WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 5, 2012 — The American Bar Association and the Center for Migration Studies will host a dialogue on the ABA’s new Civil Immigration Detention Standards from 3:15 – 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, at Sullivan Worcester LLP in New York City. The standards address daily living conditions, access to legal and religious services, communications, visitation, grievances, accountability and oversight, and other areas.

Speakers include Dora Schriro, commissioner, New York City Department of Correction; Donald Kerwin, executive director of the Center for Migration Studies; and Karen Grisez, special counsel for Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver Jacobson LLP and moderator of the discussion. ABA President-Elect James Silkenat will give the closing remarks.

The standards were developed under the guidance of an advisory task force that included a former commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Schriro and experts from corrections, medical, academic and other fields. They were drafted with the pro bono assistance of Crowell Moring LLP.

To register, email Rachel Reyes at cms@cmsny.org by Thursday, Nov. 8.

With nearly 400,000 members, the American Bar Association is the largest voluntary professional membership organization in the world.  As the national voice of the legal profession, the ABA works to improve the administration of justice, promotes programs that assist lawyers and judges in their work, accredits law schools, provides continuing legal education, and works to build public understanding around the world of the importance of the rule of law.