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A split-screen webinar screenshot. The left side features a slide titled "When does it become legally required?" with a flowchart mapping healthcare communication from the beginning to specific services. The right side shows two stacked video feeds featuring presenters Alexandria Pucciarelli (she/her) at the top and Aaryn (she/her) at the bottom.

Access, Equity, and Accuracy: Parallels Between Legal and Healthcare Interpreting

Presented By: Aaryn Adams, RID NIC, BEI Master & BEI Court and Alexandria Miller, CDI

Course Duration: 2 hours


Subscription: 6 Months


CEU Credits: .2 PS/Legal

Access, Equity, and Accuracy: Parallels Between Legal and Healthcare Interpreting

Price range: $37.49 through $49.99

Course Description & Objectives

The distinctions between medical and legal interpreting are becoming increasingly blurred. While some may have once believed, “I’m a medical interpreter; legal interpreting is too high-stakes,” the reality is that many medical encounters carry significant legal implications. The stakes have always been high, and it is time to engage in an open dialogue about strategies to promote access, advance equity, and ensure accuracy in our interpreting practice. Join us for an in-depth discussion on advocating for appropriate staffing, effectively utilizing medical language to navigate challenging conversations, and centering Deaf clients in our interpreting work. This workshop will provide practical insights to enhance your professional practice across both legal and healthcare settings.

Through interactive demonstrations, guided practice, and reflective discussions, participants will:

  • Identify two key principles common to legal and healthcare interpreting that highlight the importance of access, equity, and accuracy.
  • Identify a minimum of three types of healthcare interpreting scenarios with potential legal implications.
  • List a minimum of three strategies for effectively interpreting legal matters within healthcare environments.

Meet Your Instructors

Aaryn Adams' professional headshot.
Aaryn Adams, RID NIC, BEI Master & BEI Court

Aaryn has been an interpreter for 20 years, earning her first certification in 2010. She values collaboration and strives to establish best practices within interpreting communities for managing vicarious trauma and ethical decisions. Most of her career has been spent on designated interpreter teams for medical professionals, PhD candidates, and government employees. She currently specializes in conference and business travel interpreting and is a practitioner-focused workshop leader.

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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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DO NOT RECEIVE CEUs, RECEIVE CEUs