This course will address the evolution of professionalization within the field of interpreting, as well as explore various aspects of working in the community and the dynamics surrounding community involvement. This course is highly interactive, highlighting a variety of guest presenter and panelists from the Rochester community. Topics of discussion are: working with Deaf professionals, working with Deaf interpreters, business practices, professional supervision and Video Relay Service (VRS) settings. Within these major topics, discussion will include discretionary practices, ethical decision-making, current standards and community connections and resources. The objective is to guide students in traversing the dialectic, rather than eliciting right or wrong answers that simply reflect the rhetoric of the interpreting field. (3rd or 4th year status in Program).