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Guidelines and Resources for Legal Settings

The Judicial Council on Diversity & Inclusion (JCDI – previously called the the Judicial Council on Cultural Diversity, JCCD) has developed a set of Recommended National Standards for Working with Interpreters in Courts and Tribunals, to promote optimal practices in Australian courtrooms. AUSIT strongly encourages anyone working with interpreters in a courtroom setting to familiarise themselves with these Standards, below. Other guidelines, specifically for lawyers, judges and judicial officers communicating legal rights, can also be found below, as can some resources that are specifically for legal settings.

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Recommended National Standards for Working with Interpreters in Courts and Tribunals – 2nd Edition
Guidelines for Lawyers on working with Interpreters in Court
Interpreters in Criminal Proceedings: Benchbook for Judicial Officers
Guidelines for Communicating Rights to Non-Native Speakers of English in Australia, England and Wales, and the USA, 2015
Survey on the Implementation of the Recommended National Standards for Working with Interpreters in Courts and Tribunals, November 2020

Further resources specific to certain state jurisdictions (NSW, SA, VIC) are available:

NSW Local Court Bench Book — Interpreters
Interpreter Protocols: South Australia

People working with interpreters in family violence settings are encouraged to read the Victorian Royal Commission Report into Family Violence, Report and Recommendations, 2017:

Royal Commission into Family Violence

The Office of Public Prosecutions Victoria has produced this useful flow chart summarising the criminal justice process in Victoria:

Summary of the prosecution and court process (flow chart)

A number of videos are available to assist and prepare people who will be working with Indigenous language translators and interpreters in legal settings:

NT Police warnings - Aboriginal languages
You Understand, Don't You? (Pintupi-Luritja)
You Understand, Don't You? Part 2 (Yolngu Matha)

AUSIT’s Guidelines for People who Work with Interpreters: Sight Translation are also relevant – go to the ‘In Legal Settings’ section.

Guidelines for People who Work with Interpreters:
Sight Translation
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for court interpreters to report incidents or issues that occur in court interpreting assignments.

Purpose and function of this information submission form.

This form enables you to report issues or problems that you encounter in the course of court interpreting assignments. These issues and problems will be collected by AUSIT to report to the JCCD (the Judicial Council on Cultural Diversity) to monitor the implementation of the Recommended National Standards. The reporting of these issues and problems enables AUSIT to work with the JCCD to suggest steps to address these issues and to avoid the repetition of these problems in the future.

  • Details of interpreter and court interpreting assignment

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  • Give details of what you wish to report on in chronological order below (NOTE: you can access the Recommended National Standards here)

  • Thank you for taking the time to report your experience. It will assist us in advocating for interpreters to be treated as the skilled and experienced professionals that we are. Your feedback is welcome.

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