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Philadelphia Court Interpreter Services Study National Center for State Courts February 15, 1995 |
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E M O R A N D U M August 9, 1995 To President and Administrative Judges, Court Administrators
and Deputy Court Administrators From: Geoff Gallas, Executive Administrator Subject: PHILADELPHIA
COURT INTERPRETER SERVICES STUDY Please find
attached the final National Center for State Courts report on interpreter
services. I ask that each of you take time to review this report so that we can
discuss implementation of the recommendations. This project, as detailed in the
report, was overseen by an Advisory Committee of the First Judicial
District. The committee members
included: Honorable C. Darnell Jones, Honorable
Nitza I. Quinones Alejandro, Honorable Stephen E. Levin, Honorable Francis P. Cosgrove, Geoff Gallas, Bernard A.
Scally, Matthew M. Tierney, Alfred Carlone, Rita Crumlish,
and Frank Rivera. This committee was ably assisted-by Kathy Rapone, Senior
Staff Advisor with the Office of the Executive Administrator who is now the
Acting Deputy Court Administrator for Municipal Court. A good number of the
committee members met to discuss the report, and basically agree with the
recommendations with some qualifications. Again, my hope is that we can move
toward agreement on implementation of the recommendations or alternative
approaches some time before the end of this year. As pointed out in the report,
some significant savings and improvements in quality are easily within our
reach. I look
forward to your comments and any questions you may have concerning the
substance of the report and the study process. Thank you. GG/bh cc: NCSC
Court Interpreter Advisory Committee PJsetal..int
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