The National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators' mission is to promote quality services in the field of legal interpreting and translating. Our members play a critical role in ensuring due process, equal protection and equal access for non-English or limited English proficient (LEP) individuals who interact with the judicial system.

As of 2011, membership in the National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators totals over 1200 professionals , and includes practicing spoken language judiciary interpreters and translators, as well as those who interpret or translate in other settings, judges, Ph.D. linguists, educators, researchers, students, administrators, and managers of non-profit community language bureaus and for-profit language agencies. NAJIT boasts a growing number of interpreters who work between English and American Sign Language (ASL). While most of our membership resides in the U.S, some members live and work in Latin America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Anyone with an interest in the field of judiciary interpreting and translating or who shares NAJIT's interests and objectives is welcome to join.

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WHAT'S NEW

  • January 6, 2012 -- NAJIT's blog is now up and running. Check it out here.
  • December 20 , 2011 -- The Department of Justice has released the investigative findings on the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. The full report can be found here.
  • December 14 , 2011 -- You can read the message from NAJIT Chair, Robert Cruz, reprinted from the Winter 2011 Issue of Proteus. Click here.
  • December 14 , 2011 -- NAJIT Director Maria Cristina de la Vega had an article published in the Nov/Dec 2011 issue of the ATA Chronicle titled "Interpreting Spurs the Monkey Mind" Vol. XL No. 11 p. 29.
  • December 6 , 2011 -- NAJIT has provided an amicus curiae brief for the Supreme Court in the case of  Kouichi Tamagachi v. Kan Pacific Saipan, Ltd.

    The brief can be found here.

    An important part of NAJIT’s mission is to offer the public an accurate understanding of the important differences between interpreters and translators. Misconstruction of the 28 U.S.C. § 1920(6) muddles this distinction and risks that interpreters or translators may be expected to have skills outside of their specialties. In short, the distinction between translators and interpreters is well-known within the language-professional industry – and particularly among those who work in the judicial arena – and NAJIT is keenly interested in educating the public (and the Court) regarding this important issue.
  • November 16, 2011 -- The Exhibitor and Sponsor Packet for NAJIT's 33rd Annual Conference is now available.
  • October 28, 2011 -- Save the Date: The 2012 NAJIT Conference will be held in Boston/Cambridge, MA May 18-20, 2012.
  • September 29, 2011 -- NAJIT has begun compiling information and resources for ASL interpreters. If you have suggestions, please contact us at hq@najit.org.
  • September 23, 2011 -- You can read the message from NAJIT Chair, Robert Cruz, reprinted from the Fall 2011 Issue of Proteus. Click here.
  • September 20, 2011 -- NAJIT Director Maria Cristina de la Vega's review of the NAJIT Conference has just been published in the ATA "The Interpreter's Voice". Read it here.
  • August 18, 2011 -- Bench and Bar Committee Powerpoint presentation. This file is in .PDF format. The presentation provides basic information about the use of interpreters in courtrooms and legal settings.
  • AudioLinks Offer -- By special arrangement with NAJIT, AudioLinks Services is offering NAJIT members an extraordinary discount of more than $350.00 off the purchase of the latest in interpreting technology – the Williams Sound 2-Way Digi-Wave Interpreter Kit. For more information, and to order, please click here.