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Law Practice

Jul. 8, 2006

Limited English Should Not Be a Legal Liability

Fourm Column - California currently has no provisions providing for interpreters in civil courts for self-represented and/or indigent litigants.

Forum Column

By Joann Lee



California currently has no provisions providing for interpreters in civil courts for self-represented and/or indigent litigants. As a result, many indigent litigants with limited English proficiency are being denied meaningful access to justice in California. The need for qualified interpreters in civil courts was recently documented in a September 2005 report of the California Commission on Access to Justice entit...

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