Best Practices in Working with Court Interpreters and Ethical Issues in Court Interpreting (OnDemand)
Originally held on Tuesday, July 15, 2025 | 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Description:
This course is designed to equip New York attorneys and court interpreters with the essential knowledge and ethical guidelines required for effective collaboration. This discussion--moderated by a criminal court trial attorney--features a panel of professional court interpreters and a Supreme Court justice. The panel will address the many ethical, legal, and practical issues that arise in the courtroom and elsewhere, and how attorneys can best avail themselves of court interpreting services.
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CLE Credit:
New York: 1.5 Total: 1.0 Skills & 0.5 Ethics
New Jersey: 1.8 Total: 1.3 General & 0.5 Professional Responsibility
California: 1.5 Total: 1.0 General & 0.5 Professional Responsibility
Pennsylvania: 1.5 Total: 1.0 General & 0.5 Professional Responsibility
Connecticut: Available to Licensed Attorneys
Newly admitted attorneys in New York CANNOT earn skills, ethics, or cybersecurity-ethics credit for transitional on-demand courses but CAN earn credits in the areas of professional practice, law practice management, or cybersecurity-general if offered for this program.
Program Fee:
$99 for Members | $199 for Nonmembers
Members who are Law Students, Recent Law Graduates, Newly Admitted Lawyers (admitted for the first time in any state or country 2023-2025), In-House/Corporate Counsel, Judges, and attorneys who practice within the Government, Academic or Not-for-Profit sectors attend this program for free.
For New York Attorneys: Effective through December 31, 2025 newly admitted attorneys (those admitted to the New York State Bar for two years or less) may earn skills credits in a traditional live classroom setting or through individual participation (self-study) or group participation, utilizing the following live, nontraditional formats where questions are allowed during the program (web conference, teleconference, video conference). After December 31, 2025, newly admitted attorneys must complete skills CLE credits in either the traditional live classroom setting or by fully interactive video conference group participation only (where participants are physically together in a group setting).
For New York Attorneys: This program is a transitional/non-transitional course.
Program Chair:
Jeffrey Linehan, Criminal Defense Attorney, Assigned Counsel Plan, Criminal Courts Committee of NYC Bar, Member
Sponsoring Association Committee:
Criminal Courts | Carola Beeney & Anna G. Cominsky, Co-Chairs
Sponsored By & Presented in Collaboration with:
New York Circle of Translators (NYCT)
Law Division of the American Translators Association (ATA)
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