{"id":9049,"date":"2021-09-13T17:45:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T17:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/?post_type=cde-knowledge-base&#038;p=9049"},"modified":"2025-08-27T09:22:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T14:22:23","slug":"court-toolkit","status":"publish","type":"cde-knowledge-base","link":"https:\/\/esperanzaunited.org\/en\/knowledge-base\/language-access\/court-toolkit\/","title":{"rendered":"Tool: Language access in the courts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9049\" class=\"elementor elementor-9049 elementor-10581\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7b89de06 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7b89de06\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-408e1fab\" data-id=\"408e1fab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35186a71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35186a71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"c9\"><strong><span class=\"c4\">Tool: Increasing language access in the courts<\/span><\/strong><\/h3><p id=\"h.45cbsumpuoh3\" class=\"c7\"><span class=\"c26 c41 c32 c89\">The increasing language access in the courts tool:<\/span><\/p><ul class=\"c6 lst-kix_j5vkj0z7ynb3-0 start\"><li class=\"c13 li-bullet-0\"><span class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c4\">Examines advocates\u2019 observations about the court experiences of survivors with limited English proficiency<\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"c13 li-bullet-0\"><span class=\"c4\">Offers guidance and resources to build systems change efforts for language accessibility<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"c30\"><span class=\"c4\">In 2013, we conducted a nationwide assessment of court-based language accessibility for survivors of domestic and sexual violence. Nearly 600 people responded, most of whom worked for community-based sexual and domestic violence programs. We learned that interpretation and translation services for civil matters and filing court documents are available about half the time for Spanish speakers, and about one quarter of the time for people who speak languages (other than Spanish) that are common in the community. The first section of the toolkit, Assessment of English Language access for Survivors, summarizes assessment results, including the known consequences of limited language access services for survivors.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"c30\"><span class=\"c4\">In the interest of supporting advocates\u2019 role in building court access for survivors, the second part of the toolkit, How to Improve Language Access for Survivors, offers concrete information and tools for advocates seeking to increase language accessibility:<\/span><\/p><ul class=\"c6 lst-kix_hpwdqaxuyqbh-0 start\"><li class=\"c13 li-bullet-0\"><span class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c4\">&#8220;Before court\u201d resources include a pre-court checklist and clear and simple descriptions of the federal laws and guidelines that frame courts\u2019 obligations to provide quality language access services.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"c13 li-bullet-0\"><span class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c4\">&#8220;At court\u201d resources include talking points and strategies for in-court individual advocacy<\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"c13 li-bullet-0\"><span class=\"c4\">&#8220;After court\u201d resources include a training curriculum for use with court personnel and a step-by-step guide for planning systems change advocacy<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"c30\"><span class=\"c23 c32 c67 c93\">This project was supported by Grant No. 2012-TA-AX-K023 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, US Department of Justice. 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