Chapter one of the Final Report of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Committee on Racial & Gender Bias in the Justice System released on Tuesday, March 4, 2003 deals with issues of rights of Limited English Proficiency persons in Pennsylvania courts.
Table of Contents Report on Litigants with Limited English Proficiency |
| Introduction to Report on Litigants with Limited English Proficiency by Committee on Racial and Gender Bias in the Judicial System |
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Recommendations to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Litigants with Limited English Proficiency by Committee on Racial and Gender Bias in the Judicial System |
| Open Recommendations to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Litigants with Limited English Proficiency by Committee on Racial and Gender Bias in the Judicial System as a separate Adobe pdf file |
| Synopsis of Findings on Litigants with Limited English Proficiency by Committee on Racial and Gender Bias in the Judicial System |
| General Findings on Litigants with Limited English Proficiency by Committee on Racial and Gender Bias in the Judicial System |
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Legal Analysis on Issues Relating to Litigants with Limited English Proficiency by Committee on Racial and Gender Bias in the Judicial System |
| Bibliography on Issues Relating to Litigants with Limited English Proficiency by Committee on Racial and Gender Bias in the Judicial System Annexed to Report Appendix |
| Table of Contents Appendix to Report on Litigants with Limited English Proficiency |
| Committee on Racial and Gender Bias in the Judicial System Members |
| Racial And Ethnic Bias Subcommittee Members |
| Litigants with Limited English Proficiency Workgroup |
| Open Report on Litigants with Limited English Proficiency as Adobe Portable Document File (right click to download) |
Go to Additional materials Related to PA Supreme Court Committee on Racial and Gender Bias - Limited English Proficiency Litigants Issues |
Go to Other Chapters and Executive Summary PA Supreme Court Committee on Racial and Gender Bias |
Open Adobe Portable Document File (right click to download) with Recommendations from full Final Report of Pennsylvania Supreme Court Committee on Racial and Gender Bias and Links to each of the 14 Chapters of the Report |
| Go to Pennsylvania Supreme Court Website for full Racial and Gender Bias Report |
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Press Release from Pennsylvania Supreme Court Concerning Acceptance of Report and Task Groups for Implementation: http://www.courts.state.pa.us/Index/aopc/pressreleases/prrel03304.asp |
| Press Release March 26, 2003 from Pennsylvania Supreme Court Concerning Change to Implementation Task Groups: http://www.courts.state.pa.us/Index/Aopc/PressReleases/prrel03326.asp or Open as Adobe Portable document file |
Additional Materials Related to
PA Supreme Court Committee on Racial and Gender Bias
Limited English Proficiency Litigants Issues
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Committee on Race and Gender Bias Public Hearing Witnesses Addressing Limited English Proficiency |
| Friends of Farmworkers Statement on Special Issues Affecting Non-English Speaking Litigants December 2000 Testimony to Committee on Racial and Gender Bias in the Judicial System Philadelphia Hearing December 6, 2000 |
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William Westerman and the Philadelphia Folklore Project "Cultural Barriers to Justice in Greater Philadelphia: Background, Bias and the Law" at http://www.folkloreproject.org/archive/pubs/lawculture.pdf |
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Appendix to Chapter One Litigants with Limited English Proficiency to Final Report Pennsylvania Supreme Court Committee on Racial and Gender Bias in the Judicial System |
| Table of Contents-- Appendix to Report on Litigants with Limited English Proficiency |
| Languages Spoken at Home County by County Breakdown 1990 Census See New Census 2000 Data link below: |
| Requests for Interpreters 1st Judicial District 2001 |
| Bibliography on Issues Relating to Litigants with Limited English Proficiency by Committee on Racial and Gender Bias in the Judicial System Annexed to Report Appendix |
| Community Agency Survey |
| Pennsylvania Association of Court Management Survey |
| Go to Table of Contents Philadelphia Court Interpreter Study National Center for State Courts (February 1995) New! |
| See Recommendations Philadelphia Court Interpreter Study National Center for State Courts (February 1995) New! |
| Open full Philadelphia Court Interpreter Services Study National Center for State Courts (February 1995) as a text searchable1.5 megabyte Adobe Portable Document File |
| Philadelphia Court Interpreter Services Study Appendices 1-5 (1.5 megabyte file) |
| Written Testimony of Anna Arias |
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Transcripts of Public Hearings Before Race and Gender Bias Committee Links to Witness Testimony Relating to Limited English Proficiency Litigants |
| Download (right click on link) for full Appendix to Chapter One Litigants with Limited English Proficiency to Final Report Pennsylvania Supreme Court Committee on Racial and Gender Bias in the Judicial System (large Adobe Acrobat file- 9 megabytes) |
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Census 2000 Data on Limited English Proficiency Populations in Pennsylvania |
| See on Philadelphia Courts: Women's Law Project (2003) - Justice in the Domestic Relations Division of Philadelphia Family Court: Report to the Community |
| See additional Links on Limited English Proficiency Issues |
| Go to Other Chapters and Executive Summary PA Supreme Court Committee on Racial and Gender Bias |
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Appendix Material is in Volume 1 (130 megabyte file) |
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