Focuses on language access for court interpreting
Publisher: National Center for State Courts
[pdf] Unaccompanied Immigrant Children Bench Card (2015) (+)
[pdf] Promoting Access to Justice for Immigrant Crime Victims and Children: Findings of a National Judicial Survey and Policy Recommendations (2018) (+)
This article is from the 2018 edition of Trends in State Courts and discusses findings from NIWAP’s extensive national survey of judges, including recommendations for courts, judges, judicial training, and access to justice. The article reviews the results from the report “Promoting Access to Justice for Immigrant and LEP Crime Victims in an Age of Increased Immigration Enforcement – National Report.”
[pdf] NCSC, Serving Limited English Proficient (LEP) Battered Women: A National Survey of the Courts’ Capacity to Provide Protection Orders (June 30, 2006) (+)
This study explores the capacity of Limited English Proficient (LEP) petitioners to receive
orders of protection. It was carried out by using a multi-method study design that included a
national survey of courts, an intensive survey of a select group of courts and community-based
organizations within their jurisdictions, and the assessment of selected sites that can serve as
national models.
[pdf] NCSC White Paper: Improving the Courts’ Capacity to Serve Limited English Proficient Persons Seeking Protection Orders (+)
Improving court’s ability to serve limited English proficient (LEP) individuals who are seeking protection orders.
[pdf] Bench Card: Court Interpretation in Protection Order Hearings (+)
Judicial benchcard to help judges determine when a language interpreter is necessary and how to appoint and work with an interpreter an interpreter during Order of Protection Proceedings.
[pdf] Code of Professional Responsibility for Interpreters Serving Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Victims of Domestic Violence Outside of the Courtroom and Judicial Settings (+)
Details of the “Model Code of Professional Responsibility for Interpreters in the Judiciary,” for interpreters who work with limited English proficiency (LEP) individuals.