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How can Court Reporters help Attorneys?
Court reporters are often asked after a deposition, "What did you think of the witness? Did you find the witness credible?" If you consider that a court reporter who has worked 30 years has sat in on close to 5,000 depositions and transcribed close to a million pages...
What is court reporting?
What is court reporting? When I was in kindergarten my class played what was called "the Operator game." The teacher whispered a set of words into the first student's ear. Each student one by one turned and whispered the words into the ear of the student sitting next...
What sets you apart as a court reporter?
How fast can you type? Sometimes when things get heated in a legal proceeding, arguments ensue. At this point people start speaking very quickly. This is when your skill is really tested in order to be able to keep up with what's being said. Having passed the RMR...
Court reporters gather memories of vets
"The mission of the project is to collect and preserve the personal accounts of American war veterans so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war." - Michelle Keegan See the article on the NCRA website here:...
NCRA members reflect on transcribing oral histories from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
“Everybody seemed to keep looking at one another hoping that somebody would speak up and make sense of it all. Nobody did. On the bus ride back to the city, there was no light chatter. People were too overwhelmed.” -Michelle Keegan See the article here in the NCRA's...
Choosing your Court Reporter
It is said that the average person makes 35,000 decisions in a day. That is an incredibly staggering number when you think of all the other things that the average person is doing besides making decisions on any given day. No wonder that by evening most people are...