What is the Court Interpreter Training Institute (CITI) Conference?

NOTE: All participants must pre-qualify to be eligible to attend.

The Court Interpreter Training Institute is an ideal way to prepare for both the oral and written portions of the State [of Arizona] or Federal Court Interpreter Certification Examination, though the actual conference is more of the “pièce de résistance” than a mere conference. CITI is unique in that it is conducted both online and off, with online webinars being conducted throughout the month of June and a two week intensive training period that will be conducted in Tucson, Arizona after the successful completion of the online course work. The live sessions in Arizona will be conducted from the sixth of July until the seventeenth of July, 2020.

What Can Attendees Expect at CITI?

Work is the focus during the week but the weekends will be yours to enjoy, though participants may wish to use their time to study some as well. The course outline for the actual classes is going to be intense, and includes the following:

• 19+ hours of terminology building

• 13+ hours of simultaneous interpretation

• 12+ hours of consecutive interpretation

• 11+ hours of sight translation

• 6+ hours of ethics and protocol

CITI Topics will include:

• Legal procedure

• Drugs

• Weaponry

• Ethics

• Protocol

• Memory development techniques

• Note-taking skills

• Test preparation.

Venue Information:

• Diagnostic pre-testing: June 1-5, 2020

• Webinars: Start June 6th

• In Tucson: July 6 – 17, 2020

This year, the Court Interpreter Training Institute (CITI) is being held on the The University of Arizona Campus in Tucson, Arizona. The CITI runs Monday through Friday, 8am-5:30pm, so your weekends are your own to study, relax, and explore Tucson. When making your arrangements, please keep in mind that Tucson is HOT in July and plan accordingly. You’ll want sun screen, a water bottle, perhaps a hat.

For more information about the event, registration process and event fees, click here;

https://nci.arizona.edu/training/citi