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I am a Certified Court Interpreter

Having earned the Oregon Certified Court Interpreter Credential, your certified status and credential must be renewed every three years. Oregon certified court interpreters must complete and submit documentation to CLAS 45 days prior to the date of credential expiration. This application must include the following:
  • The credential renewal fee and application
  • Documentation of the appropriate number of Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
  • Information necessary to conduct a criminal history check.
Additional renewal requirements include submitting documentation of completion of the following:
  • 120 hours of interpreting services in courts of record in Oregon or Consortium member states, federal courts of record, or where the interpreter is sworn in and the record can be submitted into evidence:
    • ​Courts of record: Federal, Circuit, Municipal, County Justice, Tax Court
    • Out of court sessions which generate a record: arbitrations, depositions​, administrative hearings, matters where there is an Administrative Judge (i.e. Unemployment Department, Social Security, and Child Support Hearings)
    • Hearings where the interpreter is sworn in: Grand Jury, Arbitrations

  • 25 total approved CEUs during the credential renewal period as follows:
    • 5 ethics-specific units
    • 10 general units
    • 10 language specific units
 
Renewal Fee $150.00

Oregon Examination Reciprocity Examination Reciprocity:  

Oregon allows examination reciprocity for certified court interpreters who want to pursue an Oregon court interpreter credential and have taken an interpreting exam in another state. Examination reciprocity will be awarded to candidates that have achieved an appropriate score on the: 

  • ​Federal Court Interpreting Examination; or 
  • Court Interpreting Oral Examination; or 
  • RID Specialist Certificate: Legal (SC:L) Examination

​Once an interpreter has been granted examination reciprocity, they must meet the other credential requirements outlined in State Court Administrator Policies for the Oregon Judicial Department's Oregon Certified Court Interpreter Program (PDF).​

​​Email court.interpreter.program@ojd.state.or.us​ to start the reciprocity process. ​

Certification Renewal

Having earned the ASL Oregon Certified Court Interpreter Credential, your certified status and credential must be renewed every three years. ASL Oregon Certified Court Interpreters must complete and submit documentation to CLAS 45 days prior to the date of credential expiration. This application must include the following:
  • The credential renewal fee and application
  • Documentation of the appropriate number of Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
  • Information necessary to conduct a criminal history check.
In addition to the renewal requirements above, the ASL Oregon Certified Court Interpreter must submit documentation of completion of the following:
  • Verification of a valid Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf Specialist Certificate: Legal (SC:L)
  • 120 hours of interpreting services in courts of record in Oregon or Consortium member states, federal courts of record, or where the interpreter is sworn in and the record can be presented into evidence
  • Five ethics-specific CEUs during the renewal period
Renewal Fee $150.00
 

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