Legal Interpreter Trainer

Americans Against Language Barriers; United States; Remote; USD 55,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Americans Against Language Barriers seeks experienced interpreters to teach legal interpreting for courts, depositions and attorney meetings. Classes are live and online, scheduled in advance. You set your own hourly rate and control your availability.

Training covers court modes, legal terminology, and the interpreter code of ethics, with practical feedback to learners. Ideal candidates have interpreting experience and teaching skills, plus a quiet space, camera and reliable internet.

Qualifications

• Professional experience interpreting in legal settings: courts, depositions, or attorney meetings.
• State or federal court interpreter certification or equivalent experience.
• Thorough knowledge of the interpreter code of ethics.
• Ability to explain interpreting to learners.
• Experience teaching or mentoring interpreters.
• Available for live online classes scheduled in advance.
• Quiet space, camera, and reliable internet connection.

Responsibilities

• Teach live online classes to groups of adult learners.
• Provide learners with specific feedback on interpreting.
• Assess learner readiness and progress.
• Teach the course as written and suggest improvements to material.

Skills

Legal interpreting experience

Court interpreter certification

Interpreter ethics knowledge

Teaching/mentoring experience

Online class availability

Reliable internet

Education

Interpreter certification (state or federal)

Tools

Video conferencing (Zoom/Teams)

Job description

Teach interpreters to work in legal settings, such as courts, depositions and attorney meetings, live and online.

About the role

AALB trains people who speak two or more languages to interpret professionally. Legal interpreting has its own standards, terminology and code of ethics.

You teach the modes of interpreting used in court, legal terminology, and the code of ethics for legal interpreters. Classes are live and online, and scheduled in advance.

This is contract work. Classes are scheduled for times you tell us you are available, and you set your own hourly rate. You tell us your rate in Round 1.

What you'll do

• Teach live online classes to groups of adult learners.
• Practice realistic encounters with learners.
• Give each learner specific feedback on their interpreting.
• Tell a learner when they are not ready yet.
• Let us know which learners are struggling and which are ready for more.
• Teach the course as written, and suggest improvements to the material.

What we're looking for

• Professional experience interpreting in legal settings: courts, depositions, attorney-client meetings or administrative hearings.
• State or federal court interpreter certification, or equivalent experience.
• Thorough knowledge of the interpreter code of ethics, and sound judgment in applying it.
• The ability to explain clearly how you interpret to someone who is learning.
• Experience teaching, training or mentoring interpreters, in a classroom or one to one.
• Availability for live online classes, which are scheduled in advance.
• A quiet space, a camera, and a reliable internet connection.

Nice to have

• Experience teaching legal interpreting specifically, or teaching in a university.
• Experience interpreting in both medical and legal settings.

About AALB

AALB is an Illinois-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization aiming to improve the health of patients with limited English proficiency. We do this by training professional medical interpreters, providing interpreter services to healthcare organizations, and lobbying for policy reform. We envision a future where language services are seamlessly and freely available across the healthcare system.