Language Services Section |
The Language Services Section supports the Judiciary's goal of ensuring that persons with
limited English proficiency (LEP) have equal access to the courts and support services.
Language Services seeks to improve court interpreter services by coordinating the court interpreter testing program;
developing and implementing polices in related areas, and performing administrative tasks such as managing statistics,
providing the Registry of Interpreting Resources and piloting new ways of enhancing delivery of interpreting services.
For more information about the court interpreter program, please contact:
Robert Joe Lee, Court Executive
Language Services Section
Administrative Office of the Courts
P.O. Box 988
Trenton, NJ 08625-0988
E mail: Language_Services.Mailbox@judiciary.state.nj.us
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Provides links to Interpreter/Bilingual
Job Opportunites within the NJ Judicary, Key Managers of interpreting services, and
a List of Languages.
Provides information for those seeking to become a NJ Court interpreter in a spoken langage, as well as some answers to Frequently Asked
Questions.
Provides information for those seeking to become a NJ Court interpreter in ASL, as well as some answers to Frequently Asked
Questions.
Provides information and links for those who have met the qualifications to work as a NJ court interpreter.
Provides information for those seeking to register an agency to deliver
on-site or telephone interpreting services.
Links to additional resources on the web. |
Provides an overview of the registry of interpreters,
a listing of Freelance Interpreters, agencies for on-site services, agencies for telephone interpreting and a resource for identifying languages.
Provides information about finding work,
updating one's registration with the Judiciary, and resources for professional development.
Provides information specific to existing registered interpreters and agencies.
Provides Operational Standards for Telephone Interpreting, as well as Manuals for Judges, Managers who coordinate
interpreting services, and Interpreters.
Provides information on policies relating to All courts, Superior Courts Only, and Municipal Courts Only.
Provides Interpreter workload statistics and additional links for Demographic Statistics re Linguistic
Minorities.
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| Language Services Forms |
| Ensuring Equal Access for LEP Persons |
| According to the 2000 census, one of every four persons residing in New Jersey speaks a language other than English at
home, up from one out of every five persons in 1990. Many of these persons need the assistance of interpreters when
they appear in court as parties or witnesses if they are going to participate meaningfully in those proceedings. In
the first year for which statistics were available, court year 1996-1997, interpreters were needed in Superior Court
for over 45,000 events in forty-six languages. By Court Year 2006-2007, the volume of interpreted proceedings almost
doubled to 86,765 events. (more...)
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