We are pleased to announce that the Association of Independent Judicial Interpreters of California (AIJIC) and One Call Corporation have settled the lawsuit arising from the impersonation of certified interpreters and the use of false badges in connection with Spanish language interpretation services in California (AIJIC v. One Call, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 24STCV02594). The matter has been resolved pursuant to the terms of the following consent judgment: link

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

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)