Allison Rutland Soulen of Just Neighbors will lead a discussion on current immigration law. The goal will be to provide a context to better understand both the immigrants in our community and the immigrant debate we hear in the daily news. She will examine the different statuses of immigrants in the United States-- from green card holders to individuals without documentation-- and the various benefits and options available to each group.

Allison Rutland Soulen, Director of Legal Services at Just Neighbors, graduated from the Yale Law School in 1989. She is a co-founder of Just Neighbors and has served on the Board of Directors when not on staff. Prior to her work with Just Neighbors, Ms. Rutland Soulen was a staff attorney at Neighborhood Legal Services in the Anacostia office in Washington, D.C. She previously worked at the Office of the General Counsel at Yale University and as a law clerk for The Honorable Ellen Bree Burns, U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.