The APCI warmly welcomes applications for membership from all interpreters
working in the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales, as well as Scotland and Northern Ireland. If that
includes you, then we can guarantee a swift consideration of your
completed application.
Membership of the Association is not conferred lightly, and should be seen as a
stepping stone in the already successful career of an interpreter with
considerable experience as both a linguist and a practitioner in the Criminal
Justice System.
These are our minimum criteria for new applicants:
- First degree or postgraduate qualification in a relevant
subject
- Recommendation of competence and good practice from two
referees
- Three years' experience as an interpreter within the CJS
- Regular work for the police and the courts
- Four hundred hours of proven experience for the Police and Courts and one hundred
assignments
- Full or Rare Language Status on the NRPSI in at least one
language
- High standard of conduct in the field with a solid ethical
understanding
- If you are an MPS listed interpreter, a reference will be requested
which must be 'clean'
- Claimed membership of other professional bodies will also be
verified by way of a reference
- A work history clean of proven complaints within the CJS field
Once the documentation is complete, we invite applicants to an interview.
The current subscription is £100 per annum. This becomes payable on 1 January in each year, irrespective of the month of joining. New members are required to pay £100 for the remainder of the calendar year in which their application is approved. As a concession, the policy of the present Committee is to waive subscriptions until the following 1 January for new members whose application is approved on or after 1 September in each year.
Membership Application Form
Click here to access the application form in PDF format
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Please print the form, fill it in by hand and send it to the address at the end of the form.
Please note that for the time being it is not possible to apply online.