Position Title: Spanish Interpreter/Translator - Law School Clinic

Department: Law Clinic

Advertised Pay: 12.00

Campus Location: Washburn University

Position Summary:

The Spanish Interpreter/Translator will provide translation and interpretation work with clients and potential clients at the Law Clinic office as needed.

About Washburn University: 

Washburn University is a teaching-focused, student-centered, public institution located in the metropolitan setting of Topeka that has earned national recognition for its high-impact programs for first-generation students. Washburn has a student body of over 5,500 undergraduate, graduate, and law students, a significant and growing number of whom are first-generation and Pell-Grant eligible. The University has created educational pathways for all students to be successful and achieve their educational goals.

Washburn is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a dynamic faculty, staff, and student body and cultivating a robust learning and working environment and curriculum. We employ more than one thousand faculty and staff on our campuses throughout Topeka and strive to offer competitive wages, an excellent benefits program, and a supportive culture and a healthy work/life balance. Washburn seeks to create an environment that reflects our core values for creating positive IMPACT: inclusion, modernization, partnership, achievement, community and transformation. In 2024, Washburn was recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to Great Colleges to Work For® program.

Essential Functions:
-Primary translator of Spanish documents into English, including correspondence, forms, and personal statements.
-Interpret between Law Clinic staff/students and clients.
-Translating English documents into Spanish.

Non-Essential Functions:
Filing, typing, and answering the phone.

Required Qualifications:

-Fluency in Spanish (both written and oral).
-Professionalism.
-Ability to maintain confidentiality.
-Excellent grammar, written and verbal communication, and a willingness to learn legal terminology.

-Must be a Washburn student and currently enrolled.
-If a student at Washburn University Law School, must be enrolled as a 2L, 3L, or LLM.

Preferred Qualifications:
Experience and coursework on Spanish interpretation and/or translation in a professional setting.

Hourly, Part-time    
Background Check Required