Congregational Legal Talk: Sheltering Vulnerable People

With Violeta Chapin, Associate Dean for Community and Culture and Clinical Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Boulder Law School. 

Monday, April 28th
4:00 – 5:30 pm MDT

On-Site: Montview Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia St, Denver, CO 80220
Online: Zoom

Please register at: https://forms.gle/JG4y7gL6ZgdP6mQo6

Faith leaders, clergy, and congregational decision makers are invited to learn about legal frameworks for sheltering vulnerable people. This talk and Q&A will include topics of:

• Harboring – do’s and don’ts, risks, risk mitigation, public presence, etc.
• Public vs private spaces in faith communities
• The Trump immigration registration process, which went into effect on April 11th

Professor Violeta Chapin is an Associate Dean & Clinical Professor of Law at Colorado Law School in Boulder. Prof. Chapin directs the Immigration Defense Clinic, and she and her students represent noncitizen clients in a wide variety of legal proceedings, in both state and federal court. Prof. Chapin joined the Colorado Law faculty in August of 2009 after serving for seven years as a trial attorney with the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia. Prof. Chapin attended college at Columbia University and received her law degree from New York University School of Law.

Organizers: Juniper Formation United Church of Christ, Montview Presbyterian Church, Mountain View United Church, St Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Aurora, Highlands United Methodist Church, the American Friends Service Committee, and the Interfaith Immigration Network.

Sponsors: Denver Presbytery, The Episcopal Church in Colorado, Montview Presbyterian Church, the Colorado Council of Churches, and the Mountain Sky Conference of the United Methodist Church.