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8 T.M. Cooley J. Prac. & Clinical L. 235 (2005-2006)
Non-English Speaking Clients

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MODERATOR: YOLI REDERO
YOLI REDERO: Susan Berk-Seligson is an Associate Professor at
Vanderbilt University, appointed jointly in the Center for Latin
American and Iberian Studies and in the Department of Spanish and
Portuguese. Her book, The Bilingual Courtroom: Court Interpreters
in the Judicial Process, published by the University of Chicago Press
in 1990, was given the British Association for Applied Linguistics
annual award for Outstanding Book in the Field of Applied
Linguistics. An expanded edition of the book was published by the
Press in 2002.
Her most recent articles in the field of language and law have
appeared in the Forensic Linguistics: The International Journal of
Speech, Language and the Law and Language In Society; and she
serves as a member of the editorial board of the International
Journal of Speech, Language and the Law and of the advisory board
of Interpreting: International Journal of Research and Practice in
Interpreting.
She's a research associate of the National Center for State Courts
and serves on the advisory board of that Center's projects on
domestic violence against the Limited English Speaking.
She also serves on the advisory board of the Federal Court
Interpreters Examination.
She has worked as an expert witness involving linguistic issues
regarding the interrogation of Spanish-speaking criminal defendants,
as well as plaintiffs in class action suits who have been subjected to
discriminatory English-only policies in the workplace.
In the latter capacity, she has worked on a number of occasions
with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
And I will introduce Professor Muneer Ahmad after Dr.
Berkseligson is finished.
DR. BERK-SELIGSON: I'd like to talk about court interpreters
and their role in judicial proceedings, and I would like to review
some basic points that have been raised and the people who have
done research in this field. My discussion is heavily based on a

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