Legal Language Services ranks Rhode Island as a state with moderately regulated legal interpreting requirements.
Legal Language Services ranks Rhode Island as a state with moderately regulated legal interpreting requirements.
The Rhode Island Judicial Department defines legal interpreters in the following two ways:
Not all venues in Rhode Island require certified interpreters, except for Spanish-language cases. Please consult with Legal Language Services for the rules pertaining to your specific venue and language.
According to a recent American Community Survey, approximately 20.82% of the Rhode Island population speaks a language other than English.
What’s more, almost 88% of the non-English speaking population in Rhode Island speaks one of the following 10 languages:
Other languages spoken in Rhode Island include Tagalog, Arabic, German, Russian, Armenian, Greek, Korean, Vietnamese, Mande, Hmong, Hindi, Cantonese, Mandarin, Thai, Japanese, Nepali, Tamil, Hebrew and Gujarathi.
*This table was created based on respondents’ written answers, the majority of whom wrote “Chinese” while others specified “Cantonese” or “Mandarin.”
There is 1 judicial district in Rhode Island that encompasses 5 counties.
Call Legal Language Services at 1-800-788-0450 to find Rhode Island interpreters who meet state interpreting rules for courtroom trials, hearings, depositions, arbitrations and other legal proceedings.
The content provided on this page is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as legal advice. The information about legal interpreting guidelines in Rhode Island is believed to be accurate at the time of posting; however, Legal Language Services is not responsible for any errors or omissions.