Taking down every word on the record in a courtroom can be challenging for even the most adept stenographers. However, a handful of court reporters at the federal level still use shorthand and can take down testimony at more than …
For many, a courtroom is the last place they want to end up. Fear of unpaid parking tickets and intimidating judges leads most people to skirt around their local courthouse entirely. However, for many, the inner workings of the justice …
Realtime captioning is an in demand skill for court reporters, and they have been seeking training in captioning in increasing numbers. Thus, the Board of Directors of the National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) recently approved combining two types of certifications …
When Dina Marcus first came to California from Portugal at the age of two, her family found work in the dairy industry. After she graduated from Galt High School, she knew she didn’t want to follow in those footsteps. She …
A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Middle East District court reporter became the first Soldier to complete the Marine Corps court reporter course. Sgt. 1st Class Jason Trumbull attended the course at the Naval Justice School in Rhode Island. Trumbull …
Each year on May first, legal professionals of all stripes celebrate Law Day. President Dwight D. Eisenhower designated Law Day in 1958 as a day that was meant to “honor liberty, justice and equality under law which our forefathers bequeathed …
The National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) held its 2015 TechCon convention this month in Denver, Colorado where speaker Marybeth Everhart, RPR, CRI, CPE spoke to attendees about overcoming the fear of writing in real-time. Everhart explained that writers must try …
The federal government allows its court reporters to charge for copies of federal court transcripts, and many court reporters supplement their incomes by doing so. One very high-profile federal case underway at the moment is that of one of the …
Court reporters are required in courtrooms nationwide. Unfortunately, there is currently such a severe shortage of court reporters that hearings are being delayed and in some cases, even canceled. Nativa Wood, who is Vice President of the National Court Reporters …