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Thursday, November 5 • 2:15pm - 3:45pm
NLADA & NAPABA Joint Forum on Language Access

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The 2007 release of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) language access report, Increasing Access to Justice for Limited English Proficient Asian Pacific Americans, marked a significant turning point for improving access to justice and government services since Executive Order 13166 was issued in 2000. (www.napaba.org/?page=lang_acc_proj). It identified language barriers in judicial and administrative proceedings for limited English proficient (LEP) Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and made recommendations that were subsequently adopted by the ABA and have since become basic requirements to implementing language access plans. In recognition of the 15th anniversary of EO 13166, this forum will focus on information from members of NLADA and NAPABA regarding current compliance with language access requirements in state and federal courts and administrative proceedings and will ask participants to both weigh in on the direction the report should take and make recommendations needed to further improve access to justice for LEPs.
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Daniel Hu

NAPABA Pro Bono Committee Co-Chair, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
Daniel Hu is the chief of the Civil Division with the United States Attorney’s Office in Houston. The office has a civil rights section that works with Main Justice on language access issues. He joined the U.S. Attorney’s office in 1992 from private practice. He holds a B.A. and... Read More →
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Les Jin

Retired Federal Employee, Retired Federal Employee
As NAPABA executive director, Les developed and oversaw the writing of its Language Access report, and guided its implementation. He started his career as a legal aid lawyer for Chicago’s LSC-funded program. He has served as a trial attorney for EEOC; senior counselor for USDOJ’s... Read More →
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Sabrina Shizue McKenna

Associate Justice, Hawai'i Supreme Court
Sabrina Shizue McKenna has served as an Associate Justice of the Hawai’i Supreme Court since 2011, following previous stints as a judge of the District, Circuit, and Family Courts. Born in Japan, she studied interpretation and translation in college and has worked as a translator... Read More →
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Paul Uyehara

Senior Attorney, Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division
Paul M. Uyehara is a senior attorney in the Federal Coordination and Compliance Section of the U.S. Justice Department, Civil Rights Division in Washington, D.C. Since joining DOJ in 2008 after some 30 years of public interest work in Philadelphia, his primary focus has been the section’s... Read More →

Thursday November 5, 2015 2:15pm - 3:45pm CST
Oak Alley
  Civil

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