Court Watch Request Form

 
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En Español: https://nlgsf.ourpowerbase.net/node/41

NLG-SFBA and its coalition partners can send volunteer court observer-supporters to attend court, both to show community support for a person at an immigration hearing (i.e. your client, your loved one, or yourself) as well as to observe the court processes and practices themselves — to gather court watch data on any due process violations, judicial misconduct, etc.

Fill out the information below to request our presence at an immigration hearing. (We cannot confirm if or how many observer-supporters will attend the hearing, as it depends on individuals’ availability. The more advance notice we have, the sooner we can share with our volunteers.)

Consent
Complete this form only if have the consent of the person whom your are supporting (i.e. the respondent or person whose hearing it is) or if you are requesting support at your own hearing.
Hearing Information
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Representation
If you have a lawyer, please enter their contact information below:
If there is anyone else we should be in touch with regarding court watch coordination, e.g. a paralegal or a friend, please enter their information below
Respondent Information
If you would like to include a brief description of this person’s/your story to share with potential court observer-supporters, please do so here. You can find great tips on messaging to support everyone’s liberation in Community Justice Exchange’s valuable social media toolkit (https://bit.ly/3ag1pw1).
Debrief
To help volunteers understand and process what has happened in a hearing, we hold debrief sessions for the volunteer court observer-supporters. For in-person court watch, these can take place immediately following a hearing for ~5-20 minutes, or on a separate date, monthly or quarterly, and last 30-60 min. For remote (video/call-in) court watch, a debrief can take place immediately after the hearing or be scheduled separately and last 5-20 minutes.