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| Join the Court Interpreting Conversation: The 2006 OCA Action Plan Five Years Later Tuesday, May 24, 2011 6-8 p.m. Event has expired. Registration for this event is no longer available. The Women in the Courts Task Force of the New York City Bar Association is pleased to sponsor its sixth annual language access panel. This panel will continue the tradition of exploring the issues faced in the area of court interpreting and examining how previous responses have addressed these issues since the publication of the 2006 OCA Action Plan. As the panel will also focus on a discussion of the goals for reform in this area, the panel welcomes and encourages input from the audience on the challenges surrounding court interpretation. Opening Remarks Hon. Fern Fisher, Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for New York City Courts Panel Moderator Fern Schair, Chair, Advisory Board, Feerick Center for Social Justice, Fordham Law School Panelists Lionel Bajana Court Interpreter, Association of Language Interpreters of Greater New York ("ALIGNY") President Sandra Bryan Coordinator for Court Interpreter Services, OCA Ani Mason Staff Attorney, Family Law Unit, Queens Legal Services Maria Muentes Housing Court Supervisor, Housing Court Answers Jana Owen ASL/English Interpreter Paul Uyehara Federal Coordination and Compliance Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice This program is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the Women in the Courts Task Force of the New York City Bar Association. |