In 2006, Carla M. Mathers published the first in-depth treatment of sign language interpreters in court.  Published by AuthorHouse, Sign Language Interpreters in Court: Understanding Best Practices is available directly from the author, or from the publisher. 

Useful Sites: 

• Professional Court Interpreters of San Diego
• Conference of Legal Sign Language Interpreters
• Deaf Law Blog
• DOIT Center, Legal Interpreting Program
• Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
• National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators
• International Association of Forensic Linguists

Articles & Resources

• RID Proposed Legal Standard Practice Paper
• NCSC Survey on Compensation for Independent  Court Interpreters
• NCSC Survey on Compensation for Staff Court Interpreters
• NAD-RID Code of Professonal Conduct
• NCSC Code of Professional Responsibility for Judiciary Interpreters
• NCSC Model Interpreting Statute
• Wahid v. LIRR (2007)
• Supreme Court of Ohio Bench Card on Interpreters
• California Federation of Interpreters Press Release 

• New!!  NAJIT Paper on Law Enforcement