One of the problems facing many postsecondary institutions is the lack of qualified sign language interpreters to meet the rising demand of deaf and hard of hearing students. Citing legal precedence, Jeanne Kincaid, a nationally recognized disability rights attorney, noted that the Office of Civil Rights (1993; 1991) recognized that there is a "critical shortage of qualified interpreters to meet the societal needs of the deaf population nation-wide" (p. 9). Establishing an interpreter mentorship program can help train new interpreters and community interpreters to become qualified postsecondary interpreters as well as provide many other benefits for postsecondary institutions. In an interpreter mentorship program, a mentee interpreter is paired with an experienced and qualified mentor interpreter in order to improve the skills of the mentee. Mentorship can be a cost-effective way to train new interpreters and provide a means for more experienced interpreters to share their knowledge. Thus, a mentorship program can be beneficial to postsecondary institutions as well as the mentees and mentors.