Hey interpreters!!! So we talked about educational interpreting, medical interpreting, now let’s discuss legal interpreting. Legal interpreting is interpreting in legal settings. The NIC actually has a certification for Legal Interpreting for those who want it. Here’s a few videos to help you get started and see if Legal Interpreting is a good fit for you.

Legal Interpreting 1

Legal Interpreting 2

Practice makes Perfect! Today’s practices are relating to the recent election and its results. We’re going to talk about voting, people. I know you’re probably tired of it, but it’s important that we know the vocabulary and know how to interpret it.

Today’s Expressive Practice is from Eric Liu “There’s no such thing as not voting”

For the interactive script, click here: http://www.ted.com/talks/eric_liu_there_s_no_such_thing_as_not_voting/transcript?language=en

Today’s Receptive Practice comes from the Daily Moth. The Daily Moth is a news program that updates you on the most trending news in ASL. They have a website, a YouTube channel, an Instagram and twitter. Alex the host is covering the election results.

Website: http://dailymoth.com/

YouTube Channel: The Daily Moth

Instagram: @thedailymoth

Twitter: @thedailymoth

Practice Makes Perfect!! Happy Deaf Awareness Month!! We are nearing the end of the month. But please don’t let that stop you. Please stay abreast of all the issues affecting the Deaf Community and learn how to be a good ally.

Today’s Expressive Practice is Rikki Poynter discussing Police Brutality

Today’s Receptive Practice is Gallaudet University’s Doctorate Student Joseph Santini.

Practice Makes Perfect!! Happy Deaf Awareness Month! All throughout the month, I will be posting videos about issues in the Deaf Community from members of the Deaf Community.

Today’s Expressive Practice is Lissa Zeviar. Lissa Zeviar is a Child Of a Deaf Adult (CODA) discussing the Art of Sign Language.

Today’s Receptive Practice is DeafJennyWitty discussing Identifying and Intervening with Deaf Children at Rick of Language Deprivation.

Practice Makes Perfect! Happy Deaf Awareness Month! All this Month I will be posting videos about issues in the Deaf Community from members of the Deaf Community.

Today’s Expressive Practice is Rachel Kolb “Navigating deafness in a hearing world”.

Today’s Receptive Practice is Amy Cohen Efron. Amy is an activist in the Deaf Community and also a psychologist. She discuses language privilege.

Practice Makes Perfect!!  Happy Deaf Awareness Month!! All throughout the Month I will be posting videos about issues in the Deaf Community by Members in the Deaf Community.

Today’s Expressive Practice is Heather Artinian. If you’ve watched Sound and Fury, Heather was the little girl who wanted to get the cochelar implant. She is all grown up now. Hear what she has to say:

Today’s Receptive Practice is from Marvin Miller “Building an ASL Community”. Tip: I would mute it if I were you.

Practice Makes Perfect. Happy Deaf Awareness Month. All throughout the month I will be posting on issues impacting the Deaf Community by people inside the Deaf Community.

Today’s Expressive Practice is interesting. The video I chose for today’s practice is Drisana Levitzke-Gray. Drisana Levitzke-Gray is the recipient of the 2015 Young Australian of the Year Award in recognition of her passion and dedication in advocating for the human rights of deaf people, raising awareness about Auslan (Australian Sign Language), and the rights of deaf children in Australia to access Auslan from birth. Now She’s getting to be signing in Auslan with a voice intepreter, it’ll be interesting to see the interpretation from Auslan to English to ASL.

Today’s Receptive Practice is Peter C. Hauser, the Director of the Deaf Studies Laboratory (DSL) in the Department of American Sign Language and Interpreting Education at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology. He’s going to discuss Audism and Linguisticism.