Daily Briefs

 Feds question policy about court translators 

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The federal government doesn’t seem impressed with a new policy aimed at expanding translation services in Michigan courts.

The U.S. Justice Department says the income limit to qualify for free services is a burden. The government suggests people who don’t understand English should be treated like the deaf. Michigan doesn’t charge people for sign-language services in court.
 
The Michigan Supreme Court recently announced that anyone needing a translator in a civil or criminal case won’t have to pay up front and may not have to pay at all, depending on their income. Judges will also have discretion to waive payment under other conditions.

In a letter, the Justice Department says its investigation of the availability of translators isn’t over. Michigan Justice Stephen Markman believes the government is on a “crusade.”
 
 

Wayne County Probate Court to conduct 2013 attorney training

 
The Wayne County Probate Court will conduct its 2013 attorney training session on Thursday, Oct. 10 at the Auditorium in the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, 13th Floor (City Side).  Two sessions will be held: Attorney Training from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1:30-3 p.m.  
 
The 2013 attorney training program will be paperless.  Registrants will receive their materials via e-mail with a link to the court’s website (www.wcpc.us). Items can be printed out and brought to the seminar. Also, attorneys are welcome to bring their laptops to the program. Only a limited number of power plugs are available on site.

Attendance at one or both seminars is mandatory to become eligible to receive assignments from the Wayne County Probate Court. All attorneys must attend the afternoon attorney training session from 1:30-3 p.m.). Attorneys who did not attend any of the attorney training programs from 1996-2012 must also attend the morning attorney training session from 9 a.m.-noon.  

The cost is $75 (whether you attend one or both sessions). Registration forms may be obtained from the Chief Deputy Probate Register’s Office of the Wayne County Probate Court, 1305 Coleman A. Young Municipal Center or from the Court’s website at www.wcpc.us. On-site registration will also be available. For additional information, call Michael J. McClory at (313) 224-5685or his administrative assistant at (313) 224-5578 or visit the Court’s web page.  

If you do not obtain eligibility to receive appointments through this program, payment vouchers for any Probate Court assignments will not be honored by Wayne County. 
 
 

Seminar on the lawyers and investing in China

 
Wayne State Law School will present “The Lawyers Role in Chinese-American Investment: Working on the Fastest-Growing International Business Relationship” on Oct. 2 from 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. at the Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium, 471 W. Palmer in Detroit. The event is free. The speaker will be C. Peter Theut. For more information, contact Marti Knight at 313-577-3620 or martha.knight@wayne.edu.

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