The Federal Court Interpreter Exam (FCICE) Oral Prep

8 Contact Hours | taught by Katty Kauffman

Buy $320.00

Katty Kauffman

Federally Certified Interpreter

About the instructor

Katty Kauffman is a conference and legal interpreter, a graduate of Pedro de Valdivia School of Law in Santiago, Chile and the Certificate Program in Comparative US/Latin American Legal Reforms at Washington College of Law at American University in Washington, DC. A member of NAJIT and AIIC, she is a contributing author to the 2nd Edition of Fundamentals of Court Interpretation and a member of the Editorial Board of the 2nd Edition of Sandro Tomasi's Criminal Law Dictionary. A frequent speaker nationwide on the criminal procedure reforms that have swept Latin America, a former staff interpreter with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, and federal exam rater, she is currently working as a freelancer from her home base in Washington, DC.

Having trouble passing the Federal Exam? Taking it for the first time? This course takes a unique approach by unabashedly “teaching to the test.” With an accent on self-learning and self-critique, we will review the test structure, objective and subjective scoring units, strategies to help cope with test-taking nerves and, of course, do a deep dive into interpreting technique in all three modes tested on the exam. Key terminology is of course addressed.

What students will learn:

Understand how the exam is organized, scored and rated and how to translate that knowledge into study and test-taking strategies.