Wendy Castor Hess
Presentations and Articles

November 4, 2009: Scheduled Speaker, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Newark, New Jersey: Advanced Corporate Immigration Issues for Attorneys, In-House Counsel & Human Resource Personnel.
October 30, 2009: Scheduled Speaker, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Immigration Option for Physicians: Washington, D.C.: Advanced Strategies for Providing Proper Diagnosis and Treatment: PERM.
October 29, 2009: Scheduled Speaker, Chester County Bar Association, West Chester, Pennsylvania: Employer Sanctions and Audits.
October 22, 2009: Scheduled Speaker, Pennsylvania Statewide Latino Coalition, 2009 Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Pursuing Lawful Permanent Resident Status.
October 7, 2009: Scheduled Keynote Speaker, 2009 Hispanic Heritage Month, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania: Embracing the Fierce Urgency of Now—Immigration Issues.
July 2009: Speaker, Lehigh University, Global Village for Future Leaders of Business and Industry, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: What Every Global Business Person Should Know About the U.S. Immigration Employment Laws.
July 2009: Speaker, The American Academy of Medical Management, Physician Recruitment Intensive Training, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Immigration and Physician Recruitment Workshop.
June 2009: Speaker, American Immigration Lawyers Association National Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada: Fundamentals: Basic Concepts of I-140 Preparation.
April 2009: Speaker, American Immigration Lawyers Association Web Seminar: Market Watch Part I – Dealing with Reductions in Force in the NIV and IV Context.
March 2009: Speaker, Kaplan Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: U.S. Immigration 101 for Foreign Students and the Global Business Community.
March 2009: Speaker, Lehigh University, Iacocca Institute, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: U.S. Immigration Options: Is there really life in the U.S. after graduation?
February 2009: Speaker, Pennsylvania Landscape and Nursery Association, 2009 Conference, State College, Pennsylvania: Outlook for H-2A and H-2B Guest Worker Program: Planting the Seeds.
February 2009: Guest Speaker, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: H-2B Visas.
November 2008: Speaker, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Advanced Corporate Immigration Law Conference, Newark, New Jersey: Issues for Attorneys, In-House Counsel & Human Resource Personnel.
October 2008: Speaker, American Immigration Lawyers Association Fall Fundamentals Conference, Memphis, Tennessee: Employment-Based Immigrant Visas – Part II (Alternatives to Labor Certification).
September 2008: Speaker, Pennsylvania Bar Institute - Immigration Law Forum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Family Based Immigration: An Overview.
September 2008: Speaker, American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law Annual CLE Conference, Denver, Colorado: Public Enforcement Questions and Jurisdictional Fights.
July 2008: Speaker, Lehigh University Global Village, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: Immigration Laws for a Global Community.
June 2008: Speaker, American Immigration Lawyers Association 2008 Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada: Fundamentals Track: Affidavits of Support, New Jersey: Immigration Issues Affecting the Landscape Industry.
November 2007: Speaker, New Jersey State Bar Association, Newark, NJ – Advanced Corporate Immigration Law Issues for Attorneys, In-House Counsel and Human Resources Personnel.
November 2007: Speaker, NAFSA (National Association of Foreign Student Advisors: Association for International Educators) Conference Baltimore, MD - Immigrant Options for Students.
October 2007: Speaker (3 panels), AILA (American Immigration Lawyers Association) Fundamentals of Immigration Law Conference, Boston, MA, including:
 
  • Adjustment of Status and Consular Processing: Should I stay or should I go?
  • Adjustment of Status and Consular Processing: Workshop with the Experts
  • Authored and participated in Mock USCIS Marriage Interview, designed to teach new immigration attorneys the basics of representing clients before USCIS during marriage interviews
August 2007: Speaker, Pocono Mountains Chamber of Commerce Visitor’s Bureau and Economic Development Corporation, Stroudsburg, PA - U.S. Immigration Law: Immigration Options in an Enforcement Environment.
July 2007: Speaker, Sterling Education Services, Harrisburg, PA - Immigration Law and Employer Compliance.
June 2007: Speaker, Annual AILA Conference, Orlando, Florida - Master’s Track: Affidavits of Support Form I-864: Rights and Obligations.
June 2007: Speaker, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA - Global Village: Immigration Laws for a Global Community.
April 2007: Speaker, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA - What Every Foreign Student Should Know About the U.S. Immigration Laws.
March 2007: Conference Co- Chair and Speaker, AILA Philadelphia Chapter Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA – Business as Usual…or Not - Surviving U.S. Business Laws in 2007: Immigrant Visa Options.
February 2007: Speaker (2 panels), Mid Atlantic Hardscaping Trade Show, Atlantic City, NJ - Immigration Challenges and Solutions for Today’s Workforce. Presented two separate panels, the first in English and the second in Spanish, addressing the immigration needs of and laws pertaining to the construction and landscaping industries.
January 2007: Speaker, Beth David Synagogue, Gladwyne, PA – Immigration Issues in 2007.
October 2006: Speaker, Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA - Presentation: The Immigration Question in 2006.
May 2006: Speaker, Rural Opportunities, Inc., Gettysburg, PA – Migrant Opportunities: Summary of Immigration and Naturalization Laws for Migrants.
 June 2006: Speaker, Lorman Education Services, Philadelphia, PA -“Employment Law from A to Z”: Recruitment and Retention of Foreign Nationals- A Workable Guide in an Ever-Changing Immigration World. Published article regarding the same.
June 2006: Discussion Leader, AILA Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX – J-1 Waivers.
June 2006: Speaker, New Jersey Landscape Contractors, Wrightstown, NJ – Immigration Issues Affecting the Landscape Industry.
June 2006: Speaker, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA - Global Village: U.S. Immigration Law in a Global World.
March 2006: Speaker, Philadelphia Bar Association Family Law Section – Immigration Issues Impacting Family Law.
December 2005: Speaker, ACLAMO, Norristown, PA – Provided free training to social workers dealing with the immigration needs of the Latino population.
October 2005: Speaker (2 panels), AILA Fundamentals of Immigration Law Practice Conference, Scottsdale, AZ - Presented two panels, including:
  • Employment-Based Immigrant Visa
  • Employment-Based Immigrant Visa Workshop with the Experts
July 2005: Speaker, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA - Global Village: Brief Overview of U.S. Immigration and Nationality Laws.
June 2005: Speaker, Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent Program, Philadelphia, PA - VIP Summer Associate Training Session – Immigration.
July 2004: Speaker, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA - Global Village: Summary of Immigration and Nationality Laws in a Post September 11th Global Economy.
June 2004: Program Committee Member, AILA Annual Conference on Immigration Law: Business and all Nonimmigrant Visas, Philadelphia, PA.          
April 2003: Visiting Lecturer, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA – Immigration Clinic – “Business as Usual”: Practice and Procedure in a Changing Business Immigration Climate.
March 2003: Speaker, Congreso de Latino Unidos, Philadelphia, PA – Training Seminar: Summary of U.S. Immigration Laws in a Changing World.
August 2002: Speaker, Montgomery County Bar Association, Norristown, PA - Summary of U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Laws most relevant to Family Law practitioners.
June 2002: Day Coordinator, AILA Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.  
April 2002: Speaker, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA – Presentation: Summary of the U.S. Immigration & Naturalization laws in a Changing World.
April 2002: Speaker, Migrant and Immigrant Health in Rural Pennsylvania at Penn State Conference Center, State College, PA - An Overview of Immigration Law and the Effect on Migrant and Immigrant Farm workers.
July 2001: Speaker, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA - Global Village: Immigration Issues in a Global World.
May 2001: Speaker, AILA Philadelphia Chapter, Philadelphia, PA - It Takes a Lawyer: Representation of Families in Nonimmigrant and Immigrant Visa Proceedings before the INS, State Department and Immigration Court, Consular Processing and Affidavits of Support.
January 2001: Speaker, Lorman’s Seminar New Jersey’s Business Immigration Law, East Brunswick, NJ - B-1 Business Visitors/Visa Waiver Pilot Program and Hiring Foreign Students.
April 2000: Speaker, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA - Summary of U.S. Immigration & Nationality Laws.
October 1999: Speaker, Pennsylvania Statewide Latino Conference, Harrisburg, PA – Immigration Issues Affecting the Latino Population.
August 1999: Speaker, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, PA - Evolving Problems in Immigration Law and Practice: Ethical Consideration.
June 1998: Moderator, AILA Annual Conference on Immigration Law, Houston, TX – Substantive Practice Track.
November 1997: Speaker (3 panels), AILA Immigration Law Basics Conference, New York, NY – Presented three panels, including:
  • Making (and Taking) First Impressions – Students or Exchange Visitors Seeking to Change Status to H-1B
  • Initial Interview: Marriage for Love – Prove It
  • The Marriage Interview:  Removing the Conditions on Permanent Residence – Special Cases
October 1997: Speaker, Fall Conference Governor’s Advisory Commission on Latino Affairs, Harrisburg, PA - Immigration Issues Impacting the Latino Community.
May 1997: Speaker, Rural Opportunities, Inc. Employment & Training Division, Employer Forum, Reading, PA – “Managing a Culturally Diverse Workforce”: The New Immigration Law of 1996… How to Hire a Legal Workforce.
February 1997: Speaker, AILA Basics Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
April 1996: Writer and Presenter, Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI) Seminar, Philadelphia, PA - Family Based Immigration: Evolving Problems and Immigration Law.
May 1995: Speaker, National Image Training Conference and Convention- Latino Immigration and Immigration Laws.
May 1995: Speaker, Migrant Farm workers and Immigration Issues: Immigrating to the U.S., Kennett Square, PA.
March 1995: Speaker, Mexican Consulate, Philadelphia, PA - Who May Legally Enter in the U.S.?
January 1995: Speaker, Ethiopian Community Center, Philadelphia, PA - Presentation:  Immigration Concerns for the Ethiopian Community.
October 1994: Speaker, Fall Conference Governor’s Advisory Commission on Latino Affairs, Harrisburg, PA – Understanding Latino Immigration and Migrant Concerns.  
November 1993: Speaker, AILA Immigration Litigation Conference, Newark, NJ - How to Win in Immigration and Federal Courts: Advanced Techniques for the Individual and Business Client: BIA Procedures.
August 1993: Speaker, Philadelphia Bar Education Center, Philadelphia, PA -Professional Responsibility for Immigration Lawyers.