Studies and Reports on Language Access

The Judicial Council has developed various studies and reports related to court interpreter services and language access implementation to support and expand language access services in the California courts.

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Strategic Plan for Language Access in the California Courts
California Court Interpreter Workforce Study
Language Need and Interpreter Use Studies
Annual Trial Court Interpreters Program Expenditure Reports

Fiscal Year - 2024-2025: Coming soon

Language Access Metrics Reports
Fact Sheets
American Sign Language
Testing and Other Studies
Archive of Historical Documents - REFERENCE ONLY
Metrics Reports

2021 Language Access Metrics Report (Fall 2021) 
2020 Language Access Metrics Report (Spring 2020)

Annual Trial Court Interpreters Program Expenditure Reports

Fiscal Year 2023-2024
Fiscal Year 2022-2023
Fiscal Year 2021-2022
Fiscal Year 2020-2021

Other Reports

Public Outreach: Language Access Multilingual Educational Materials (February 2021)
Language Access Services Program Updates (February 2021)
Language Access Services Program Updates (Spring 2020)
2020 Language Access Survey Report (May 2020)
Coronavirus (Covid-19) Handout; You and Your Court Interpreter; Staying Save During COVID-19 (May 2020)
The council allocated language access grants for trial court signage and technology to improve services and better assist court users with limited English skills (April 16, 2020)
Recommended Guidelines for the Use of Deaf Intermediary Interpreters (2011)
Study of Court Interpreter Services in Civil Cases in California (2008)