CCL President Robert S. Peck told court administrators meeting in Salem, Massachusetts that the law on providing language access in courtrooms under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and various constitutional provisions remains a work in progress.  Peck spoke on the first day of the four-day First Annual Conference of the Council of Language Access Coordinators, providing an overview of the relevant law and court decisions to guide them in implementation of their responsibilities.  While the requirement of providing court interpreters in criminal cases is well-established as a function of due process and the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment, an abuse of discretion standard generally governs in civil litigation, Peck said.