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Researching Immigration Judges
- TRAC Immigration Judge ReportsReports on immigration judges' asylum decisions. Includes statistics on asylum denial rates.
Procedure Guides
- Asylum Division Training Programs (USCIS)Includes links to download the Asylum Officer Basic Training Course Lesson Modules, covering "topics such as international refugee law and the U.S. Asylum Program’s role in world-wide refugee protection, U.S. asylum law and its interpretation by the Board of Immigration Appeals and federal appellate courts, interviewing techniques, researching country of origin information, and decision-making/writing."
- BIA Practice ManualFrom the Board of Immigration Appeals, guidance on practice before the board.
- Operating Policy & Procedure Memoranda (OPPM)From the Office of the Chief Immigration Judge (OCIJ), part of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR).
- Public Counsel Asylum ManualManual for lawyers volunteering to work on asylum cases at Public Counsel, a Los Angeles-based public interest law firm.
- Pro Bono Representation Manual: An Overview of Asylum Law and ProcedurePrepared in 2010 by the Minneapolis-based Advocates for Human Rights.
- UNHCR Attorney ResourcesFrom the UN Refugee Agency, "Resources for attorneys representing asylum-seekers in the United States." Guidance and reports on children's claims, women's claims, claims from Central America, LGBTI claims, detention, and statelessness.
- NIJC Procedural Manual For Asylum RepresentationFrom the Chicago-based Heartland Alliance National Immigrant Justice Center.