https://solopracticeuniversity.com/2012/11/19/keys-to-working-with-an-interpreter/ The 'Practice of Law' School Tue, 25 Apr 2023 12:23:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.21 https://solopracticeuniversity.com/2012/11/19/keys-to-working-with-an-interpreter/#comment-83597 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:49:22 +0000 http://solopracticeuniversity.com/?p=6078#comment-83597 Excellent points Catherine and thanks for letting us know about the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (www.rid.org). If you don’t mind, do you have any tips/suggestions for lawyers wanting to work with sign language interpreters?

]]> https://solopracticeuniversity.com/2012/11/19/keys-to-working-with-an-interpreter/#comment-83507 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 07:38:00 +0000 http://solopracticeuniversity.com/?p=6078#comment-83507 I am an attorney and legally-certified sign language interpreter. The national Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf website has a searchable database for legally certified interpreters. The name of the certification is the SC:L (Specialist Certificate: Legal) and the search can be limited to only SC:L-certified interpreters. I have heard of many occasions where unqualified sign language interpreters are hired to interpret in legal settings and it need not be so. Additionally, the visual nature of American Sign Language requires different placement of the interpreter in the courtroom as well as during attorney-client meetings. There are several other differences when working with a sign language interpreter as compared to a spoken-language interpreter.

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