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A newly released report by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Language Access in State Courts<\/a>, cites Barriers to Justice for Non-English Speakers in the Pennsylvania Courts<\/a>, a Sheller Center study. \u00a0In that study,\u00a0Social Justice Lawyering Clinic<\/a>\u00a0students presented the results of their research on\u00a0Pennsylvania’s Magisterial District Justice courts (the lowest\u00a0level in the Pennsylvania court system). The research showed that these courts often operated in violation of civil rights laws mandating\u00a0language services for people whose native language is not English.<\/p>\n

DOJ’s report cites some of the problems uncovered by the Center’s study, including \u201cinstructing LEP [Limited English Proficient] individuals to wait in the court lobby until another person who speaks their language comes in, or [expecting] the LEP person to come to the courthouse with an English-speaking friend or family member.\u201d \u00a0DOJ states that \u201cthe challenge of providing meaningful language access in state courts demands that we continue to modernize, innovate, and keep pace with the evolving demographics of our country.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the development of a statewide language access plan in Pennsylvania, the hope is that the courts will implement uniform policies and practices that improve access to justice for non-English-speaking individuals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A newly released report by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Language Access in State Courts, cites Barriers to Justice for Non-English Speakers in the Pennsylvania Courts, a Sheller Center study. \u00a0In that study,\u00a0Social Justice Lawyering Clinic\u00a0students presented the results of their research on\u00a0Pennsylvania’s Magisterial District Justice courts (the lowest\u00a0level in the Pennsylvania court system). … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"generate_page_header":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5,16,23],"class_list":["post-831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-access-to-civil-justice","tag-immigrants-rights","tag-social-justice-lawyering-clinic"],"yoast_head":"\nDepartment of Justice cites Sheller Center language access study - Elder Justice Consortium<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/law.temple.edu\/ejc\/2016\/10\/17\/department-justice-cites-sheller-center-language-access-study\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Department of Justice cites Sheller Center language access study - Elder Justice Consortium\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A newly released report by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Language Access in State Courts, cites Barriers to Justice for Non-English Speakers in the Pennsylvania Courts, a Sheller Center study. \u00a0In that study,\u00a0Social Justice Lawyering Clinic\u00a0students presented the results of their research on\u00a0Pennsylvania’s Magisterial District Justice courts (the lowest\u00a0level in the Pennsylvania court system). ... 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