News & Announcements

July 7, 2026: BIE seats sold out at all testing locations. 
 
July 1, 2026: All Examination Registrations are Open

The Court Interpreters Program (CIP) has updated its interpreter testing registration process. While the examinations&nb ...

Language Access Services Program updated the 2026 Multilingual Court Closures Signs, which reflect the updated court-closure sign for March 31, 2026.
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The Judicial Council’s Language Access Services (LAS) has received reports of individuals impersonating certified and registered court interpreters while working in the private sector (such as in depositions) by using the names and credential numbers ...

Beginning Jan. 1, 2025, AB 1032 (Stats. 2023, ch. 556), makes extensive changes to the Trial Court Interpreter Employment and Labor Relations Act.

New Terms and Definitions

“Intermittent, part-time interpreter” replaces “interpreter pro tem ...

Language Access Services announces the implementation of the California Court Interpreter Workforce Pilot Program. The pilot program is intended to increase the number of court interpreter employees in the courts by reimbursing participants ...

Language Access Services is pleased to release the Language Access Metrics Report (Spring 2024), summarizing California’s language access data as of July 2023, to track statewide efforts to make comprehensive language access a reality in the courts.
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