Professionals: A Matter of Degree, 4th EditionSelected as San Francisco Law Library's "Book of the Month" for March 2006, Martin Lawler’s book is a leading treatise on visas for professionals. A highly esteemed reference librarian of the San Francisco Law Library says, "Indeed, this is an immigration law book, with a very specific and valuable focus: the representation of visa applicants with professional, specialist, and artistic credentials, through the welter of rules, regulations, and proofs required by the Department of Homeland Security..."Professionals was published by the American Immigration Law Foundation in June 1990, with a second edition in June 1993, a third edition in June 1996, and expanded fourth edition in 2004. Professionals has a detailed discussion of H-1B (professional/specialist), E-1 and 2 (treaty trader and investor), L-1 intracompany transferees, and other temporary visas. It also has chapters on green cards based on extraordinary ability, outstanding researchers and other basis. Here is the table of contents of Volume One: Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Employment-Based Immigrant Preferences Chapter 3: Immigrant Visa Petitions, Immigrant Visas, and Adjustment of Status Chapter 4: Preserving Residence and Applying for Naturalization for Professionals Chapter 5: Security Checks Conducted by DHS/INS and DOS Chapter 6: Export Licensing Requirements for Hiring Foreign Nationals Chapter 7: Nonimmigrant Visa Petitions, Nonimmigrant Visas, Extensions, Change of Status, and Bars to Admission Chapter 8: The Petitioner’s Letter Chapter 9: B-1 Visas, B-2 Visas, and the Visa Waiver Program Chapter 10: E Treaty Trader and Investor Visas Chapter 11: H-1B Specialist Visas Chapter 12: TN Visas Chapter 13: H-3 Trainee Visas Chapter 14: J-1 Visas Chapter 15: L-1 Intracompany Transferee Visas Chapter 16: O Visas for Persons of Extraordinary Ability and P Visas for Artists, Entertainers, and Athletes Chapter 17: Q Visas for Cultural Visitor Programs Chapter 18: Mergers, Acquisitions, and Spin-Offs Chapter 19: Department of Labor Resources for Determining Professional and Specialist Status Chapter 20: “Online” Research Chapter 21: List of Professional/Specialist Occupations Chapter 22: Selected Professional Occupations Chapter 23: The Substantial Evidence Rule and Expert Testimony Chapter 24: Responding to RFEs and Appeals to the AAO Chapter 25: Litigating Denials in Federal Court   |
 "Professionals: A Matter of Degree is a masterpiece in one of the most difficult areas of immigration law. Written by one of the country’s leading business immigration law practitioners, Martin Lawler, it incorporates every significant aspect of immigration law pertaining to business professionals." —Ira J. Kurzban (Author, Kurzbans Immigration Law Sourcebook, and advocate before the U.S. Supreme Court) Click here to download an article about about Martin J. Lawler in Immigration Law Today by Stephanie Browning (PDF, 260K). |
