2. Investigate the local context a. Find out about national interpreting standards There may also be professional bodies with shared standards, codes of ethics and/or best practices and these may provide a useful benchmark for you to bear in mind when handling specific situations at the police station and in courts.  Find out about national standards and best practices  Is there an organisation (governmental or otherwise) which represents interpreters?  Contact them and ask for copies of guidelines concerning the minimum qualifications required for police station interpreting, best practices etc.  Familiarise yourself with all the relevant material so you are ready to bring it to people’s attention at the police station if necessary. b. Speak with colleagues / bar associations It seems likely that the Directive, and possibly national implementing measures, will not immediately become known to all concerned. Yet, if more lawyers are aware of the measures and seek to rely on them, police and courts will notice recurrent arguments. This will make the issue harder to ignore and enhance the credibility of arguments based on the Directive. We suggest:  Spread the word:  Ask the Bar Association whether it has informed its membership of the new laws.  Circulate this Toolkit among legal networks and through Bar Associations. The discussion surrounding the Directives and how to use them is new and a key part of the implementation strategy developed by LEAP. In that context, LEAP Advisory Board member for Portugal, Vania Costa Ramos, has written about using the Directive in Portuguese criminal practice and we would encourage you to read the English translation we have made available.14 If you have written something which you think could help colleagues in other Member States, please contact us. 14 Vania Costa Ramos, ‘The use of European law in criminal practice’, English translation provided by Fair Trials, available at http://www.fairtrials.org/publications/article-the-use-of-european-law-in-criminal-proceedings/. 14