Conference announcement: NAJIT Annual Conference

[Scott McGinnis]

Note the offering of the written examination for the credential of
Nationally Certified Judiciary Interpreter and Translator: Spanish, as
well as the presence of Alexander Rainof, a presenter at HLC 1 in Long
Beach.
The National Association of Judiciary Interpreters & Translators







Presents







NAJIT's 23rd Annual Meeting &
Educational Conference
Phoenix, Arizona - May 17-19, 2002





The National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators is
pleased to announce the 23rd Annual Meeting & Educational Conference at
the Sheraton Crescent Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona, May 17-19, 2002. The
conference will be a great professional development opportunity for
court interpreters and legal translators as it will feature seminars and
workshops by top professionals in the field.  On May 16, NAJIT will be
holding the written component of the examination leading to the
credential of Nationally Certified Judiciary Interpreter and Translator:
Spanish.

Registration is now available for the conference as well as for the
written component of the examination leading to the credential of
Nationally Certified Judiciary Interpreter and Translator: Spanish.

Many excellent speakers will giving seminars at the conference and it
will be an excellent time for learning, networking and getting to meet
new and old friends.  We are all very excited about this conference and
we hope you will be able to join us.

Some of the confirmed speakers at the conference:
-Guillermo Cabanellas, co-author of "DICCIONARIO JURIDICO" also known as
the Butterworth's legal dictionary.
-Dagoberto Orrantia, Ph.D., associate professor, John Jay College of
Criminal Justice--CUNY.
-Judith Kenigson-Kristy, USCCI, consultant to the Court Interpreter Work
Group for the Tennessee State Court Interpreter Certification Program.
-Javier F. Becerra, author of "DICCIONARIO DE TERMINOLOGIA JURIDICA
MEXICANA."
-Virginia Benmaman, Ph.D., director, MA Program in Legal Interpreting,
University of Charleston.
-Marijke van der Heide, Interpreter Program Specialist, Court
Interpreting Program, Administrative Office of the US Courts.
-Alexander Rainof, Ph.D., Romance, German and Russian Languages and
Literatures, Cal State University, Long Beach.

For more information, please log on to our Website at www.najit.org or
call us directly.

National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators
551 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3025
New York, NY 10176
Tel: (212) 692-9581
Fax: (212) 687-4016
Email: headquarters at najit.org
Website: www.najit.org

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