Court interpreter certification, the law and the craft of interpreting: every document as issued, from the Judicial Council of California to Harvard Law School's online programs.
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The credential that matters most for court work, and the Judicial Council program that comes with it.
Passed the state's written examination and the bilingual oral examination in sight translation, consecutive and simultaneous interpreting. It is the credential that qualifies an interpreter for California courts, and state law also deems a certified court interpreter qualified for administrative hearings and for medical examinations that determine damages in civil cases.
The Judicial Council's orientation for court interpreters in the California courts.
Formal study of the law behind the interviews, hearings, depositions and documents Mikhail works on.
A program in U.S. immigration law: the categories, forms, procedure and terminology behind asylum, family-based, removal and naturalization cases.
Taught by Charles Fried, Beneficial Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, former Solicitor General of the United States and former justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. How contracts are formed, interpreted and enforced: the vocabulary of every contract dispute and commercial deposition Mikhail interprets.
Harvard Law School's introduction to U.S. law for incoming law students: federal and state court systems, reading cases and precedent, how statutes are interpreted, and a preview of civil litigation, criminal law and torts.
Clear, precise legal drafting for readers across languages and legal systems: the standard Mikhail applies to certified translations and written expert opinions.
The science of language as evidence, and the craft of consecutive interpreting.
Foundations of forensic linguistics; language and law; forensic phonetics; forensic syntax; discourse analysis in forensic settings; language and deception; psycholinguistics and forensic psychology; forensic stylistics; computer-assisted forensic linguistics; ethics and professional practice. The groundwork for Mikhail's expert opinions on disputed translation.
Advanced technique in consecutive interpreting, the mode used at USCIS interviews, depositions and witness testimony. Approved for continuing education by the American Translators Association, CCHI, NBCMI and the California courts (CIMCE #L4538).
Registered Court Interpreter, New York State Unified Court System · Immigration court interpreter, U.S. Department of Justice (EOIR) · DOJ–EOIR immigration court training, Southern California School of Interpreting · Machine Translation Post-Editing, RWS · California Notary Public · Member, National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators · Translation partner, New England Institute for Country Conditions Expertise. More detail is on the credentials page.
Certificates are shown as issued. Online courses and educational certificates are not law degrees or licenses to practice law: Mikhail is a court interpreter and translator, not an attorney, and does not give legal advice.
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