Language of Justice

Earn your Professional Legal Interpreter credential with live, in-person training in just 3 class sessions. In this course, you’ll get an in-depth look into one of the most in-demand fields of interpreting today.

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until May 1st, 2023.

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About the Course

After taking the course, you’ll be able to work as a non-court Professional Legal Interpreter for law firms, government agencies, law enforcement, and other clients within the legal field. Engage with a live, experienced instructor. This classroom-based learning experience is taught by a dedicated, live instructor who has experience in legal and court interpretation. This course takes place in a virtual classroom setting conducted over Zoom.

The Need: If interpreters perform legal interpretation incorrectly, many dangerous consequences could take place with devastating outcomes. For example, the client could:

✓ Lose urgently needed benefits for which the client is eligible; food stamps, SSI, TANF or Medical Assistance.

✓ Be suspended from school.

✓ Lose child support, driver’s license/state identification card, or a job.

✓ Go back to a situation of domestic abuse.

Both community and court interpreters need guidance on how to perform effective legal interpreting in community settings. Unlike the courtroom, most legal interpreting in the community is collaborative, not adversarial. Examples may include interpreting for:

✓ An attorney at a domestic violence center.

✓ A medical exam requested by an insurance company following a car accident.

✓ Immigration services provided by a lawyer or paralegal.

✓ A child abuse or neglect investigation by Child Protective Services.

✓ Special Education meetings in school settings.

What You'll Learn

There are 3 core components that the course will cover:

  1. Procedures and Ethics – Understand relevant codes of ethics, and apply a code of ethics and standards of practice to ethical dilemmas and simulated encounters.
  2. Linguistic Mediation – Learn when and how to provide linguistic mediation, model steps for linguistic mediation, and develop linguistic mediation techniques and strategies.
  3. Interpreting for Legal Services – Learn the U.S. Legal System, how to handle requests from clients and attorneys, and the terminology required for non-courtroom legal interpreting.

This course is three days of instruction (a total of 24 hours).