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Language Barriers
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Family Law Prof Blog
Lost In Translation
By Family Law
CNN had a recent article for parents on the language used bykids doing drugs. Read it here.MR
ImmigrationProf Blog
Woman Who Couldn’t Speak English Regains Child Custody
Shelia Byrd writes for the Associated Press:A Mexican immigrant walked out of the Mississippi Supreme Court on Friday holding the daughter who had been taken from her by state officials in…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Can a Mother Lose Her Child Because She Doesn’t Speak English?
Time magazine reports on an interesting case from Mississippi. "Can the U.S. government take a woman's baby from her because she doesn't speak English? That's the latest question to arise in…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Speaking English a Requirement for Motherhood?
Cindy Von Quednow writes in RaceWire.org:In Pascagoula, Mississippi, in November 2008, Cirila Baltazar Cruz gave birth to a baby girl. Soon after, her daughter was taken away from her because…
ImmigrationProf Blog
“We Don’t Speak Mexican Here”
ABC NEWS has a thoughtful story about the intertwined nature of racism, anti-immigrant sentiment, and language in "We Don't Speak Mexican Here." The story airs on tonight's national ABC news. …
Labor Law Prof Blog
Third Circuit Holds Spanish-Speaking Employee Bound by Arbitration Agreement Written in English
The Third Circuit has just held that an employee speaking only Spanish is bound by an arbitration clause in an employment agreement written in English. The trial court had held…
Legal Profession Blog
“The Seven Deadly Sins of Conflict”
An Arizona attorney provided legal services to a client who did not understand English. The attorney mistook the client's intent to obtain a divorce rather than separation, did not acheive…