Welcome to Interpreter Training Group!

Instructor-led courses are presented online and in person. We combine lecture, class discussion, practical examples, and real-world investigative experience. Participants have opportunities to ask questions, engage with the instructor, and explore the meaning and context behind courtroom language.

Current Instructor-Led Courses

● Behind the Posts (3 Hours)
Provides insight into social media language, digital evidence, online investigations, and internet communication encountered in modern legal proceedings.

● Codes, Culture & Chemicals (6 Hours)
Explores drug terminology, cartel culture, coded language, informant operations, and the investigative concepts surrounding narcotics enforcement.

● Digital Investigations (3 Hours)
Examines cybercrime, cryptocurrency, digital evidence, the Dark Web, and investigative techniques used in technology-related criminal investigations.

● Ideology on Trial (3 Hours)
Focuses on sovereign citizens, anti-government extremists, courtroom encounters, and the terminology associated with ideology-driven investigations.

● Killer Language (6 Hours)
Examines homicide investigations, forensic terminology, investigative procedures, and courtroom testimony associated with violent crimes.

● Trial by Fire (3 Hours)
Covers fire science, arson investigations, investigative procedures, and the terminology commonly encountered in courtroom testimony.

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 Current Self-Study Courses

Complete approved continuing education at your own pace. Each self-study course includes professionally developed instructional materials, practical learning activities, independent research, and an assessment designed to reinforce real-world interpreter skills.

● Dark Web Decoded (3 Hours)
Provides insight into the terminology, technologies, cryptocurrency, and investigative concepts associated with the Dark Web and cybercrime investigations.

● Death Talk (3 Hours)
Examines coroner terminology, death investigations, autopsy procedures, and the language commonly encountered in forensic and courtroom settings.

● Digital Communication Decoded (3 Hours)
Explores modern digital communication, including texting abbreviations, emojis, internet slang, and online language frequently encountered in legal proceedings.

● Digital Street Talk (3 Hours)
Focuses on the evolving language of social media, street slang, and digital communication used in criminal investigations and courtroom testimony.

● Industrial Accidents (3 Hours)
Provides an overview of workplace accident terminology, OSHA concepts, industrial environments, and related legal proceedings.

● Lethal Language (4 Hours)
Focuses on fentanyl investigations, overdose response, narcotics trafficking, opioid terminology, and the language surrounding today's opioid crisis.

● The Language of Family Law (3 Hours)
Covers the terminology, legal procedures, and courtroom language commonly encountered in family law matters, including custody, support, domestic violence, and related proceedings.

● The Vocabulary of Arrest (3 Hours)
Reviews the terminology and legal concepts surrounding arrests, detentions, searches, use of force, and law enforcement procedures.

● Under the Influence of Words (3 Hours)
Introduces the terminology and investigative procedures associated with DUI enforcement, field sobriety testing, chemical testing, and impaired driving cases.

● Up in Smoke (3 Hours)
Examines the language of fire investigations, arson cases, fire behavior, investigative procedures, and courtroom testimony.