(Next Class Starts, Monday, May 6, 2024)

Highlander Communications is now offering training for legal/court/immigration interpreting.

This 60 + 5 hour Spring 2024 course is being conducted via Zoom or Google Meet. It is approved by the NYS Department of Labor and is listed on the ETPL Provider Training Courses.

Description: This 60 + 5 hour zoom/google meet class covers the basics of interpreting in the legal field, highlighting legal consultations, immigration court, criminal, family, bankruptcy, traffic and more. The focus is the court system in the United States. Students will receive training on how to interpret in the above settings in telephonic, video and in-person interpreting. Besides procedures, students will learn the ethics of legal interpreting, basic terminology for each of the settings and, extensive practice in both consecutive and simultaneous modes.

Fifteen Sessions: Four hours each session on Zoom or Google Meet. Students are required to participate at all sessions. If they have a problem and cannot attend a session, they must schedule with the instructors to view the class which will be recorded and follow up with instructors after they have viewed it. See below for the schedule.

Tuition: $750 USA dollars — ($700 if paid in full in advance of first class.)

Students can pays in two installments: $400 due at the start of the sessions and the final payment of $350 is due before the end of the last class. Other options available upon request. Payments can be made by check, credit card, PayPal, Venmo, CashApp, Zelle.

Materials: Students will receive modules to a digital manual which they will download on a weekly basis during the course.

At the end of the training and successful completion of oral/written tests, candidates will receive a Certificate of Completion and a Letter of Completion, detailing topics covered.

For more information about this and other courses, email contact@highlandercom.com or call +1-315-796-9284.