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Language Access Advisory Committee

Purpose | Documents | Members | Staff Contact

Purpose

The Indiana Supreme Court is committed to providing meaningful, fair, and effective language access in Indiana courts and actively works to improve access to the state courts for limited English proficient (LEP) individuals and those who are deaf or hard of hearing.

The Language Access Advisory Committee was developed from the former Advisory Task Force on Language Access in Indiana Courts. The Committee was created on April 29, 2019 by the Indiana Supreme Court to address the issue of providing effective, fair, and efficient language access in Indiana courts, and to present findings and recommendations to the Indiana Supreme Court on the best method to meet that challenge within Indiana’s judicial system.


Documents

Resources

Language Access Plan for the Indiana Judicial Branch

"I Speak" Language Identification Guides

Minutes

2024
2022

Members

Mag. James Admire
Johnson Superior Court

Sen. Cyndi Carrasco
Indiana Senate

Mag. Michael Douglass
Allen Superior Court

Kristin Garn
Indiana Legal Services, Immigrants' and Language Rights Center

John McGauley
Allen County Courts

Mag. Yoni Moise, Chair
Marion Superior Court

Hon. Christopher Newton
Vigo Superior Court

Lun Kham Pieper
Law Office of Lun Kham Pieper, LLC

Laura Tomes
Vanderburgh Superior Court - Language Access Coordinator

Hon. Brad Woolley
White Superior Court


Staff Contact

Manpreet Kaur
interpreter@courts.in.gov

Office of General Counsel
251 N Illinois Street, Suite 1600
Indianapolis, IN 46204