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Preparing your SIJS case: Filings/Pleadings and Preparation

October 2, 2024 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Please join the MVLS Judicare Project and KIND for a practice workshop featuring guest speakers, Jennifer Molina, Esq., Principal, Molina Immigration Legal Services, and Alejandra Morisi, Esq., Managing Director – Baltimore, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) as they review the necessary filings in a SIJS case as well as other filing and hearing preparation tips to successfully represent SIJS matters in court.

Jennifer Molina (formerly Jennifer E. Jaimes) obtained her law degree from the American University Washington College of Law in 2010 and completed her undergrad at UCLA.   Jennifer has worked at various nonprofit organizations mentoring attorneys and representing immigrants.  In 2017, Jennifer opened her law firm in Maryland, Molina Immigration Legal Services, and has worked there since.  Jennifer is very passionate about helping young immigrants and has helped many adults obtain custody/guardianship of their immigrant child/ren.  Jennifer lived in Colombia until she was 16 years old when she came back to the U.S.  She is a native Spanish speaker, lives in Frederick with her husband and young children, and is licensed to practice law in D.C. and Maryland. 

Jennifer Molina

Alejandra Morisi supports KIND’s Baltimore field office. She joined KIND in 2017 and, prior to her current role, Alejandra served as the Acting Deputy Director of KIND’s Emergency Response team supporting emergency sites near the Southern border. She has been providing direct legal representation services to unaccompanied children and their families in the Maryland area since 2014 and has been actively involved in advocacy and education regarding this community and their immigration relief. Alejandra has been a panelist and guest speaker at the Judicial College of Maryland; our local radio station, WYPR; and University of Maryland-Baltimore County among others. Prior to joining KIND, she was a solo practitioner and a staff attorney with Catholic Charities of Baltimore. She is a graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law and holds an undergraduate degree in Exercise Science from Florida State University. Alejandra is a native Spanish speaker and a first-generation immigrant from Chile.