Topic
Language Barriers
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Shufti Pro Blog
Language Barrier? Challenge Accepted!
By Edward Lilly
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Philadelphia Criminal Defense Blog
PA Superior Court: Defendant’s Consent to Search Invalid Due To Language Barrier Between Defendant and Officer
Philadelphia Criminal Defense Lawyer Zak T. Goldstein, Esquire The Pennsylvania Superior Court has decided the case of Commonwealth v. Carmenates, holding that a defendant’s consent to search his vehicle and luggage was…
ContractsProf Blog
Guest Post by Charles Calleros: Raising Issues of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture in 1L Contracts: Language Barriers
This is the third guest post by Charles Calleros (right). We at the blog are grateful to Charles for stopping by.One of my favorite students over forty years of teaching,…
The Lawyer's Lawyer
"It's All Greek to Me!"
By Irwin Kramer
Q. My client from Athens doesn't speak English. I don't speak Greek. But her son speaks both languages and, until recently, served as my "liaison." Now, they're no longer on…
The Right Coast
Bungee jumper misunderstood instructor’s ‘poor English’ and jumped without rope, court finds | Fox News
A Dutch girl jumped to her death after she misunderstood her instructor's "poor English" and leaped off a bridge before she was properly attached to the rope, a court found.…
Legal Profession Blog
Translation: Censure
Also from the web page of the North Carolina State BarThe Grievance Committee censured [a] Winston-Salem lawyer...She incorrectly assumed that her immigration client did not speak English and delegated all…
Pam Woldow's At the Intersection
Battling Law’s Second Language
By Pam Woldow & Doug Richardson
Americans are derided in foreign cultures because so few of us speak a “foreign” language. We simply figure that in light of America’s overwhelming economic, political and cultural power, we are…
Education Law Prof Blog
When Integration, Closing Achievement Gaps, and Overcoming Language Barriers Go Hand-in-Hand
By Derek Black
Yesterday, Rebecca Klein published an excellent story exploring a bilingual program in Oregon that appears to be improving outcomes in all respects for all students involved. She writes:Heritage Elementary School isn't…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Language Disenfranchisement in Juries: A Call for Constitutional Remediation by Jasmine B. Gonzales Rose
Language Disenfranchisement in Juries: A Call for Constitutional Remediation by Jasmine B. Gonzales Rose, University of Pittsburgh - School of Law February 27, 2014 U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research…
La Revue
Nos faux amis, de l’anglais au français
Le 24 avril dernier Alex Gross, solicitor anglais exerçant au sein de Squire Sanders Paris et Stephen Evans, « trainee solicitor » anglais, ont animé une formation autour des «…