The National Language Access Advocates Network (N-LAAN)
Join this site if you are a volunteer attorney, legal services advocate, law student or faculty advising low income and disadvantaged limited English proficient clients, there are resources here to help you.
The National Language Access Advocates Network (N-LAAN) is a national organization that supports and engages in effective advocacy to eradicate language discrimination and promote language rights. N-LAAN provides a forum for language access advocates to develop expertise, share resources and devise strategy. It serves as a voice for its members in advocating for better policies and laws and for more effective enforcement of language rights.
To learn more about NLAAN, you can Join today.
Updates on Language Access Initiatives
The ABA Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants (SCLAID) is in the process of developing standards for language access in the courts. More information.
The House of Delegates is voting on the LEP Standards for courts on 8/8.
Area Highlights
Department of Energy LEP Policy
To learn more about court obligations to provide language interpretation in civil courts, read this letter from Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General.
Funding sources for courts seeking to meet non-discrimination standards
