Judges and Judiciary
Jun. 16, 2015
Cuéllar leads language access push for courts
Lack of affordable interpreters can turn a courthouse into a Tower of Babel where justice is jeopardized for litigants with weak English skills. A Judicial Council task force is trying to tackle an issue that lacks easy solutions.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Lack of affordable interpreters can turn a courthouse into a Tower
of Babel where justice is jeopardized as litigants with weak English skills struggle
to grasp the goings-on. Language access advocates led by Justice Mariano-Florentino
CuÃ(C)llar of the state Supreme Court heard alarming examples at recent public hearings.
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