Irish Sign Language skills for solicitors
Law Society Skillnet has organised a course aimed at familiarising solicitors with basic Irish Sign Language (ISL) skills.
It gives guidance on how to work with deaf and hard-of-hearing clients, and how to work with qualified interpreters in the legal setting.
The course provides information about the deaf community, deaf culture, and deaf people as a linguistic minority group.
Basic skills
By the end of the course, practitioners should expect to achieve ISL basic-level skills.
They will learn the skills to engage in a two-way conversation, comprehend a simple question-and-answer discussion, and sign basic personal expressions and information.
Numbers on the course are limited to 20 participants, and the workshop takes place in-person at the Law Society on Tuesday, 19 July 2022.