General Information
2008-2009 Exam Schedule
Per-Diem Court Interpreters for Languages other than Spanish:
Candidates interested in this position are required to pass a 75-question, multiple-choice written examination assessing English Language Proficiency and basic Legal Terminology, which covers the following areas: Reading and Understanding Written Material - Sentence Completion and Paragraph Comprehension; Grammar and Language Usage; Vocabulary - Synonyms and Antonyms; Idiomatic Expressions; and, Legal Terminology. This examination is administered twice a year (during May and December) and the duration of this examination is an hour and a half (90 minutes). Applications must be received by April 1st and November 1st respectively.
Candidates who are successful in this examination are then invited to take an oral examination which is currently administered in the following languages: Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, French, Greek, Haitian Creole, Italian, Korean, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Vietnamese. Candidates interested in interpreting languages that are not listed above are required to submit appropriate professional references related to their interpreting skills.
Court Interpreters (Spanish):
The examination for Court Interpreter (Spanish) is administered once every four years. The next examination is scheduled for the Fall of 2009. This examination consists of a Written Test and an Oral Test. Candidates must pass the Written Test in order to be eligible to take the Oral Test. After the Written Test has been scored, successful candidates will be notified when to appear for the Oral Test. Successful candidates on both the written and oral portions of the examinations are rank ordered based on their scores on the examination and are placed on an eligible list which is used to fill permanent staff positions in the Court System and the duration of the list does not exceed 4 years. This list may also be used to hire court interpreters for per diem assignments.
The issuance of an examination announcement and the opening of filing usually occur about three to four months prior to the scheduled examination date. If you choose to take this examination you must submit an application during the filing period. This filing period is at least four weeks long.
Notice to those who took the NYS - Court Officer Trainee Exam (#45-722):
Please be advised that the eligible list for the NYS Court Officer Trainee was established on July 6, 2006. The Notices of Exam Results were mailed to all candidates. For further information, please contact the Certification Unit at (518) 285-8790. |
