Video Remote Interpreting (VRI) SJI-Award No. SJI-14-P242 CLAC Conference May 7, 2018 Austin, Texas Kelly Mills Program Manager, Court Language Access Services Oregon Judicial Department Christine Johnson Administrative Director, Alaska Court System Language Access Advisory Committee, Chair Felix Bajandas Project Director Principal Court Management Consultant National Center for State Courts

Agenda VRI Project Background VRI Project Deliverables & Benefits VRI Deliverables Projected Timeline Sharing New VRI initiatives

VRI Project Background and timeline July 2013 – CCJ/COSCA approves National Proficiency Designations September 2014 – First Database Submissions Provided by Program Managers January 2016 – Agreement Signed with Stratus Video, LLC May 2016 – Initial Launch of Database December 2017– LAAC approves Interpreter Monitoring Protocols September 11, 2017 – SJI approves new Scope November 2017 – First VRI Workgroup meeting new scope

Project Deliverables & Benefits VRI Resource Center (webpage) A single centralized source for everything VRI. Access to the VRI database VRI solutions landscape information (vendors & courts) Interpreters VRI information and VRI online training Courts can seek VRI information, trainings, VRI pilot implementation experiences, and VRI bench card.

Project Deliverables & Benefits http://stage.ncsc.org/Services-and-Experts/Areas-of-expertise/Language-access/VRI.aspx

Project Deliverables & Benefits National Database Enhancement Increase number of available interpreters and available languages. Current data: 1335 Interpreters 49 Languages Identify VRI Interpreters Include mechanisms for keeping information updated and relevant. Allow interpreters to update basic personal information.

Project Deliverables & Benefits New access structure design with interpreter self-update Interpreter data State Courts NCSC Existing access structure

Project Deliverables & Benefits VRI solutions landscape VRI vendor list – services offered and experience VRI technology resource materials VRI courts in-house solutions VRI state pilot implementations shared experiences & lessons learned

Project Deliverables & Benefits VRI Interpreter support Guidelines VRI Fundamentals online training for interpreters

Project Deliverables & Benefits Court’s VRI Resources VRI reference materials: Program managers Courtroom staff Court IT Staff Judicial Officers Lawyers VRI for spoken languages VRI for sign language VRI Bench Card VRI Introductory online training for the courts

Deliverables Projected Timeline Launch of VRI Resource Center (Summer 2018) Database Enhancement (Fall 2018) Training Tools & Resources for Courts and Interpreters (Winter 2018)

Sharing New VRI Initiatives Thank you! Questions: Felix Bajandas – fbajandas@ncsc.org