Supreme Court, Darwin
Conference 28-30 August 2015
PROGRAM Friday 28th August 1:00pm
Registration - Tea/Coffee
Court Foyer – Display booths open
OFFICIAL OPENING 2:00pm
Chair: The Hon Justice Jenny Blokland, Supreme Court of the Northern Territory Welcome to Country The Hon Chief Justice Trevor Riley, Supreme Court of the Northern Territory The Hon John Hardy OAM, Administrator of the Northern Territory The Hon (John) Johan Wessel Elferink MLA, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Keynote Address Professor Diana Eades, Fellow, Australian Academy of the Humanities, University of New England Aboriginal people speaking English in legal contexts: What do NT courts need to consider?
3.30pm
Afternoon Tea
SESSION 1 Chair: The Hon Justice Jenny Blokland, Supreme Court of the Northern Territory 4:00pm
Ms Lauren Campbell, Training Manager, Aboriginal Interpreter Service (AIS) and interpreters Do you need an interpreter? A practical assessment tool Reverse role play with Aboriginal Interpreter Service Yolngu Matha interpreters and The Hon Acting Justice Dean Mildren, Supreme Court of the Northern Territory
Breach of suspended sentence, continued from the 2012 Language and Law Reverse Role Play
Interpreters Interpreting, Aboriginal Interpreter Service & Interpreting and Translating Service NT
One phrase many languages
Interpreter Stories, Aboriginal Interpreter Service & Interpreting and Translating Service NT 5:00pm
Late Registration
OFFICIAL FUNCTION 5:30pm – 7.00pm
Government House Reception Hosted by His Honour the Hon John Hardy OAM, Administrator of the Northern Territory
Chair of Conference Committee: The Hon Justice Jenny Blokland Co-Chair of Conference Committee: The Hon Justice Judith Kelly Secretariat: Nancy Martinho | Elizabeth Hochman Email:
[email protected] Phone: (08) 8999 6613 | (08) 8999 6472 Address: GPO Box 3946, Darwin NT 0801
Did you know the Northern Territory has interpreters in 100 Aboriginal and 59 ethnic languages?
Saturday 29th August 8:30am
Tea/ Coffee
SESSION 2 Chair: The Hon Chief Justice Trevor Riley, Supreme Court of the Northern Territory 9:00am
Keynote Address The Hon Chief Justice Robert French AC, High Court of Australia Reverse Role Play, Aboriginal Interpreter Service interpreters
Police interview at the police station
Mr Matthew Parsons, Senior Sergeant, NT Police, Fire and Emergency Services Mr Ben Grimes and Mr Steve Swartz, Trainer, Aboriginal Interpreter Service The Police Caution Project Ms Seranie Gamble, Outreach Project Manager, Northern Territory Legal Aid Commission Lessons for lawyers working with interpreters in non-court settings Mr Tass Liveris, President, Law Society of the Northern Territory
11:00am
Indigenous Protocols for Lawyers
Morning Tea
SESSION 3 Chair: The Hon Justice Stephen Southwood, Supreme Court of the Northern Territory 11:30am
Keynote Address Mr Russell Goldflam, Barrister & Solicitor, NT Legal Aid Commission and President of the Criminal Lawyers Association NT Where’s my Interpreter? Mr David Dalrymple, Crown Prosecutor, Director of Public Prosecutions
Court Interpreters – Who should pay?
Ms Lorraine Teece Petyarre, PHD Candidate, Charles Darwin University Using visual cues to mitigate the disadvantage Aboriginal people face with court-speak Interpreter Stories, Aboriginal Interpreter Service & Interpreting and Translating Service NT 1:00pm
Lunch
SESSION 4 Chair: The Hon Justice Judith Kelly, Supreme Court of the Northern Territory 2:00pm
Keynote Address Professor Sandra Hale, Professor of Interpreting and Translation, University of NSW, AUSIT National President Interpreting the pragmatic meaning, changing the language but not the message Ms Elizabeth Morris SM, Magistrates Court (Darwin), Northern Territory
3:15pm
‘The said namely’ options for redrafting charges in plain English
Afternoon Tea
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Did you know the Northern Territory has interpreters in 100 Aboriginal and 59 ethnic languages?
SESSION 4 Continued 3:45pm
Keynote Address Dr Georgina Heydon, Forensic Linguist, Senior Lecturer RMIT
Vicarious Trauma in Interpreters
Mr James Lowrey, North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency | Australian National University - Law School An Error in Law: Recognizing Interpreters as Officers of the Court of Summary Jurisdiction 4:50pm
Wrap up: Rapporteur: The Hon Acting Justice Dean Mildren, Supreme Court of the Northern Territory
SOCIAL FUNCTION 6:30pm
Trailer Boat Club, Fannie Bay
Sunday 30th August 9:30am
Tea/ Coffee
SESSION 5 Chair: The Hon Justice Peter Barr, Supreme Court of the Northern Territory 10:00am
Reverse Role Play, Aboriginal Interpreter Service interpreters
Witness Examination
Keynote Address Dr Georgina Heydon, Forensic Linguist, Senior Lecturer RMIT Best practice questions v best practice interpreting Interpreter Stories, Aboriginal Interpreter Service & Interpreting and Translating Service NT Dr Lowndes CM, Chief Magistrate of the Northern Territory New Interpreter Protocols in the Magistrate’s Court Mr Will Crawford, North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency, Mr Steve Swartz and Mr Ben Grimes, Aboriginal Interpreter Service, and Mr Howard Amery, Language Services Coordinator, Aboriginal Resource and Development Services The Plain English Legal Dictionary 12:10pm
Lunch
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Did you know the Northern Territory has interpreters in 100 Aboriginal and 59 ethnic languages?
SESSION 6 continued Chair: Rapporteur, The Hon Acting Justice Dean Mildren, Supreme Court of the Northern Territory 1:00pm
Elizabeth Temple, Professional Interpreter, NABS: National Auslan Interpreter Booking and Payment Service Working with Deaf People in the Justice System
1:20pm
Central Australian Perspectives Language and the Law, Charles Darwin University (CDU), Researchers and Practitioners. Dr Samantha Disbray, Linguist and Senior Research Fellow Specific issues for NT Contact Languages in a legal setting Ms Felicity Gerry QC, Barrister, Lecturer in Law, Chair of Research & Research Training Committee Student participation and learning at CDU through collaborative development of an advocacy toolkit Mr David Moore, Linguist and Researcher, University of Western Australia Professional learning needs for court interpreters Professor Rolf Gerritsen, Research Fellow, Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University and Mr Tom Svikart, Case Manager, Northern Territory Correctional Services
Policy implications for the CDU Language and the Law project
2.30pm
Wrap up: Rapporteur: The Hon Acting Justice Dean Mildren, Supreme Court of the Northern Territory
2.45pm
Conference Close The Hon Chief Justice Trevor Riley, Supreme Court of the Northern Territory
***Please note this program is subject to change***
We gratefully thank the supporters of this Conference The Northern Territory Government National Judicial College of Australia Law Society Public Purposes Trust Criminal Lawyers Association of the Northern Territory Law Society Northern Territory
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Conference 28-30 August 2015
Supreme Court, Darwin
Language and the Law Conference II Committee Members
Chair of Conference Committee:
Justice Jenny Blokland
Co-Chair of Conference Committee:
Justice Judith Kelly
Rapporteur:
Acting Justice Dean Mildren
Conference Organiser:
Malika Okeil
Conference Committee: Elisabeth Armitage SM Sarah McNamara Colleen Rosas Drina Jankovic Wally Ziegelbauer Ben Grimes Chris Cox David Moore John Jablonka David Dalrymple Colleen Burns Mark Johnson Megan Lawton Tamzin Lee Beth Morrisroe David Woodroffe Nancy Martinho Liz Hochman
Magistrates Court Registrar, Supreme Court, Alice Springs Aboriginal Interpreter Service Interpreting and Translating Service NT Aboriginal Interpreter Service Aboriginal Interpreter Service Director of Courts and Tribunals, Court Support Services Interpreter, Alice Springs NT Legal Aid Commission Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions Witness Assistance Service Northern Territory Bar Association Law Society Northern Territory Central Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service Inc Central Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service Inc North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency Executive Assistant, Judge’s Chambers, Supreme Court Executive Assistant, Judge’s Chambers, Supreme Court
Chair of Conference Committee: The Hon Justice Jenny Blokland Co-Chair of Conference Committee: The Hon Justice Judith Kelly Secretariat: Nancy Martinho | Elizabeth Hochman Email:
[email protected] Phone: (08) 8999 6613 | (08) 8999 6472 Address: GPO Box 3946, Darwin NT 0801
