Legal Representation and Language Diversity:
A Demographic and Linguistic Survey of Saint Lucian Lawyers
Anonymous Ten-Question Survey
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1. Please indicate which of the following best describe (s) you.
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Rows
Age
Gender
Citizenship
Ethnicity/Race
Description
Less than 18
18-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-44
45-49
50-54
55-59
60-64
65-69
70-74
75 or older
Prefer not to respond
Man
Woman
Prefer not to respond
Prefer to self-describe
By birth (birthplace of Saint Lucia)
By birth (parents)
By birth (other)
By naturalisation (ordinary)
By registration (citizenship by investment)
By registration (adoption, marriage, parental legacy, residency status, administrative discretion)
Non-citizen (OECS national)
Non-citizen (other)
Prefer not to respond
Black (African, Afro-Caribbean, etc.)
White/ North European (English, French, German, Irish, Polish, etc.)
Amerindian (Arawak/ Taino, Carib, etc.)
American Indian/ Alaska Native (Aztec, Mayan, Navajo Nation, etc.)
East Asian (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese, Tibetan, etc.)
Hispanic/ Latino/ Spanish Origin (Cuban, Puerto Rican, Mexican, Central/ South American, etc.)
Indian Subcontinent/ South Asia (Afghan, Bangladeshi, Indian, Jordanian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, etc.)
Middle Eastern/ North African (Algerian, Bahraini, Lebanese, Arab, Moroccan, Syrian, Yemeni, etc.)
Native Hawaiian/ Other Pacific Islander (Native Hawaiian, Samoan, Chamorro, Fijian, Tongan, Marshallese, etc.)
Southeast Asian (Burmese, Filipino, Indonesian, Laotian, Malaysian, Singaporean, Thai, Vietnamese, etc.)
Mixed Parentage (two or more races)
Not known
Some other race, ethnicity, or origin (self-describe)
Prefer not to respond
1. Self-describe gender:
1. Self-describe ethnicity/race:
2. Please indicate the number of years you have been in practise (number of years since your first call to the bar in the Common-Wealth, etc.)
Please Select
Less than 1
1-5
6-10
11-15
16-20
21-25
26-30
31 or more
3. Please indicate your area(s) of practise; please check all that apply.
4. Please indicate the option(s) that best describes your current working environment; please check all that apply.
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5. Please indicate your average annual income.
Please Select
Below 36,000 XCD
36,001 XCD - 46,000 XCD
46,001 XCD - 56,000 XCD
56,001 XCD - 66,000 XCD
66,001 XCD - 76,000 XCD
76,001 XCD - 86,000 XCD
86,001 XCD - 96,000 XCD
96,001 XCD - 106,000 XCD
Above 106,001 XCD
Prefer not to respond
6. Please indicate if your workplace directly offers clients any formal non-English language assistance programmes.
Please Select
Yes, internal interpreter services are available to clients.
No, external interpreter services would be recommended (a court-appointed interpreter, etc).
7. Please indicate if a perceived language barrier has ever limited any of your attorney-client interactions; please select all that apply.
7. Please indicate if a perceived language barrier has ever limited any of your attorney-client interactions.
Please Select
Yes
No
7b. If 'yes', please indicate the language(s) you encountered; please select all that apply.
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8a. Please indicate the language you use most often to communicate and your proficiency. Note: "Listen/ Understand" can include scenarios where you can comprehend but not converse in a language.
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Rows
Language
Speak/Sign
Read
Write
Listen/Understand
First Language
(most often learned and used at home)
English
Saint Lucian Creole (Kwéyòl, Patois, Patwa)
French
Guadeloupean Creole
Haitian Creole
Spanish
Portuguese (or any Romance language not mentioned)
Papiamento
Amerindian (including Arawakan, Cariban, etc.)
Arabic (or any Afro-Asiatic language not mentioned)
Dutch (including Afrikaans)
Hindi (or any Indo-Iranian/ Dravidian language not mentioned)
German (or any West Germanic language not mentioned)
Greek (or any Hellenic/ Armenian/ Albanian language not mentioned)
Indonesian (or any Austronesian/ Austroasiatic/ Kra-Dai language not mentioned)
Irish (or any Celtic language not mentioned)
Japanese
Korean
Mandarin Chinese (or any Sino-Tibetan language not mentioned)
Russian (Armenian or any Balto-Slavic language not mentioned)
Swahili (or any Niger-Congo/ African language not mentioned)
Swedish (or any North Germanic/ Uralic language not mentioned)
Turkish (or any Turkic/ Altaic language not mentioned)
Any form of sign language
Another language not represented
Very well
Well
Not well
Not at all
Not applicable
Very well
Well
Not well
Not at all
Not applicable
Very well
Well
Not well
Not at all
Not applicable
Very well
Well
Not well
Not at all
Not applicable
8. Please manually list language(s):
8b. Please indicate which technique best describes how you came to learn the aforementioned language; please select all that apply.
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Formal education
(requirement
/
elective)
Informal education
(hobby)
Informal education
(family & friends)
First Language
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9. Please indicate any additional languages you use to communicate and your proficiency. Note: "Listen/ Understand" can include scenarios where you can comprehend but not converse in a language.
Rows
Language
Speak/Sign
Read
Write
Listen/Understand
Second Language
(2nd most often used at home & elsewhere)
I do not speak additional languages
I do not speak a third language
English
Saint Lucian Creole (Kwéyòl, Patois, Patwa)
French
Guadeloupean Creole
Haitian Creole
Spanish
Portuguese (or any Romance language not mentioned)
Papiamento
Amerindian (including Arawakan, Cariban, etc.)
Arabic (or any Afro-Asiatic language not mentioned)
Dutch (including Afrikaans)
Hindi (or any Indo-Iranian/ Dravidian language not mentioned)
German (or any West Germanic language not mentioned)
Greek (or any Hellenic/ Armenian/ Albanian language not mentioned)
Indonesian (or any Austronesian/ Austroasiatic/ Kra-Dai language not mentioned)
Irish (or any Celtic language not mentioned)
Japanese
Korean
Mandarin Chinese (or any Sino-Tibetan language not mentioned)
Russian (Armenian or any Balto-Slavic language not mentioned)
Swahili (or any Niger-Congo/ African language not mentioned)
Swedish (or any North Germanic/ Uralic language not mentioned)
Turkish (or any Turkic/ Altaic language not mentioned)
Any form of sign language
Another language not represented
Very well
Well
Not well
Not at all
Not applicable
Very well
Well
Not well
Not at all
Not applicable
Very well
Well
Not well
Not at all
Not applicable
Very well
Well
Not well
Not at all
Not applicable
Third Language
(3rd most often
used at home & elsewhere)
I do not speak additional languages
I do not speak a third language
English
Saint Lucian Creole (Kwéyòl, Patois, Patwa)
French
Guadeloupean Creole
Haitian Creole
Spanish
Portuguese (or any Romance language not mentioned)
Papiamento
Amerindian (including Arawakan, Cariban, etc.)
Arabic (or any Afro-Asiatic language not mentioned)
Dutch (including Afrikaans)
Hindi (or any Indo-Iranian/ Dravidian language not mentioned)
German (or any West Germanic language not mentioned)
Greek (or any Hellenic/ Armenian/ Albanian language not mentioned)
Indonesian (or any Austronesian/ Austroasiatic/ Kra-Dai language not mentioned)
Irish (or any Celtic language not mentioned)
Japanese
Korean
Mandarin Chinese (or any Sino-Tibetan language not mentioned)
Russian (Armenian or any Balto-Slavic language not mentioned)
Swahili (or any Niger-Congo/ African language not mentioned)
Swedish (or any North Germanic/ Uralic language not mentioned)
Turkish (or any Turkic/ Altaic language not mentioned)
Any form of sign language
Another language not represented
Very well
Well
Not well
Not at all
Not applicable
Very well
Well
Not well
Not at all
Not applicable
Very well
Well
Not well
Not at all
Not applicable
Very well
Well
Not well
Not at all
Not applicable
9. Please manually list language(s):
9b. Please indicate which technique best describes how you came to learn each of the aforementioned languages; please select all that apply.
Rows
Formal education
(requirement
/
elective)
Informal education
(hobby)
Informal education
(family & friends)
Second Language
Third Language
9c. If you do speak more than one language, please indicate if your multilingual skill was ever a useful asset to representing a client.
Please Select
Yes
No
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10. Please indicate how often you encounter each of the following languages during typical client interactions. This question requires one response per row.
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Frequency
English
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Saint Lucian Creole
(Kwéyòl, Patois, Patwa)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
French
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Guadeloupean Creole
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Haitian Creole
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Spanish
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Portuguese
(or any Romance language not mentioned)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Papiamento
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Amerindian
(including Arawakan, Cariban, etc.)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Arabic
(or any Afro-Asiatic language not mentioned)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Dutch
(including Afrikaans)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Hindi
(or any Indo-Iranian/ Dravidian language not mentioned)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
10. Please indicate which language frequency category best reflects your typical client interactions. This question requires one response per row.
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Rows
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
English
Saint Lucian Creole
(Kwéyòl, Patois, Patwa)
French
Guadeloupean Creole
Haitian Creole
Spanish
Portuguese
(or any Romance language not mentioned)
Papiamento
Amerindian
(including Arawakan, Cariban, etc.)
Arabic
(or any Afro-Asiatic language not mentioned)
Dutch
(including Afrikaans)
Hindi
(or any Indo-Iranian/ Dravidian language not mentioned)
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(Continued)10. Please indicate how often you encounter each of the following languages during typical client interactions. This question requires one response per row.
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Frequency
German
(or any West Germanic language not mentioned)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Greek
(or any Hellenic/ Armenian/ Albanian language not mentioned)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Indonesian
(or any Austronesian/ Austroasiatic/ Kra-Dai language not mentioned)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Irish
(or any Celtic language not mentioned)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Japanese
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Korean
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Mandarin Chinese
(or any Sino-Tibetan language not mentioned)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Russian
(Armenian or any Balto-Slavic language not mentioned)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Swahili
(or any Niger-Congo/ African language not mentioned)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Swedish
(or any North Germanic/ Uralic language not mentioned)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Turkish
(or any Turkic/ Altaic language not mentioned)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Any form of sign language
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Unrecognised language(s)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
10.(Continued) Please indicate how often you encounter each of the following languages during typical client interactions. This question requires one response per row.
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Rows
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
German
(or any West Germanic language not mentioned)
Greek
(or any Hellenic/ Armenian/ Albanian language not mentioned)
Indonesian
(or any Austronesian/ Austroasiatic/ Kra-Dai language not mentioned)
Irish
(or any Celtic language not mentioned)
Japanese
Korean
Mandarin Chinese
(or any Sino-Tibetan language not mentioned)
Russian
(Armenian or any Balto-Slavic language not mentioned)
Swahili
(or any Niger-Congo/ African language not mentioned)
Swedish
(or any North Germanic/ Uralic language not mentioned)
Turkish
(or any Turkic/ Altaic language not mentioned)
Any form of sign language
Unrecognized language(s)
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