Requesting a Court Interpreter. Requests for spoken language court interpreters must be received at least 7 days in advance of the scheduled proceeding.Take the one-hour oral performance examination testing their skill in sight translation, consecutive interpretation, and simultaneous interpretation. Are jurors given breaks? Are there lunch facilities available? Jurors must be 18 years of age or older, citizens of the United States, and residents of the county in which they are summonsed. If you have served as a juror in a New York State or Federal Court within the past six years, please submit your completed questionnaire or juror summons. This benchbook is a revision of former Circuit Judge Lowell Bray's 2014 Civil. Jury Trial Benchbook. Federal Jury Duty: If you have been summonsed for federal jury duty, call (800) 865-1775 for assistance.