Limited English Proficiency

• Department of Justice Links on Requirements for Title VI of Civil Rights Act of 1964 Compliance for Limited English Proficiency Services

• Department of Health and Human Services Links on Requirements for Title VI of Civil Rights Act of 1964 Compliance for Limited English Proficiency Services

• Links to Department of Labor Guidance for Title VI Compliance for Limited English Proficiency Services  May 29, 2003 Federal Register Guidance as PDF File

• LEP.gov: federal Interagency Working Group on Limited English Proficiency

• National Limited English Proficiency Advocacy Task Force

• PA Census Data on limited English Proficient Populations

• PA Supreme Court Committee on Racial and Gender Bias Recommendations

• PA Campaign for Litigants Equal Participation

Bar Associations - Limited English Proficiency

• Resolution Adopted September 25, 2003: Philadelphia Bar Association "Resolution Concerning Equal Access to Courts and Administrative Agencies By Limited English Proficient Persons and Persons with Disabilities"

• Philadelphia Bar Association Resolution June 1994: "Calling For Testing and Certification of Foreign Language Interpreters In Pennsylvania Courts"

• Pennsylvania Bar Association  May 1994: "Resolution on Pennsylvania Court Interpreters"

Other Links

• Title VI Civil Rights Complaint Against PA Department of Labor

• Limited English Proficiency Issues - Friends of Farmworkers Website

• Links to Other Interpretation Services and Resources
  

• Model Court Interpreter Act

• Judge's Guide to Standards for Interpreted Proceedings

• Model Code of Professional Responsibility for Interpreters in the Judiciary

News November 29,  2006:

Governor Signs Pennsylvania Interpreter Certification Law as Act No. 172 of 2006

• On November 29, 2006 Pennsylvania Governor Rendell signed SB669 the Pennsylvania Interpreter Law

• See Photograph of Bill Signing

• See indexed text of SB669 as finally adopted

Testimony of Campaign for Litigants' Equal Participation before Senate Judiciary Committee May 17, 2004

• Open as a printable Adobe Portable Document file.

Philadelphia Court System - Litigants Equal Participation Issues

• Philadelphia Court Interpreter Services Study National Center for State Courts (February 1995) text searchable1.5 megabyte  Adobe Portable Document File

• Go to Table of Contents Philadelphia Court Interpreter Study National Center for State Courts (February 1995)

• See Recommendations Philadelphia Court Interpreter Study National Center for State Courts (February 1995)

• Women's Law Project (Philadelphia) - Justice in the Domestic Relations Division of Philadelphia Family Court: Report to the Community (2003)  Copy of report annotated with citations on access to justice for "non-English speaking" persons.

• Statistics from Pennsylvania Supreme Court Committee on Racial and Gender Bias in the Judicial System on requests for interpreter services in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.

• November 6, 2001First Judicial District Deputy Court Administrator Janet Fasy Dowds of Court Reporter and Interpreter Services is featured in the Techcourt.com's leader spotlight. Click here to read more.