News & Announcements

Updates on the Availability of Certified Language Testing

Due to the possible compromise of National Center for State Courts (NCSC) oral exam content, all test forms for Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Levantine) and Mandarin have been suspended by NCS ...

Courts can apply for multiple signage and technology projects Please submit your application via the Technology Grants and Programs SharePoint site. Deadline: February 6, 2026. If you have any questions, please email LAP@jud.ca.gov. Please also visit ...

Explore the collection of legal glossaries in languages like Arabic, Punjabi, Spanish, Vietnamese, and more. 

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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