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Legal Interpreter Interview Application

ASL Interpreters must be Nationally Certified and/or MCDHH Approved as generalists with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in the community.

Deaf Interpreters (CDI/SDI) must have a minimum of 3 years’ experience in the community.

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Qualifications

ASL Interpreters must be Nationally Certified and/or MCDHH Approved as generalists with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in the community.

Deaf Interpreters (CDI/SDI) must have a minimum of 3 years’ experience in the community.

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    Are you on the MCDHH Contract (MCD10)?(Required)
    If you are not an MCDHH Contractor, are you interested in joining the MCDHH contract?

    Legal Experience Verification

    If you don’t have SC:L, please submit the following documentation with the information below as necessary for each category. Include those documents as attachments with this application.

    1. Trainings:

      MCDHH requires a minimum of 80 hours of Foundation in Legal Interpreting and/or other equivalent legal trainings.
      (RID Transcripts/Proof of trainings required)

    2. Experience:
      • Please fill out the Legal Verification Form.
      • Provide all relevant legal interpreting experience.

    3. Court/Legal Induction Hours:

      MCDHH requires a minimum of 100 hours of court/legal induction with an interpreter who holds the SC:L or who is MCDHH approved, or who can document that they are equivalently qualified in another state.

      Please include dates, name of mentor/inductor and their certification or equivalent qualifications to work in court settings.

    4. References:

      Letter of Recommendations from 2 Legal interpreters and 1 professional recommendation. The Legal interpreters must hold the SC:L or be MCDHH approved, or who can document that they are equivalently qualified in another state.

      Please have the letters emailed directly to: MCDHHScreening@mass.gov.

    Trainings

    MCDHH requires a minimum of 80 hours of Foundation in Legal Interpreting and/or other equivalent legal trainings. (RID Transcripts/Proof of trainings required)
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      Experience

      This section have several tracks. Please select the topics that you have experience in along with your court/induction hours. Also state your mentor's name and their certifications.

      Court- Bankruptcy

      Please select the areas you have interpreting experience:
      Supplementary Process Hearing:
      Federal Court:

      Court- Criminal

      Please select the areas you have interpreting experience:
      Superior Court:
      District Court:
      District Court- Arraignments:
      District Court- Compliance and Elections:
      District Court- Pre-trial Conferences:
      District Court- Dispositions/Change of Plea litany:
      District Court- Bail Hearings:
      District Court- Motion Hearings:
      District Court-Special Hearings (72 hours, etc.):
      District Court-Section 7 & 8 Involuntary Commitment Hearings:
      District Court- Restraining Orders:
      District Court-Show Cause Hearings:
      District Court-Probation: Surrender Hearings:

      Court- Civil

      Please select the areas you have interpreting experience:
      Motor Vehicle Magistrate Hearings:
      Motor Vehicle Court/Judge Hearings:

      Court- Civil/MV

      Please select the areas you have interpreting experience:
      Motor Vehicle Court/Judge hearings:
      Motion Hearings:
      Meditation Sessions:
      Pro Se Clients:
      Pro Se Clients:
      Meditation Sessions:
      Jury Duty:
      Trial:

      Court- Juvenile

      Please select the areas you have interpreting experience:
      Arraignments:
      Compliance and Elections:
      Motion Hearings:
      Care and Protection Hearings:
      Care and Protection Hearings:
      CRA Hearings:
      Restraining Orders:
      Show cause Hearing:
      Probation: Surrender Hearings:
      Jury Duty:
      Trial:

      Court- Probate

      Please select the areas you have interpreting experience:
      Pre-trial Conferences:
      Restraining Orders:
      4-way Conferences:
      Meditation Sessions:
      Adoptions:
      Court Clinic:
      Trial:

      Court- Small Claims

      Please select the areas you have interpreting experience:
      Magistrate Hearing:
      Review Hearing:
      Restitution Hearing:
      Settlement Conference:
      Trial:

      Court- Mental Health

      Please select the areas you have interpreting experience:
      Section 15- Competence to stand trial/criminal responsibility:
      Section 16- commitment hearing if found incompetent to stand trial:
      Section 35 hearing (SUD commitment):
      Guardianship and Conservatorship Hearings:

      Track- DCF

      Please select the areas you have interpreting experience:
      51A Investigations:
      Home visits:
      Foster Care Reviews:
      Adoption Review:
      Case Conferences:

      Track- Employment

      Please select the areas you have interpreting experience:
      Disciplinary Meetings:
      "in house" firings:

      Track- Educational

      Please select the areas you have interpreting experience:
      IEP Appeal Hearings:
      Police interviews/searches:
      Police interviews/searches - Prior to Arrest:

      Track- Department of Corrections

      Please select the areas you have interpreting experience:
      Intake/processing:
      On-going Classes:
      Work Release programs:
      Parole Hearings:
      Transfers to/from Bridgewater:
      Attorney meetings:

      Track- Deposition

      Please select the areas you have interpreting experience:
      Personal injury:
      Civil:

      Track- Police

      Please select the areas you have interpreting experience:
      Arrest:
      Miranda Warning:
      Other Warnings:
      Investigations:
      Investigations- 209A/258E:
      Victims/Witness interviews:
      Non Court Related- Reporting crime:
      Non Court Related- General Communications:

      Track- Evaluations

      Please select the areas you have interpreting experience:
      Mental Health:
      Competency:
      Criminal Responsibility:
      Bridgewater Transfers to DOC:

      Track- District Attorney Meetings

      Please select the areas you have interpreting experience:
      SAIN Interviews:
      Trial preparation:
      Trial preparation- Meeting with victim:
      Trial preparation- Meeting with witness:

      Track- Attorney Meetings

      Please select the areas you have interpreting experience:
      Court Related- Trial preparation:
      Court Related- Meeting with the Defendant:
      Non Court Related- Will:
      Non Court Related- Health Care Proxy:
      Non Court Related- Tax:
      Non Court Related- Mental Health:

      Track- Agency and Administration

      Please select the areas you have interpreting experience:
      Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA):
      Social Security:
      Social Security- Appeal Hearings:
      Social Security- Overpayment Hearings:
      Social Security- Determination meetings:
      Appeal Hearings:
      Department of Education Hearings:
      Unemployment Compensation Hearings:
      MRC Appeal Hearings:
      Grievance Hearings (union, termination, etc.):
      Worker's Compensation Hearings:
      Eligibility Determination Hearings:
      Investigations:
      Investigations- DMR:
      Investigations- DMH:
      Investigations- DPPC:

      Track- Probation

      Please select the areas you have interpreting experience:
      Intake:
      Meetings:
      Violation of Probation Hearings:
      Community Service:
      Home/Work Visit:
      Electronic Bracelet:
      Parole Violation:

      Track- Real Estate

      Please select the areas you have interpreting experience:
      House Closing:

      Track- Immigration

      Please select the areas you have interpreting experience:
      INS Investigation:
      Naturalization interview:
      Naturalization ceremony:

      Track- Legal/Medical

      Please select the areas you have interpreting experience:
      Rape Kit Examinations (C-6):
      Death of a patient:

      Track- Court Ordered Programs

      Please select the areas you have interpreting experience:
      Rehab:
      Substance Abuse:
      Anger Management:
      Batterer's class:
      Support groups:
      Other:

      Track- Emergency Restraining Orders

      Please select the areas you have interpreting experience:
      Application:
      Discussion with Victim Advocate:
      Hearing:

      Track- DMH

      Please select the areas you have interpreting experience:
      Hospital:
      Hospital- Discharge:
      Section 12:

      Track- DPPC

      Please select the areas you have interpreting experience:
      Hospital:
      Hospital- 1st Intake:
      Hospital- 2nd Intake:

      Court/Legal Induction Hours

      (ex. Jury Duty- Jane Doe, SC:L, 15 hours)

      References

      Please provide three professional interpreting references.

      The Legal interpreters must hold the SC:L or is MCDHH approved, or who can document that they are equivalently qualified in another state.

      Please have your references include the following information in the letter:

      Your role/relationship

      • What is or was your role with this candidate, such as mentor, supervisor, colleague, etc.?
      • How long have you known/worked with this candidate?

      Context of work

      • In what legal settings did you observe or work with the candidate?
      • Approximately how many hours have you worked with this candidate in legal settings?
      • Do you believe this candidate possesses the knowledge, skills and abilities to interpret in court and/or legal settings? Why or why not?
      • What areas do you think the candidate needs to work on?
      • Do you think this candidate is ready to take the Legal Interpreter Interview?

      Please have the letters emailed directly to: MCDHHScreening@mass.gov.

      Deaf Interpreter:(Required)
      Deaf Professional (Advocate, Attorney, Case Manger):(Required)
      ASL/spoken English Interpreter:(Required)

      Voluntary Demographic Information

      Identifying yourself with demographic questions is voluntary, and we hope you will choose to do so because it allows us to see if we are achieving our goal to have a workplace that reflects the diversity of the populations that we serve.

      If you are willing to fill out the demographic information, please click here to access the separate form.

      The submission of this information is voluntary and anonymous.

      Acknowledgement: