EVERETT — The legalese, stacks of paperwork and courtroom procedures all can be a complicated maze to maneuver for anyone who steps into a courthouse. The confusion is compounded for people whose ...

It wasn’t your garden-variety pot case for court interpreter Lisa McNaughton. Two marijuana growers were charged with killing a man in the hills above Healdsburg, and a former employee was testifying ...

A Rockland County resident sued the county’s drug court and the state court system last Friday, accusing court officials of barring him from a diversion program because of his limited English ...

BETHEL -- Imagine going to court -- but everyone's speaking a language you barely understand, using words that aren't even directly translatable. In the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, where elders and even ...

A new report finds significant language access barriers in Massachusetts courts for non-English speakers and the deaf or hard of hearing. Shortfalls include unreliable interpreters, a lack of ...

Almost daily, people stumble into the high-stakes world of criminal and civil court seeking justice — but the already daunting atmosphere is made even more intimidating by the fact that they don't ...