On behalf of Hon. Raja Rajeswari, Chair of the Advisory Committee on Language Access, please see the announcement below.
In 2025, the NYS Unified Court System provided language access to over 400,000 court users statewide. In an effort to continue providing equal access to the courts, we would like to inform you of the following opportunity.
The NYS Unified Court System needs Bengali, Burmese, Cham, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Khmer, Laotian, Malay, Malayalam, Punjabi, Sylheti, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Urdu, Vietnamese as well as the various languages of the Philippines, such as Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Kapampangan, and Pangasinense.
Interested candidates may apply by visiting https://nycourts.powerappsportals.us/pdci-application/. Please note the Office of Language Access will be accepting online applications from September 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025. Candidates who apply during this timeframe will be notified to schedule their written exam during the first two weeks of December 2025.
Candidates who successfully complete the NYS Unified Court System’s Language Skills Screening will be placed on the Per Diem Registry available to the courts statewide.
Per Diem Court Interpreters
- are called based on the language needs of the courts,
- are paid $220 for a half-day (up to four hours) or $385 for a full day, and
- can schedule assignments to meet their needs
For detailed information, please visit: https://ww2.nycourts.gov/COURTINTERPRETER/index.shtml
Email: courtinterpreter@nycourts.gov