This session will be held in Spanish. We will provide a basic overview of legal concepts relevant to farmworkers, and engage participants in conversations to foster their confidence in educating Spanish-speaking workers about farmworker rights in layman's terms. For new advocates, this session will provide an overview of various farmworker rights concepts at a basic level. For more seasoned advocates, this session will provide an opportunity to sharpen their Spanish vocabulary with respect to farmworker rights concepts.

• Gain confidence in their ability to communicate information about farmworker rights, in lay person terms, to Spanish speakers of different backgrounds.
• For new advocates, this session will provide an overview of various farmworker rights concepts at a basic level.
• For seasoned advocates, this session will provide an opportunity to sharpen their Spanish vocabulary to make their communications with farmworker clients more effective.

This presentation will review remedies available in farmworker cases, including evaluating and calculating damages claims in simple and complex cases.

• Upon completion, participant will be able to understand available remedies in farmworker litigation.
• Upon completion, participant will be able to evaluate available remedies in farmworker litigation.
• Upon completion, participant will be able to calculate damages in farmworker cases.
• Upon completion, participant will be able to understand non-economic remedies in farmworker cases.

This panel will start with overview of labor-related immigration relief available to survivors of workplace mistreatment and abuse, such as labor trafficking, wage theft, and retaliation. Participants will gain an understanding of Deferred Action for Labor Enforcement (DALE), and how to advise potential DALE recipients as they navigate challenges related to unlawful presence, interactions with H-2A nonimmigrant status, and U- and T- visa eligibility. Then, we will discuss DALE as an organizing tool, including best methods for outreach, working with union and other organizers, and balancing organizing objectives with individual legal services. The panel will also review partnerships with law schools and volunteers to coordinate pro bono clinics. We will reflect on past experiences and look to future models to build capacity to support immigrant workers seeking to apply for DALE.

• Identify common forms of immigration relief for farmworkers and understand the Deferred Action in Labor Enforcement (DALE) program
• Reflect on the opportunities for collaboration in interdisciplinary teams with different core competencies (here, organizers, labor/employment attorneys, volunteers, interpreters, law students, faculty)
• Build knowledge of models for immigration representation for deferred action protections as a tool to support labor organizing in workplaces with immigrant workers

The representation of farmworkers often presents situations and circumstances unique to farmworker advocacy. The proposed presentation will discuss ethics and the rules of professional responsibility within the farmworker advocacy context. Topics discussed during the proposed presentation may include: ethics in multi-client cases, confidentiality requirements regarding communications involving information related to the representation of a client (Rule 1.6); application of the attorney client privilege to individuals assisting farmworker organizations in the representation of a client or conducting related advocacy; document retention policies to safeguard client information and attorney work product; when farmworker advocate organizations may place limits on the scope of their representation (Rule 1.4); communications to the media about litigation and trial (Rule 3.6); termination of representation (Rule 1.16), and communication regarding attorney fees. Additionally, the proposed presentation seeks to provide content that may be used towards the professional responsibility and ethics continuing legal education (CLE) requirements for attorneys (in some states).

• to identify situations which involve issues that implicate ethical concerns and responsibilities and be able to resolve these issues effectively.
• identify and protect communications which implicate teh attorney-client privilege.
• satisfy his/her CLE requirements for the year.