The growing use of artificial intelligence in immigration practice raises important ethical and practical questions. This session explores how migration professionals can ethically integrate AI while maintaining professional responsibility and compliance with immigration law standards.

Presenters

Sergio Zanotti Stagliorio, Barrister and Migration Law Lecturer
Sergio practises in Migration and Citizenship Law. Before becoming a barrister, Sergio worked as an immigration solicitor for a number of years and was an RMA prior to this. This past experience places him well to appreciate all facets of migration and citizenship law matters. As an advocate, Sergio has appeared and represented clients on matters before the High Court of Australia, Federal Court of Australia (including Full Court), Federal Circuit Court of Australia, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, Migration Review Tribunal, Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Immigration Assessment Authority and the Administrative Review Tribunal. Also, Sergio: - has authored over 1,300 court decision summaries on migration and citizenship law, most of which for his newsletter (https://migrationlawupdates.com.au), and some for LexisNexis (Administrative Law Decisions). - has authored over 1,000 articles and updates on migration and citizenship law, some of which for LexisNexis - is a former assessor at UTS (Graduate Diploma of Australian Migration Law and Practice - GDAMLP) - is a former unit coordinator and lecturer at UWS (GDAMLP) - has been a migration law CPD lecturer since 2019 - is often consulted by barristers, solicitors and RMAs on complex matters - holds a bachelor's degree in engineering

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