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

handle is hein.journals/tmcjpcl8 and id is 571 raw text is: NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING CLIENTS 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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