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From the Street to the Courtroom: Effective Interpreting Practices with Law Enforcement

Presented By: Alexandria Miller, CDI

Course Duration: 2 hours


Subscription: 6 Months


CEU Credits: .2 Legal

From the Street to the Courtroom: Effective Interpreting Practices with Law Enforcement

Price range: $37.49 through $49.99

Course Description & Objectives

This session offers resources aimed at interpreters who work in legal and law enforcement settings, and/or interpreters who may be interested in working in the settings. It covers the skills, ethics, and strategies interpreters need to facilitate accurate and impartial communication from initial contact with law enforcement through court proceedings.

Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Identify a minimum of three ethical responsibilities and boundaries of interpreters working with law enforcement and legal personnel.
  • List a minimum of three strategies to navigate ethical dilemmas while interpreting with law enforcement and legal personnel.
  • Identify a minimum of two approaches that can be used to enhance collaboration between interpreters and law enforcement/legal personnel.

Meet Your Instructor

The image shows a headshot of a smiling woman, Alexandria Miller, with long, dark hair. She's wearing a dark blue blazer over a white top with a gathered neckline. The background is slightly blurred, showing a grassy outdoor setting with some trees.
Alexandria Miller, CDI

Alexandria is a Deaf employee at the Department of Justice who carries a rich experience of understanding how the language functions in the interpreting process. She has worked with sign language interpreters for more than thirteen years and is from a Deaf family where signing is the primary mode of communication. She has graduated from Seymour Joseph Institute’s Interpreting in Training Program where she and others were the first Deaf CDIs to graduate from the program. Alexandria has taught classes at the Interpreting in Training Program; Ethics in Interpreting, Contrasting of the Interpreting Models, Legal Interpreting, and Working with the Deaf Interpreter. She obtained her Masters of Science in Criminal Justice Administration from Tiffin University and has worked in the Tri-States as a freelance Certified Deaf interpreter.

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