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A Poarch Law attorney will be giving a presentation on June 5, 2013 at the Roanoke Police Academy on domestic violence for the Family Violence Coordinating Council Conference this Friday. Her presentation will include how U Visas and VAWA (Violenc…

The current issue of the Federal Bar Association Law Section’s Newsletter, The Green Card, features Christine Poarch’s article “A Personal Essay—Challenges in Immigration: Ugandan Orphans.” In the article, Christine discusses her twelve-day trip t…

A Poarch Law attorney will serve as the Interim Director of the pro bono Immigration and Citizenship Clinic at Washington & Lee University School of Law. The attorney will help the clinic’s clients and cases throughout the summer until the new di…

A Poarch Law attorney will be sitting on a panel entitled “Legal Research in the Real World” on March 23, 2013. The attorney will speak alongside Judge Bumgardner of the Virginia Court of Appeals and Chris Russell, Commonwealth’s Attorney in Buen…

Christine Poarch will serve on two panels at the Federal Bar Association Immigration Law Section 2013 Conference in Memphis, Tennessee. One of the panels will be on non-LPR cancellation and the other regarding Special Immigrant Juveniles.

A Poarch Law attorney will be re-living their law school moot court days as a quarterfinal judge at the William Spong Moot Court Competition on February 18, 2013. The competition will be hosted at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, V…

Roanoke College in conjunction with Poarch Law will host a pro-bono Deferred Action Clinic at Roanoke College. Student volunteers from Roanoke College will help undocumented immigrants prepare and mail applications for Deferred Action for Childhoo…

Roanoke College will host a panel entitled “Living the DREAM: Deferred Action and Other Immigration Options for Children.” Panelists, including our own Christine Poarch, will discuss recent developments in immigration law including the effects of …

Christine Poarch selected Roanoke’s top immigration attorney by Roanoker Magazine (October 2011).