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DOJ/EOIR RIN: 1125-AA59 Publication ID: Fall 2008 
Title: Professional Conduct for Practitioners--Rules and Procedures, and Representation and Appearances 
Abstract: This rule proposes to change the rules and procedures concerning the standards of representation and professional conduct for attorneys and other practitioners who appear before Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), which includes the immigration judges and the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board). Current regulations set forth who may represent individuals in proceedings before EOIR and also set forth the rules and procedures for imposing disciplinary sanctions against attorneys or other practitioners who engage in criminal, unethical, or unprofessional conduct before EOIR. The proposed revisions would increase the number of grounds for discipline and improve the clarity and uniformity of the existing rules while incorporating miscellaneous technical and procedural changes. The changes proposed herein are based upon the Attorney General's recent initiative for improving both the immigration courts and the Board, which includes measures to update the sanction authorities of the immigration judges and the Board for professional misconduct, as well as EOIR's operational experience in administering the program over the last six years. 
Agency: Department of Justice(DOJ)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 8 CFR 1003   
Legal Authority: 5 USC 301    6 USC 521    8 USC 1101    8 USC 1103    8 USC 1154    8 USC 1155    8 USC 1158    8 USC 1182    8 USC 1226    8 USC 1229    8 USC 1229a    8 USC 1229b    8 USC 1229c    8 USC 1231    8 USC 1254a    8 USC 1255    8 USC 1324d    8 USC 1330    8 USC 1361    8 USC 1362    28 USC 509    28 USC 510    28 USC 1746    Reorg Plan No 2 of 1950, sec 2, 3 CFR 1949 to 1953 Comp, p 1002    PL 105-100, sec 203, 111 Stat 2196-200    PL 106-386, sec 1506 and 1510, 114 Stat 1527 to 1529, 1531 to 1532    PL 106-554, sec 1505, 114 Stat 2763A-326 to 2763A-328   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  07/30/2008  73 FR 44178   
NPRM Comment Period End  09/29/2008    
Final Action  05/00/2009    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Jean King
General Counsel
Department of Justice
Executive Office for Immigration Review
5107 Leesburg Pike, Suite 2600,
Falls Church, VA 22041
Phone:703 305-0470
Fax:703 305-0443
Email: eoir.regs@usdoj.gov