The table below is updated as information is received from member states.
To obtain further testing information, please contact the state representative directly using the Contact Persons for State and Federal Interpreter Programs page.
Member
State
Orientation/Skills Building Workshops
(Orientation unless otherwise noted)
Written Test
Oral Test - Complete Test or Phase 1
AL
For 2012 testing information contact
David Sawyer
david.sawyer@alacourt.gov
AK
Brenda Aiken
AR
For 2012 test information contact
Mara Simmons
AZ
Carol Mitchell
CA
Jacquie Ring
CO
March 10-11, 2012
August 2012
November 2012
March 30, 2012
September 2012
December 2012
Individualized Scheduling-Exams will be scheduled individually.
CT
Scott Hartley
DE
February 20, 2012
January 20, 2012
Dover
May 18, 2012
Wilmington
May 22-23, 2012
FL
Orlando
February 18, 2012
Miami
June 9, 2012
May 16-18, 2012
September 5-7, 2012
GA
February 22-23, 2012
May 16-17, 2012
August 15-16, 2012
November 7-8, 2012
February 24, 2012
August 17, 2012
November 9, 2012
June 18-20, 2012
HI
Oahu:
February 18-29, 2012
Maui:
February 28-29, 2012
Hilo:
March 15-16, 2012
Kona:
Kauai:
March 8-9, 2012
May 8 & 12, 2012,
October 17 & 20, 2012
May 16, 2012
October 23, 2012
October 26, 2012
May 10, 2012
October 18, 2012
May 9, 2012
October 16, 2012
August 28, September 4 & 10, 2012
September 11, 2012
September 7, 2012
August 30, 2012
September 13, 2012
IA
March 24-25, 2012
June 1, 2012
ID
Boise
For All Languages (pre-requisite to the written screening exam, the skill-building workshop, and the certification exam) (location: Ada County Courthouse)
July 20 & 21, 2012
Option Court Interpreter Skill-Building Workshop for all Languages (location: Ada County Courthouse)
June 22, 2012
Coeur d’Alene
Pocatello
Twin Falls
Idaho
Phase I: Certification Exam
Certification Exam for Languages Other than Spanish
October 19, 2012
Phase II: Certification Exam for the Spanish Language: Sight Translation and Consecutive Interpreting
IL/Cook Co
For 2012 testing information, go here.
IN
Orientation
January 26-27, 2012
Skill Building
April 26-27, 2012
February 10, 2012
Simultaneous
Oral Exam
May 14-18, 2013
KY
July 21-22, 2012
July 14-15, 2012
December 8-9, 2012
MA
Gaye Gentes
ME
Wendy F. Rau
wendy.rau@maine.gov
MD
Workshop – Foreign Language
March 10, 2012
Workshop – American Sign Language
Orientation – Foreign Language
May 18-19, 2012
Skills Building Workshop - Spanish
March 24, 2012
Written Exam
April 14, 2012
Language Profiency Interview (LPI)
April 24-27, 2012
Oral Exam – Spanish
May 2012
Oral Exam – Russian, Mandarin, Cantonese
June 2012
MI
March 27, 2012
June 26, 2012
Spanish Oral Proficiency
June 14-15, 2012
Languages Other Than Spanish
October 11-12, 2012
MN
Ethics & Orientation:
April & May 2012
February 13, 2012 (week of)
MO
March 3-4, 2012
September 9-10, 2012
Skills Building
April 7-8 & May 1, 2012
October 3-4, 2012
June 2-3, 2012
November 17-18, 2012
MS
Lisa Counts
NC
April 9-10, 2012
April 11, 2012
May 14-18, 2012
October 2012
NE
March 19-20, 2012
September 2012(dates TBD)
NH
Donald Goodnow
NJ
Newark
March 8, 2012
June 20, 2012
October 24, 2012
Trenton
April 9, 2012
September 18, 2012
December 18, 2012
January 12, 2012
March 20, 2012
May 23, 2012
July 12, 2012
September 19, 2012
November 29, 2012
March 2012
(There are three to four testing sessions per year)
NM
Orientation:
January 14, 2012
March 17, 2012
May 19, 2012
Skills Building:
January 15, 2012
March 18, 2012
May 20, 2012
Albuquerque
February 11, 2012
June 16, 2012
Simultaneous Exam
April 7, 2012
July 14, 2012
Consecutive & Sight:
June 2, 2012
September 8, 2012
November 3, 2012
NY
Written test are typically given twice a year.
Oral test are typically given twice a year.
NV
Andrea Krlickova
OH
Workshop
April 19-20, 2012
Ethics
May 11, 2012
June 7-8, 2012
July 12-13, 2012
OR
February 3-4, 2012
January 19-20, 2012
August 25-27, 2012
PA
Philadelphia – Foreign Language Only March 10-11, 2012
Harrisburg:
August 4-5, 2012
Pittsburgh – Foreign Language Only
Pittsburgh – Foreign & Sign Languages
August 6-7, 2012
Philadelphia
October 6-7, 2012
April 20, 2012
November 16, 2012
Harrisburg
September 14, 2012
Pittsburgh
July 20, 2012 (PM only)
February 17, 2012
August 24, 2012
December 7, 2012
September 21, 2012
(PM Only)
SC
Desiree Allen
TN
Orientation Proficiency Interview Workshop
Nashville
Find the links on the right-hand side for workshops in Nashville, Knoxville and Memphis here.
August 2-3, 2012
November 1-2, 2012
Spanish – Nashville
February 21-24, 2012
February 2 - March 2, 2012
November 5-19, 2012
November 13-16
Languages Other Than Spanish - Nashville
April 2-5, 2012
TX
Ray Pizarro
UT
Spanish Certification Training
March 8 & 9, 2012
Skills Building Workshop
April 18-20, 2012
Advanced Skills Building Workshop
May 31, 2012
Logan, Ogden, Salt Lake City, Provo, St. George, Richfield, Moab, & Vernal:
April 27, 2012
July 27, 2012
June 20-22, 2012
VA
Arlington
March 17-18, 2012
Virginia Beach
March 22-23, 2012
Richmond
Roanoke City
March 29-30, 2012
VT
Laura Dolgin
WI
Appleton
March 9-10, 2012
Milwaukee
May 19-20, 2012
Wausau
August 25-26, 2012
Madison
October 20-21, 2012
April 13, 2012
June 15, 2012
June 26-27, 2012
Decembe 4-5, 2012
WV
For 2012 testing dates contact
Jennifer Singletary
Inquiries regarding Court Interpreting or any of these resources may be directed to the Research Division Office.
1-800-616-6109