NAJIT -- The Professional Association for Court Interpreters
WHAT'S NEW
- July 7 , 2011 -- By special arrangement with NAJIT, AudioLink 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.
- June 14 , 2011 -- The Message from NAJIT's Incoming Chair, Robert Cruz. reprinted from the Summer 2011 Issue of Proteus. Click here.
- June 14 , 2011 -- The Summer 2011 Issue of Proteus is now available in the Members Only section of the website.
- June 13 , 2011 -- The American Bar Association has released a draft of its Language Access Standards that will affect court interpreters working with LEPs. This is the fruit of the Laying the Path project that NAJIT has been working on as part of our Bench & Bar initiatives. The Standards can be found here.
- May 25 , 2011 -- The ATA is hosting FIT-IFT's XIX World Congress - Bridging Cultures in San Francisco, CA August 1-4, 2011. For more information, please go to the Calendar.
- May 24 , 2011 -- The results of the elections for the Board of Directors were announced at the Annual Meeting held at the conference. Rosemary W. Dann was re-elected for a two-year term, and Maria Cristina de la Vega was newly elected to serve on the Board of Directors. Robert Cruz was unanimously elected as the Chair of the Board of Directors of NAJIT.
- May 24 , 2011 -- The Interpreter Office of the Southern District of New York has posted suggestions for attorneys working with interpreters. The article can be found here.
The National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators is the main professional organization of court iinterpreters and translators, and interpreters working in legal and other judicial settings.
Our mission is to promote quality interpreting and translating services in the courts and other legal and judicial settings. Our members play a critical role in assuring due process, equal protection and equal access for non-English or limited English proficient (LEP) individuals who interact with the judicial system.
As of 2010, membership in NAJIT totals more 1200 professionals , and includes practicing court interpreters and translators as well as attorneys, judges, Ph.D. linguists, educators, researchers, students, administrators, and managers of non-profit community language bureaus and for-profit language agencies. 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 court or legal interpreting and translating or who shares NAJIT's interests and objectives is welcome to join.