February Meeting: The Latest on Asylum Law and Asylum-Seekers at our Borders. 

Torrey Pines Democratic Club

Please join us for a great discussion on immigration, one of the major issues facing our nation in the era of the Trump presidency, by two of the leading experts in our state. Meet &amp; Greet at 6pm (light refreshments) and the program starts at 6:30pm.  
The Latest on Asylum Law and Asylum-Seekers at our Borders.  Asylum 101; Updates on Asylum-Seekers at the U.S./Mexico Border (2016-present); and What You Can Do To Help.  
 
Ginger E. Jacobs received her J.D. degree with cum laude honors from Harvard Law School in 1998 and her Bachelor of Arts degree with magna cum laude honors from Duke University in 1995.  Ms. Jacobs is a founding member of <A HREF="https://www.jsslegal.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Jacobs &amp; Schlesinger LLP</A>, a full-service immigration and appellate law firm.  Ms. Jacobs focuses her practice on employment-, family-, and investor-based immigration cases, as well as asylum, Violence against Women Act cases, removal cases in Immigration Court, and consular processing through U.S. embassies and consulates abroad.  Ms. Jacobs is admitted to the bar of the State of New York.  She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and a former member of the Executive Committee of her local AILA chapter.  In 2007, Ms. Jacobs received the President’s Commendation from the national AILA organization for Outstanding Achievement in Coalition Building in her Community.  She has received the Top Attorney award for San Diego from the San Diego Daily Transcript in both 2013 and 2015.  She was also awarded the “Women Who Mean Business” award in 2014.  Ms. Jacobs’ firm has been awarded “Law Firm of the Year” awards for its extensive pro bono and social justice work by the American Bar Association Immigrant Justice Project and the Unitarian Universalist Refugee and Immigrant Services and Education organization.  Ms. Jacobs frequently gives presentations and workshops in the community and for professional organizations on various topics in immigration and nationality law in both English and Spanish.
 
Adela Mason is the Director of the <A HREF="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_services/immigration/projects_initiatives/immigration-justice-project/?fbclid=IwAR04gReMdOLwiRfn32-heoVxpF9kN2nUCYhbVUflvPcwL8I-bfUBnRhvEhU" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">American Bar Association's Immigration Justice Project</A>. Prior to joining IJP Adela practiced immigration law for several years, in both the public interest and private sector, having worked with Kraus Law Corporation, Amezola Legal Group, APC, and Casa Cornelia Law Center where she served as the Pro Bono Program Director and Asylum Program Director. Adela received her Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies and Spanish Literature from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Adela was the recipient of the Una Chapman Cox Foreign Service Scholarship while she clerked with the U.S. State Department at the U.S. Embassy in Montevideo, Uruguay. She received her J.D. from California Western School of Law. During law school Adela clerked with the Organization of American States - Office of International Law, the World Organization for Human Rights, USA, and with the San Diego County Public Defender’s Office. Adela is a San Diego native and grew up spending summers at her family's home in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico. In her free time Adela enjoys spending time at the beach with her two young children, ages 1 and 3.