Event Title
Concurrent Session 4D. Promoting Language Access in the Legal Academy
Location
Room 402
Start Date
6-10-2012 10:10 AM
End Date
6-10-2012 11:10 AM
Description
Presentation will discuss how to incorporate language access issues into the law school environment. Panelists will discuss exercises and class discussion in first year class, bilingual instruction in clinical and doctrinal classrooms, a sample clinic policy for serving Limited English Proficient clients, and service opportunities at a number of law schools in which students are helping to improve language access in local courts. Presenters were involved in drafting the ABA Standards on Language Access, endorsed by the National Center on State Courts and the Conference of Chief Justices.
Concurrent Session 4D. Promoting Language Access in the Legal Academy
Room 402
Presentation will discuss how to incorporate language access issues into the law school environment. Panelists will discuss exercises and class discussion in first year class, bilingual instruction in clinical and doctrinal classrooms, a sample clinic policy for serving Limited English Proficient clients, and service opportunities at a number of law schools in which students are helping to improve language access in local courts. Presenters were involved in drafting the ABA Standards on Language Access, endorsed by the National Center on State Courts and the Conference of Chief Justices.