ABOUT USThe New Mexico Justice System Interpreter Resource Partnership is a collaborative effort created and led by the New Mexico Judiciary with funding support from the State Justice Institute* to ensure language access across the New Mexico justice system. Coming together through the justice system partnership, the New Mexico Administrative Office of the Courts, the University of New Mexico — Los Alamos (UNM-LA), Doña Ana Community College (DACC), and Central New Mexico Community College (CNM) and University of New Mexico Hospitals have created the New Mexico Center for Language Access to provide training for bilingual individuals interested in helping those with linguistic needs throughout the Justice and Healthcare Systems. With leadership from UNM-LA and the support of the Administrative Office of the Courts, the Center will offer state-of-the-art training for a variety of career paths; court and medical interpreting, bilingual employees (nurses, clerks, correction and patrol officers), and for already certified or working interpreters through continuing education options and refresher courses. Our missionThe mission of the New Mexico Center for Language Access is to ensure language access to justice and healthcare for individuals with limited English proficiency, and for deaf and hard of hearing persons. OUR CORE VALUES
ABOUT OUR PROGRAMSThe Center will begin by offering four non-credit certificate programs. Medical Language Access Specialist** and Justice System Language Access Specialist** are designed to train individuals who already work or would like to work as informal or community interpreters in the Justice System or Health Care industry. Individuals in this program will acquire the necessary tools to improve the quality of their linguistic work as well as their professionalism. Justice System Interpreting is designed to form interpreters who work throughout the Justice System. Individuals interested in pursuing court interpreting certification are ideal candidates for this program. Medical Interpreting is designed to train interpreters who facilitate linguistic and cultural communication between patients and healthcare providers. Languages for the first year include: Spanish, Arabic, Vietnamese, Chinese, Navajo and American Sign Language. A fifth program, Technical Translation, will be added in the near future. *NMCLA is a result of an Institute grant and that the points of view expressed do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the State Justice Institute. ** previously called Bilingual Communication 
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