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By: Hon. Robert G. Rassp, Presiding Judge, WCAB Los Angeles
The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and are not the opinions of the Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Workers’ Compensation, or the WCAB.
Over the last five years, WorkCompCentral has provided all day ethics training for attorneys and non-attorney hearing representatives. Included in the program was a foreign language interpreter instructor who described the challenges and hard work that certified court interpreters must follow after a rigorous training and licensing process. Like attorneys, physicians, accountants, and other licensed professionals, the licensing authority for certified court interpreters requires continuing education. Recently, a highly respected long-term interpreter who regularly appears on cases at the WCAB Los Angeles District Office shared information that was provided at a continuing education seminar on remote interpreting depositions and trials. I want to share with you both her insights and those of the interpreter instructor at the WCC program on specific issues we are facing in our remote trials, conferences, and depositions:
SOME RULES OF THE ROAD IN WCAB PROCEEDINGS
Note: The author would like to thank Adriana Camastra from Christina Arana & Associates for her bringing these issues to the forefront and inspiring this article.
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