Program Description

This comprehensive course has been designed for the participant to gain a working knowledge of the Immigration and Nationality system and enhance your experience in the complexities of the Immigration Law and Federal Regulations. This course is offered at two levels-Intermediate and Advanced- as classified by the Florida Bar, and CLEs are available for those who apply. Attorneys who wish to learn about immigration law or would like an update on the latest trends and case law are encouraged to register.

Topics of discussion shall include non-immigrant visas such as NAFTA visas, E-1/E-2 trader visas, the Visa Lottery, B-1 Visitors for Business, H-1B Specialty Occupations, L-1A Intracompany Transferee Visas, and also Political Asylum. Discussions on immigrant visas shall include family-based Immigrant visas, Employment-based Immigrant visas, Labor Certifications, Adjustment of Status, and Naturalization. Additionally, issues in Ethics, Professionalism, Disciplinary Process, and Case Law will be included in the course.

These courses are designed only for attorneys licensed only in the United States.

Upon completion of the course (Intermediate or Advanced),, attorneys will receive 33.5 CLEs from the Florida Bar, including 3 CLEs in Ethics.

Intermediate and Advanced courses are currently only available on video for $595. Please contact LSI at legal@fiu.edu for details

About the Instructors

Randall Sidlosca joined the firm of Fowler White Burnett (Miami branch) as a shareholder.  Sidlosca focuses his practice on representing corporate entities in all aspects of immigration and nationality matters, including non-immigrant and immigrant employment-based visa applications. He also represents clients in deportation, exclusion and criminal immigration matters.  In addition to employment-based immigration, he focused on real estate, corporate and general transactions. Sidlosca is a member of The Florida Bar and American Immigration Lawyers Association. He was an adjunct instructor at Nova University School of Law and is currently and adjunct instructor at Florida International University (FIU) where he has taught for over twelve years the Immigration specialization to attorneys and several Immigration courses for Paralegals and for Foreign attorneys in Spanish.  Mr. Sidlosca is and Advisory Board member of the Legal Studies Institute at FIU as Chairman of the CLE committee.

Adam Weisholtz graduated from Nova Southeastern University, Sheppard Broad Law Center in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida with a Jurisprudence Doctor degree, cum laude, in May 2001. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from Florida State University in 1994.  Mr. Weisholtz has worked at the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, served as law clerk for the Federal Public Defender’s Office, Southern District of Florida. In the year 2000 performed as Summer Associate of the Executive Office of the Governor, General Counsel in Tallahassee, Florida and worked as Judicial Law Clerk for District Judge Robert M. Gross at the Fourth District Court of Appeal of Florida in West Palm Beach. He is presently Assistant Chief Counsel for the United Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Miami, Florida. In this capacity, he represents the United States in all aspects of removal proceedings before the Executive Office for Immigration Review, including pre-and post-trial motions, litigating removal cases and taking administrative appeals. He advises ICE officers and agents on all aspects of immigration law enforcement matters.  He is the Chairman of the Unlicensed Practice of Law Committee 11D (11^th Circuit) of The Florida Bar since October 2005 to the present.