Tennessee Court Interpreters
Access to Justice For All

In an effort to provide all individuals with equal access to the judicial system, the Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) created the Court Interpreter Credentialing Program. The program’s purpose is to provide the Tennessee Judicial System with skilled interpreters that accurately and effectively interpret for a witness or party who speaks or understands little or no English. The interpreter program tests each interpreter’s ability to understand English terminology and accurately interpret into the spoken language by those with limited English proficiency. Interpreters are also sometimes responsible for translating written documents, often of a legal nature, from English into the target language and from the target language into English.

Due to the influx of multiple nationalities to our state, the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) is currently looking for people interested in becoming interpreters, in particular, those that speak Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese, Arabic and Somali languages, among others.

As the population of Tennessee becomes more diverse, interpreters are greatly needed to provide services for the judicial system. The Administrative Office of the Courts is currently seeking interpreters for all languages, especially Korean and Vietnamese.  

We encourage and invite everyone that speaks a foreign language to become familiar with the court interpreter program. Your assistance is very much needed. Click here for our brochure.