Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An equal justice statue sits outside the doors of the Minnehaha County Courthouse in Sioux Falls. Interpreter use in South Dakota ...

CROWNPOINT, N.M. (AP) – Inside a study room at Navajo Technical University here, a class of seven employees from the Navajo Nation Judicial Branch is taking steps to enhance the Navajo language in ...

Almost daily, people stumble into the high-stakes world of criminal and civil court seeking justice — but the already daunting atmosphere is made even more intimidating by the fact that they don't ...

Across Ohio, there’s a shortage of qualified court interpreters: people who can translate complex legal jargon for non-English speakers in the state. The number of people seeking language ...

A new report finds significant language access barriers in Massachusetts courts for non-English speakers and the deaf or hard of hearing. Shortfalls include unreliable interpreters, a lack of ...

In recent years, interpretation in RI's District, Family and Superior courts has improved, but not in municipal and probate courts, where language interpretation is often informal and haphazard.

THE Supreme Court en banc has approved the rules on Filipino Sign Language (FSL) Interpreting in the Judiciary, that aims to ensure equal, effective access to justice for hearing-impaired Filipinos ...

Interpreter use in South Dakota courtrooms has more than doubled in the last decade, according to the Unified Judicial System. Requests for translation services, which cost the state more than $26,000 ...