Jennifer Howard, Esq.

Jennifer Howard is a graduate of the Mercer University School of Law, with a Master of Laws in International Law from the University of San Diego School of Law. As an undergraduate student, Ms. Howard studied in Moldova, Romania, and Hungary, and she returned to Europe as a graduate law student to study international human rights and comparative law at the Columbia Global Center in Paris, France.

Prior to joining Joseph & Hall P.C., Ms. Howard interned with the University of San Diego’s Immigration Clinic and with the university’s Public Interest Law Center. Ms. Howard also volunteered with the Junior League of San Diego as a Legislative Liaison and with the San Diego County Human Trafficking Task Force, working as a community and policy advocate for human trafficking survivors and transition-age foster youth.

Ms. Howard’s work at Joseph & Hall P.C. focuses primarily on family- and humanitarian-based petitions and applications, removal defense, appeals, and federal litigation; however, she is also working to build her artist, athlete, and entertainer visa caseload. Ms. Howard has represented clients in matters before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), and various state and federal appellate courts; and she is a compassionate but fierce advocate for the firm’s vulnerable populations, including 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals, asylees, unaccompanied minors, and survivors of human trafficking and domestic and gender-based violence and abuse.

Ms. Howard is a member of the Colorado Bar Association’s (CBA) Spanish-Speaking Lawyer’s Committee, and she currently serves on the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) National Lawyer Well-Being Committee, AILA Colorado’s Legislative Advocacy Committee, and the CBA Immigration Council. She has presented locally and nationally on various topics, including the basics of U.S. immigration law, the intersection of immigration issues and family law, and issues of lawyer well-being.

Ms. Howard is also a 500-hour Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) and certified Deep Stretch & Meditation teacher, with additional training and background work in injury prevention and recovery, trauma-informed yoga and care, expressive arts healing for survivors of gender-based violence, and de-escalation tools to reduce anger, aggression, and trauma. Her work as a yoga teacher focuses on offering yoga, meditation, breathwork, and other wellness tools to help immigration professionals and staff in their high-stress work with often-vulnerable client populations, as well as using meditation and breathwork practices with her clients in preparing to testify on often-sensitive personal matters before immigration judges and officials.

In her spare time, Ms. Howard enjoys traveling, water and snow sports, live music and the arts, and exploring the outdoors with her twelve-year-old dachshund mix.

Bar Associations:

• Colorado Bar Association
• Denver Bar Association
• American Immigration Lawyers Association

Court Admissions:

• Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
• U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
• Colorado Supreme Court
• Executive Office for Immigration Review
• United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
• Board of Immigration Appeals

Professional Affiliations:

• Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
• Member, Lawyer Well-Being Committee, AILA National
• Member, Legislative Advocacy Committee, AILA Colorado Chapter
• Executive Council, Immigration Law Section, Colorado Bar Association (CBA)
• Member, Spanish-Speaking Lawyers Committee, CBA
• Member, Colorado Hispanic Bar Association (CHBA)

Blog Posts:

• Navigating Delays with USCIS: What You Need to Know
• Navigating NTAs and In Absentia Removal Orders: Insights from the Supreme Court’s Decision in Campos-Chaves v. Garland
• Celebrating Nine Years of Marriage Equality: How Obergefell v. Hodges Transformed U.S. Immigration
• Can I get a driver’s license if I am an undocumented immigrant? Are the rules the same in all states?
• DOS Immigrant Visa Interview Backlog Reporting for March 2024. And Just When Is A Case “Documentarily Complete” and “In Line” for Interview?
• USCIS Fee Payment Changes: Transitioning to Remote Transactions
• Most USCIS Filing Fees Increasing April 1, 2024
• DHS Extends TPS Re-Registration Periods for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan
• Continuing the Immigration Journey, Part 2: Survivor Benefits for Widow(er)s of U.S. Citizens
• Continuing the Immigration Journey, Part 1: Humanitarian Reinstatement of the I-130 Petition after the Petitioner’s Passing
• Your Voice Matters: Citizenship, Voting, and the 2024 Election
• USCIS Offers Personalized Estimates of Wait Times for Certain Applicants
• Executive Discretion and DHS Guidelines Prevail: SCOTUS Rejects States’ Challenge on Deportation Priorities
• USCIS Reports Faster Processing Times for Work Permits for Asylum Seekers
• ICE Implements Young Adult Case Management Program
• DHS Designates TPS for Ethiopia – Registration Period Open Now through June 12, 2024
• USCIS Announces New EAD Automatic Extension Calculator
• USCIS Updates Mission Statement to Include “Welcome” and “Respect”
• Immigration Court Hearing Changes Continue
• White House Announces End of Omicron Restrictions for 8 African Nations
• Certain NTAs Insufficient to Cut Off Physical Presence for Voluntary Departure
• Travel Bans Out, Vaccinations In
• TPS Designations for Six Countries Extended through December 31, 2022
• COVID Vaccines Required for Green Card Applicants Starting October 1, 2021
• Changing Tides: ICE & CBP Will Limit Arrests at Courthouses & Stop Using Certain Harmful Language When Referring to Immigrants in the United States
• “Noncitizens”: The Importance of Language in the Immigration Conversation and Impacting Lasting Change
• USCIS to Begin Requiring Public Charge Form Again, Beginning October 13
• What’s the Latest on the New Public Charge Rules Stateside and Abroad?
• DACA Update: USCIS Refuses to Accept Initial Applications, Limits Advance Parole Requests, and Shortens Renewals from Two Years to One Year
• DACA Saved (for now) by U.S. Supreme Court Decision: What’s Next?
• U.S. Government Exempts Certain Professional Athletes and Their Staff, Leadership, Spouses, and Dependents from COVID-19 Travel Restrictions
• Trump Issues Proclamation Suspending Entry of Certain Immigrants
• ICE Weakens Already Questionable Detention Standards Leading into the New Year
• TPS Automatically Extended for Six Countries through January 4, 2021
• Colorado Legislative Update: Increased Protections for Vulnerable Immigrant Youth, Reduced Criminal Penalties for Certain Low-Level Crimes, and A Check on Federal Immigration Enforcement by Local and State Law Enforcement Officers
• What is the government shutdown, and what does it mean for my immigration case?
• USCIS Now Implementing New NTA Memo for Family-Based and Humanitarian Applications and Petitions
• “Pay No Attention to that Man behind the Curtain”: Jeff Sessions’ Quiet but Sinister Attack on Immigration
• “Public Charge” Update: New Rule Proposed by the Trump Administration Seeks to Chill Use of Public Benefits by U.S. Immigrant Families
• DACA Updates, and a Caveat: D.C. Federal Judge Orders Full Restoration of DACA, with 20-Day Delay
• Another Brick in the Wall: New Public Charge Guidance Bodes Ill for American Families and Communities
• Finally: Measure to Extend Colorado Driving Privileges to Undocumented Residents Passes!
• On This Denim Day, 2018: What Is To Become of Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence and Abuse in Immigration Cases?
• USCIS anuncia nuevas peticiones de reinscripción de TPS para Haiti y El Salvador aceptadas ahora
• USCIS Announces TPS Re-Registration Applications Now Being Accepted for Haiti and El Salvador
• 2017 Sees Slow-Moving Processing Times for U.S. Citizenship Applications
• Somebody’s Watching Me: DHS to Collect Social Media Data from Immigrants
• “We’ve Got Your Backs”: Denver City Council comes through for the City’s Immigrant Population
• Denver ICE To Continue “Chilling” Practice of Making Courthouse Arrests. (Plus, What Is a U Visa, and Could I Be Eligible?)
• Block on Trump Travel Ban Upheld and Why Having a Lawyer in Immigration Matters, Matters
• No Path for SSNs: Measure to Extend Colorado Driving Privileges to Undocumented Residents Stalled in Senate Committee Vote — Again.