What You’ll Practice in This Webinar
Identify common legal and courtroom terminology encountered in Louisiana judicial proceedings.
Recognize terminology challenges, including false cognates, multiple meanings, procedural language, and terms without direct linguistic equivalents.
Apply strategies for researching, preparing, and selecting accurate, contextually appropriate legal terminology while maintaining register and consistency.
Practice interpreting legal terminology in context through bilingual exercises and simulated courtroom scenarios, identifying common errors and strategies for improvement.
Your Instructor
Silvia Gómez Juárez
Federally Certified Court Interpreter | Louisiana Supreme Court-Certified Spanish Interpreter | Certified Healthcare Interpreter (CHI™–Spanish) | De la Mora Institute of Interpretation Licensed Trainer | M.A.
Silvia is a Spanish–English court interpreter and trainer with experience in federal and state court proceedings. She also provides professional development for interpreters, with an emphasis on practical skills, accuracy, and professional standards. This webinar draws on her experience in court interpreting and interpreter training to address the specific linguistic and cognitive demands of sight translation in judicial settings.
Strengthen Your Legal Terminology Skills
Accurate legal terminology is essential to effective court interpreting. Interpreters must understand legal language in context, select appropriate target-language equivalents, and maintain consistency, register, and meaning throughout courtroom proceedings. This three-hour live webinar is designed for professional court interpreters working in the Louisiana judicial system. Through instructor demonstrations, analysis of legal terminology in context, bilingual terminology exercises, terminology research strategies, and guided interpretation practice, participants will develop practical skills for handling specialized legal language. In this webinar, you will learn to: Identify common legal and courtroom terminology encountered in Louisiana judicial proceedings. Recognize challenges involving false cognates, multiple meanings, and context-dependent terms. Apply strategies for researching, preparing, and maintaining legal terminology. Select accurate and contextually appropriate target-language equivalents while maintaining legal register and consistency. Analyze terminology in its procedural and linguistic context, identify common terminology-related errors, and apply strategies to improve interpretation. Format: Live online webinar via Zoom Duration: 3 hours Continuing Education: 3 CEUs approved by the Louisiana Supreme Court (LASC), subject to the terms of the course approval.
Ready to Strengthen Your Legal Terminology Skills?
Through guided terminology exercises, legal-language analysis, terminology research strategies, and simulated courtroom scenarios, you will develop practical techniques for selecting accurate equivalents, managing specialized legal terms, and maintaining consistency and professional register in court interpreting.
$35.00