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Law School for Interpeters – A Great Idea
South Carolina has a great idea — Law School for Interpreters, as described in their blog. Here is the agenda: Registration and Breakfast 8:00 a.m. Welcome & Overview 8:45 a.m. Pretest 9:00 a.m....
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Free LSC Webinar on TIG Programs and Language Access, Wed March 14
Here is part of the announcement: On Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. (EDT) LSC will host “Language Access and LSC’s TIG Program: Legal Aid and Court Collaborations.” LSC is offering this webinar...
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Interesting Points in DOJ Language Access Letter to North Carolina Courts
The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice has sent a letter to the North Carolina Courts as part of its investgatory and enforcment process with respect to Language access. The letter and...
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National Employment Law Project Offers Webinar on Tools for LEP Applicants...
Here is the description: Since the Clinton Administration, there has been an Executive Order in place requiring entities that receive federal funding to assess needs in their communities and have a...
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DOJ Announces Approval of Colorado Language Access Plan
From DOJ: The Justice Department approved a language access plan released by the Colorado Supreme Court just last week. Adoption of the plan was required by an agreement signed on June 28, 2011, by the...
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SJI Announces Six Self-Represented Litigation Grants
The latest issue of SJI E-News announces that the Board has approved six SRL related grants. Here is the text of the announcement: During the 2nd quarter Board meeting, 6 SIG grants were awarded...
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Supreme Court Narrows Meaning of “Interpreting” in Cost Shifting Statute
As Claudia Johnston points out in a Comment, the Supreme Court has (6-3) come up with a narrow definition of “interpreting” in a cost shifting statute, excluding translation of documents. The...
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Plain Language and LEP — Resource Site
In all the talk about LEP and plain language, this site has tended to sit under the radar. This great resource site includes a wide range of model plain language informational sheets, including...
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Language Flash Cards for First Responders
Here, from KnoxNews.com, via the Huffington Post, is a nice example of creative solutions in practice. As reported in KnoxNews.com. “Instead of trying to teach 300 firefighters elementary Spanish so...
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Claudia Johnson Guest Blogs on Information About LEP Services
I (Claudia) recently hosted a webinar on technology to assist self represented litigants as part of the LSNTAP webinar series. In preparing for the webinar it was evident that videos and visual tools...
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NCSC Summit on Language Access Now Going On
Those interested in the Summit on Languge Access in the Courts that is now going on can see the Agenda here. Self-represented advocates will be particularly interested in the session on Providing...
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Post Election Implications for Access to Justice — Part I: Broad Themes
This very much not an electoral politics blog. But Tuesday had such strong implications for the access to justice discussion that I think it may be useful to start to think through some of the second...
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DOJ Seeks Comments on Draft Language Access Planning and Technical Assistance...
Comments on a Draft Language Access Planning and Technical Assistance Tool for Courts are being sought by the Department of Justice. The draft from DOJ is here. Comments are due by March 1. 2013. The...
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Census issues Language Mapper
That’s right, a tool that lets you plot languages by area. Here is the national Spanish language graph (with each dot representing about 100 people.) The overall message of course, is how fast Spanish...
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Implications of the “No Lawyer Plus No Interpreter Equals No Access” Truism
With the release of the NCSC Call for Action on Limited English Proficiency, I have been thinking about the very complex relationship between the access to justice challenges suffered by those without...
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Michigan Intrpreter Rule May Raise Questions About Middle Income Access to...
A recently issued Michigan court rule, dealing with interpreter costs, raises broader and troubling questions about middle income access to justice. As reported by the Detroit Free Press, the US...
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Claudia Johnson on NLADA
I (Claudia) went to my 13th or 14th NLADA this year, excited to go to Los Angeles. Yelp—showed many local places of interest-and top of my list was visiting the LA public library after workshop hours...
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A Big Day — The Justice Index is Launched
The Justice Index, the pioneering state by state index of access to justice measures, developed by a partnership led by the National Center for Access to Justice at Cardozo Law School, is up, and its...
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DOJ Day Highlights Integration of ATJ and LEP Approaches
On Friday at the Department of Justice, the Civil Rights Division launched its Language Access Planning and Technical Assistance Tool. While the tool itself, introduced with great skill by Deeana...
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California Chief Focuses on Self-Help Centers in State of Judiciary Speech
We all know that under former CJ Ron George, California was a pioneer in access to justice and self-help services. So it is wonderful to see that his successor, Chief Justice Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye...
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