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The Tennessee Court Interpreter Ethics and Skill Building Workshop will be presented in Memphis on the following dates in 2010:

January 23-24, 2010 February 27-28, 2010 (extended to allow more people to register)

April 24-25, 2010

August 14-15, 2010 Postponed until September or October. Check here periodically for a new date.

November 4-5, 2009

All dates are subject to change depending on the number of registrants, the weather, etc.   A minimum of 10 participants are required for classes to be held.  If the minimum number is not met, classes may be postponed until registration reaches 10 or more.  Check this website periodically for changes in the schedule.

If you want to work as an interpreter in Tennessee State Courts, you must be Certified (or Registered if there is no certification in your language) by the Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts… DON’T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY to begin the process of becoming a TN State Court Certified or Registered Interpreter!

The Tennessee State Court Interpreter Ethics and Skill Building Workshop is the required first step you need to take to become Certified or Registered as a court interpreter in Tennessee. The workshop is now being offered in Memphis. Interested interpreters of all languages may register and pay for the workshop by filling out this registration form.

DATE AND TIME OF NEXT WORKSHOP: To Be Announced, check this website for a new date 8:30am to 5:00pm. Participants must attend BOTH days to receive credit
LOCATION: the Macon Campus of Southwest Community College.
CONTENT: Participants will learn about court interpreting skills, protocols and ethics, as well as legal terminology and procedures, from Judith Kenigson Kristy, a Federally and State Certified Court Interpreter and Certified Translator who has been presenting this course throughout the state of Tennessee for over 9 years.
COST: The cost for this 2-day workshop is $200 which includes an extensive take-home workbook/manual containing critical information needed to start the process of becoming certified in Tennessee.

BREAKING NEWS!!! Scholarships are available for this workshop and other activities related to the Certification process. Please click here for more information or contact Mary Rose Zingale.

You can find more information about the TN State Court Interpreter Certification Program (TCICP) on the Tennessee State Courts Website. You may also contact Ms. Kenigson Kristy at judithk@bellsouth.net.

This course is approved by the Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts and is a prerequisite for taking the TCICP written exam.

*Please note that workshop dates may change. A minimum of 10 students must be registered for the class to be held. If there are fewer registrants, the class may be postponed until enough people have registered.

With deep regret we wish to announce that due to low enrollment, the August Court Interpreter Ethics and Skill-Building Workshop in Memphis has been postponed until later in the fall – possibly September or October.  All those who had signed up for the August workshop should check this website periodically for new workshop dates.

TAPIT’s Forensic Translation and Transcription (TT) Workshop (to our knowledge, the first hands-on TT workshop ever presented) held on Martin Luther King weekend was lauded by participants. The 3-day session presented by TT maven Judith Kenigson Kristy was attended by aspiring and expert T/T practitioners from across the country. Translators and interpreters from as far afield as Minnesota, Colorado, Texas, New York and Pennsylvania flocked to this innovative one-of-a-kind workshop to hone their skills and share new technology in this new and evolutionary field of evidentiary expertise.