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Our own Maví Figueres interviewed on the state of court interpreting in Alabama:
U.S. Justice Department Probes Alabama Courts
Maví Figueres interviewed by Birmingham News COURT WORKERS STUDY SPANISH - Maví Figueres - Birmingham News
August 30, 2015: the Tennessee Court Reporters Association published an article by Heather Hayes in its newsletter! Click on the link below.
Maví Figueres interviewed by NPR on "The Long Story Short"
Her participation begins at minute 23:15.
Maví Figueres presented at Circuit & District Judges Annual Conference,
Perdido Beach, FL– July 2010
“The Use of Certified and Qualified Foreign Language Interpreters for Trials”
Maví Figueres presented at Alabama Association of Paralegals–
Winter Seminar, Feb. 2010
"The Use of Certified and Qualified Foreign Language Interpreters”
Maví Figueres Presented at the Spring Municipal Law Conference - 2009
“The Use of Certified and Qualified Foreign Language Interpreters for Trials”
NEW! Heather Hayes to present at 2015 TAPIT conference in September!
Certified Federal Court Interpreter, SELTINET'S own Heather Hayes will present "Taking Charge of the Jury Charge," a survival guide for court interpreters contending with lightening-speed readings of a lengthy jury charge. Here is the Criminal Pattern Jury Charge for Tennessee.
Maví Figueres, María José Henningsen, and Heather Hayes were very pleased to be given the opportunity to give a presentation to the Jefferson County District Attorney's Office, in Birmingham, AL August 20, 2015:, on the use of certified interpreters. We also discussed bilingual forensic transcripts, the use of law enforcement officers as interpreters, and the preservation of bilingual evidence.