The Supreme Court of Ohio keeps a roster of certified language interpreters to be used in everything from matters of child ...
Every day, criminal defendants who speak a language other than English appear in federal courts throughout the United States, and have a right to an interpreter to ensure that they are afforded due ...
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 exists to prevent discrimination based on national origin, gender or religion. The Court Interpreters Act of 1978 and the Amendments to the Act from 1988 ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Even when they’re off the clock, Kevin Mercado and Yrene Starke will find themselves discussing the latest slang and jargon so they can stay up to date for their jobs as certified ...
Court staffers were regularly pulled from their jobs to translate hearings, a task they had not been trained to do, he recalled. Judges also allowed people with limited English proficiency to ...
In 1991, Dora Ornelas went to the Yakima County Courthouse looking for a part-time job during what she thought was going to be a brief time in Yakima. Since then, Ornelas has become a full-time ...