Social Work Month: Uplift. Defend. Transform This month, we celebrate the dedicated social workers who advocate daily for the rights and services of unaccompanied children. As professionals, we center children’s […]
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From Survival Mode to Sustenance: Cultivating Motivation The past year carried many challenges and uncertainty, and you may have felt as though you were in a constant state of mere
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The information in this blog post is current as of October 15, 2025. The Children’s Immigration Law Academy (CILA) is a project of the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Commission on
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This September marks the 10th anniversary of the Children’s Immigration Law Academy (CILA). To celebrate, CILA hosted a reflection webinar, “Ten Years Pursuing Justice for Unaccompanied Children,” on September 23rd
The information in this blog post is current as of April 16, 2025. We wanted to share some updates to the ABA Children’s Immigration Law Academy (CILA) website. Staying Connected
On World Mental Health Day 2024, the ABA Children’s Immigration Law Academy (CILA)is excited to share a new resource with advocates, “Self-Care for Advocates Working with Unaccompanied Immigrant Youth.” Compassion
The team at the American Bar Association’s Children’s Immigration Law Academy (CILA) reflected on this past year and shared CILA highlights in the CILA 2023 Annual Report. Take a look
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CILA is excited to share a big update that we made to our website! We launched a new and free account system (🎉) which allows advocates to access more of
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The Children’s Immigration Law Academy (CILA) is a project of the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Commission on Immigration. CILA was founded in 2015, and we are currently celebrating 8 amazing years of
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2022 was a momentous year for CILA: we expanded services nationally; welcomed new staff members from Houston, Dallas, San Diego, and Chicago; and answered 400+ technical assistance requests from advocates
