immigration Policy in a Changing Economy. Visit the World Affairs Council website here. The Second Edition of "Immigration Options for Academics and Researchers" will be available beginning at the end of December. Attorney Berger is a co-editor of this book and several Curran & Berger staff members have been involved in the updating and editing process. For more information about this publication, click here . Attorney Kludt will present "Visas After Graduation" at Trinity College on February 7, 2012. Recent Speaking Engagements: Attorney Berger presented "Permanent Residency Defined" at Harvard Medical School and "U.S Immigration Options for Entrepreneurs and Investors" before the Boston Bar Association, on November 30, 2011. Attorney Berger presented at All-Star American Immigration Council (AIC)'s CLE event, co-sponsored by the Northern California AILA chapter. Topic: "J-1 Visas and J Waivers", October 21, San Francisco, CA. Attorney Curran presented a talk on Visas After Graduation at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst, October 19, 2011 Attorney Dan H Berger presented "EB-1 Cases Post Kazarian" at the AILA Rome District Chapter's London Autumn Conference, London, UK, September 21, 2011 Attorney Kludt was a speaker for AILA's seminar on Strategies for Responding to Recent Trends in Adjudications, July 19 2011 Attorney Berger was a featured speaker at the 2011 NAFSA Annual Conference in Vancouver, BC, Canada., at two different sessions: 1. "Practical Tools for Preparing Extraordinary Cases for Academics of Extraordinary Ability" Wednesday, June 1, 9:30 - 10:30 AM 2. "Understanding What Makes Someone a Dependent"Thursday, June 2, 8:00 - 9:00 AM For more information about the NAFSA Annual Conference, visit http://www.nafsa.org/annualconference/default.aspx. Attorney Berger was a Panelist for "What Every Lawyer Needs to Know About Immigration Law"
Saturday, June 11, 2011 at 11am-12:40pm in Room G90, Myron Taylor Hall Powerpoint slides and a video of the presentation is now available here . (Requires Microsoft Silverlight) Attorneys Joseph P. Curran Attorney Curran joined AILA's National Day of Action on April 7, 2011 in Washington D.C. for a meeting with senators, congressmen, and key staff to discuss the immigration legislative agenda for the 112th Congress. Attorney Curran joined the International Medical Graduate Task Force on April 8, 2011, to address specific solutions to the heathcare shortage issue and the role of international healthcare providers. - Led Massachusetts Bar Association Immigration Essentials for 2011
- Speaker at Hampshire County Bar Association: "Immigration Aspects of Family Law Practice," September 16, 2010
- Speaker at Masachusetts Bar Association:"Immigration Law Essentials," August 5, 2010
- Recently published an article in Business West on "What Every Small Business Should Know about Immigration"
- Was featured in Western New England College School of Law Perspectives Alumni Magazine: Coming To America
- Member of International Medical Graduate Healthcare Advocacy Committee
- Member of the Massachusetts Bar Association (MBA, see www.massbar.org) Immigration Law Section
- Chair of the MBA Immigration Law Essentials Program
Dan H. Berger - Contributing author to the Diplomatic Visas Handbook , a 2011 AILA publication
- Will serve on the periodicals review board of AILA's newest periodicals: the online magazine, VOICE: An Immigration Dialogue and the forthcoming online monograph series, Inside Immigration.
- Spoke at AILA Audio Seminar on November 30, 2010: Intercountry Adoption — What you Don't Know Can Hurt You
- Participated in AILA comments on the new EB1 evidentiary standards for USCIS and received special thanks
- Currently editing the Third Edition of AILA's Immigration Options for Academics and Researches and the AILA Pocket Guide to Diplomatic and NGO-based Visas, both scheduled to come out early 2011
- Was recently named vice-chair of the AILA Healthcare Committee
- Was a speaker at the AILA 2010 Annual Conference June 30 to July 3
- Was a panel speaker at the May 2010 NAFSA Conference in Kansas City
- Spoke at an AILA audio seminar on O-1s for Extraordinary Scientists and Business Persons
- Member of the USCIS liason Committee and on the Arts, Sports, and Entertainment Immigration Taskforce
Megan E. Kludt
Paralegals
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