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Court Reporting - Schools, Degrees, Courses
Setting the Record Straight About Court Reporting Schools
Have you ever perused "Help Wanted" ads and come across typing requirements? Sixty-five words per minute seems like a lot. But what about 225 words per minute? That impressive number is the minimum requirement for court reporters certified by The National Court Reporters Association (NCRA). More impressive still is that they must do it with nearly 100 percent accuracy. That's why job growth for those with formal court reporter training is projected to be another impressive number: 18 percent between 2008 and 2018.Read more »
Get It "Write" at Court Reporting School
Court reporting schools prepare students to record trials and courtroom proceedings in real time, using equipment that creates both oral and written recordings. Your court reporting training will likely include:
See More Than a Courtroom with Court Reporter Training
Television crime dramas give you a sense of what court reporters do in the courtroom. But did you also know that when you attend a college of court reporting, you could actually work in the television industry? The Telecommunications Act of 1996 requires that all programs in the top 25 television markets must be closed-captioned. Who better to transcribe broadcast material, both live and recorded, than graduates of court reporting schools?
Not only that but court reporters also capture financial reports, sales meetings, press conferences, training seminars and much more, in writing for online publication. Plus, those in the legal profession or in politics at any level hire freelance court reporters as transcriptionists. See where a college of court reporting could lead you.« Collapse
Court reporting schools prepare students to record trials and courtroom proceedings in real time, using equipment that creates both oral and written recordings. Your court reporting training will likely include:
- Aural language skills
- Computer-aided transcription
- Court reporting procedures
- Legal and medical terminology
- English and editing for transcription
- Machine shorthand
- Real-time transcription.
See More Than a Courtroom with Court Reporter Training
Television crime dramas give you a sense of what court reporters do in the courtroom. But did you also know that when you attend a college of court reporting, you could actually work in the television industry? The Telecommunications Act of 1996 requires that all programs in the top 25 television markets must be closed-captioned. Who better to transcribe broadcast material, both live and recorded, than graduates of court reporting schools?
Not only that but court reporters also capture financial reports, sales meetings, press conferences, training seminars and much more, in writing for online publication. Plus, those in the legal profession or in politics at any level hire freelance court reporters as transcriptionists. See where a college of court reporting could lead you.« Collapse