Some new thoughts…
So, I know it’s been a while since I’ve written anything, but, in my defense, I have been very busy. I’m going to try to commit to writing on a weekly basis. I don’t have a lot of time, but writing is something I like to do. Maybe this can be a ‘once-a-week’ thing that can help me relax my brain. Anyway…
I just recently attended the University of Texas School of Law’s 34th Annual Immigration and National Law Conference in Austin, TX on behalf of my firm. This was my first immigration law conference that I have attended and it was a great experience. I definitely learned a lot and was able to go over several things that I had already learned from working at the firm a little over a year now.
The conference went over fundamentals of immigration law such as: the visa preferences for family and employment immigration, grounds of inadmissibility and available waivers for both immigrant petitions and nonimmigrant petitions, Naturalization and Derived Citizenship, and employment nonimmigrant visas (E, L, & H-2B). It was a good conference!
There were attorneys that were presenting at this conference that have been practicing immigration law for over 30 years! It was awesome to hear stories from these men and women – some were great stories of legal victories along with stories that were disappointing and discouraging.
It was nice to hear stories from these men and women that sounded similar to stories from my office. These stories showed me that we weren’t the only ones out there fighting the system and trying to keep families together. Working at the firm, it sometimes feels like we are the only ones that are working hard for people, but being at this conference opened my eyes and showed me that our work, along with the work of the 300+ attorneys at the conference, really can make a difference.
Now, I look forward to implementing what I have learned from the conference at the firm and continuing to learn from the amazing staff that has been practicing immigration law for a long time now. I’m also looking forward to finishing my BA and using that to continue to serve in my Ministries at New Heights Baptist Church, and after finishing my BA I plan on going to Law School to practice immigration law.
So much to do still, but I can’t wait to get on with it! I love that I have a ministry where I will be able to continue to serve the Lord with the talents that he has given me, and I love that I have an amazing employer that has given me a huge opportunity to work in such an awesome field where I get to help people every day!
The Lord is truly good to me – allowing me to do two things that I love.
just my thoughts 