Roleplaying class: One participant will be the witness and the other will be the interpreter. The instructor will ask questions to elicit ethical decisions the interpreter must make. These will include how to deal with not understanding what the witness says, attorneys who speak too softly, etc. After each presentation. discussion will follow. ·       3 Instructor-led Credits (L8037) ·       All Languages ·       Presenter: Gregory Miller (Federally Certified Court Interprete

Most parties involved in a civil or Workers Comp case are unfamiliar with the process and often attend a deposition or trial not knowing what to expect. They're unfamiliar with legal words such as "on the record," "discovery" or even "court reporter." They also frequently ignore what the role of the interpreter is, have not been well prepped for testimony, give non-responsive answers and get confused when the attorneys object. This results in frustration for everyone involved

In November 2022, four University of Idaho students were brutally murdered in the quiet college town of Moscow, Idaho. Seven weeks after the murders, a Ph.D. student in criminology was arrested thanks to the use of technology. This class focuses on the different aspects and terminology of the criminal investigation, one that included the use of surveillance video, cell phone technology and DNA forensics. Disclaimer: This class will contain references to the violence related t

Court interpreters are bound by attorney-client privilege but occasionally wonder if there are exceptions. Is an attorney not informing a client of their rights one of those exceptions? What are exactly the guidelines? Over the years, a few interpreters made headlines across the country for what was seen by some as a breach of the duty to maintain privilege. This class will focus on this duty and attendees will be encouraged to bring up situations related to confidentiality t

This language-neutral class will focus on all the stages of a federal criminal case and the terminology related to it, starting with the pretrial stage (investigations, grand juries, and arrests), initial appearances in court, arraignment, discovery and motions, plea bargaining, the trial, voir dire, opening arguments, presentation of evidence, closing arguments, jury instructions and deliberations, and post-trial proceedings (pre-sentence reports and sentencing among others)

Non-legal terminology is overlooked in many workshops, but these are the words that come up in a lot of testimony in a legal case. This interactive Spanish language class will teach participants new vocabulary with fun, creative and thought-provoking exercises aimed at exploring non-legal Spanish vocabulary you may encounter on the witness stand or during depos. ·       3 Instructor-led Credits (L8041) ·       Language: Spanish ·       Presenter: Gregory Miller (Federally Cer

Because people can represent themselves in Small Claims, court interpreters can face challenging situations that they don't normally encounter in cases where parties are represented by attorneys. Some examples include a party unfamiliar with the court process asking the interpreter for advice or guidance. This class will focus on those challenges and also include specific terminology related to Small Claims from start to finish, including the appeals process and collection of

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) in the field of interpreting has sparked debates about its ability to compete with human interpreters in performance.  Meet Knowi, an AI robot interpreter, and judge for yourself the pros and cons of AI-based interpreting. ·       1.5 Instructor-led Credits (L8061) ·       All Languages ·       Presenter: Néstor Wagner (CA Certified Court Interpreter, Spanish)  AIJIC thanks Néstor for donating this class.

Interpreting involves rearranging a message from one language into another. Recreational linguistics encompasses the same skills. This class will cover, among other things, lipograms, anagrams, rebuses, pangrams, puns, tongue twisters and crossword puzzles. Participants will be divided into small groups and given tasks to complete. The wrap-up will include a review of resources (commercial words games, Internet sites, etc.,) to improve interpreter-related word skills. ·      

Court interpreters tend to experience similar challenges whether they're in a courtroom or in a deposition, but the latter adds a layer of difficulty because there's no judge present. Because of this, interpreters may have to address objections to the interpretation more often, as well as very few breaks, participants who are not familiar with the role of a court interpreter and technical difficulties in a remote setting, among others. Attendees will be encouraged to bring up

AIJIC will oppose a motion to dismiss its lawsuit against One Call, whom it sued in January 2024 as a result of instances of theft of interpreter's names and credentials.  In May of this year, One Call filed a motion for summary judgment asking the court to dismiss the lawsuit. In this motion, One Call argues, without any supporting evidence, that the impersonations introduced in litigation are less than 0.003% of all their interpreted depositions and that the problem is no l

In January of this year, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) revised a 2021 rule that established factors to determine whether a worker is an

On January 31, 2024, AIJIC sued One Call in the Los Angeles Superior Court. The lawsuit stems from multiple cases of identity theft of court interpreters' names and credentials in Workers Compensation depositions. Click here to read the complaint. To learn more about why we took legal action and where we are today in our litigation, please click her e. Our lawsuit in the media.

We're pleased to report that we were able to successfully lobby for a major change in a provision of AB 1032 that threatened the ability...

In light of the recent multiple cases of certified court interpreters being impersonated at depositions, AIJIC's attorneys have been...

AIJIC is in ongoing talks with CFI and AAPTI to discuss the Judicial Council call for bids for third parties to provide telephonic and...

AIJIC has learned through its lobbyist, Mandy Lee from Omni Government Relations, that language has been introduced in the budget trailer...

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On October 17, 2016, AIJIC President Mariana Bension-Larkin addressed the Language Access Plan (LAP) Implementation Task Force in San...