Angela M. Bean
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Angela M. Bean is a specialist in immigration and nationality law certified by the Board of Legal Specialization of the State Bar of California. She has practiced immigration law in the Bay Area since 1985. Ms. Bean obtained her law degree from Golden Gate University and her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she majored in Women's Studies and History. During law school, Ms. Bean clerked for California Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso as a judicial extern. After law school Ms. Bean was awarded a Revson Fellowship by the Women's Law and Public Policy Program at Georgetown University, where she interned as a Fellow at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) in Washington, D.C.
Ms. Bean is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). She is past chair of the Immigration and Nationality Law Advisory Commission of the California State Bar's Board of Legal Specialization. Ms. Bean has written for various publications of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, of which she has been a member since 1985. Ms. Bean has served on many distinguished national panels and has been an expert witness for the State Bar of California, the U.S. Federal Public Defender and the California Attorney General's Office on immigration matters.
Angela M. Bean has lectured in Immigration Law at UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall.
Areas Of Practice
- Immigration Law
Certified Legal Specialties
- Immigration and Nationality Law, Board of Legal Specialization, State Bar of California, 1987
Bar Admissions
- California, 1984
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1985
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
Education
- Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco, California
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- Major: Africana Studies
- Minor: Women's Studies
Published Works
- Immigration and Nationality Law Handbook, Volume II, June, 1998
- Medical Waivers, California Conference Handbook, American Immigration Lawyers Association, November, 1996
- Avoiding Delays in Adjudication of Fiance(e) Petitions, 1994 California Conference Handbook, American Immigration Lawyers Association, November , 1994
- AILA's Family Immigration Law Handbook(Section 204(c)), June, 1994
- Representing Clients with HIV, 1993-1994 Immigration and Nationality Handbook, Volume II(Co-Author, Angela M. Bean and Robert S. Hilliard), May , 1993
Classes/Seminars
- Lecturer, Immigration Law, UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall, 2004 to 2005
Honors And Awards
- Revson Fellowship, Women's Law and Public Policy Program at Georgetown University
- Fellow, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) in Washington, D.C.
Professional Associations
- California Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso , Clerked
- American Immigration Lawyers Association , Member
- the Immigration and Nationality Law Advisory Commission of the California State Bar's Board of Legal Specialization, Past Chair, 1994 to 1997
- American Immigration Lawyers Association, Member, 1985 to Present
- California State Bar Immigration and Nationality Law Advisory Commission, Board of Legal Specialization, State Bar of California , Chair of the Commission, 1996 to 1997
Languages
- Spanish
- English