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Contacts | | A number of court systems in the US and elsewhere have adopted separate ethics codes for language
interpreters working for the courts. Because interpreter codes differ
substantially from the usually broader codes related to judges and general court
employees, this list is presented here as a distinct, separate category. Recent Updates: 12 new
interpreter codes added March 2007; South Carolina added April 2007; Connecticut
added June 2007.
 | Iowa. Code
of Professional Conduct for Judicial Branch Interpreters. Adopted
November 1, 2004. This link used to go directly to the Iowa
Judiciary's website, but the link was broken as of February 2008 and we can
no longer find a copy posted on their site. We're not sure if that
means that the code was withdrawn or rescinded, but we've published the
version previously available here.
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| New York. Court
Interpreter Manual. The manual was adopted December 2005,
although the interpreter code was adopted in 2003. The ethics
discussion and code begins on page 13 of the manual.
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| South Carolina. Rules
of Professional Conduct for Court Interpreters. Scroll down to
Rule 511 for the interpreter code section (their website doesn't seem to
link to the interpreter code as a whole, just by separate sections within
that index). Published by the South Carolina Judicial
Department.
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