Michigan Court Reporters Could See Per-Page Pay Increase
Michigan court reporters want to make more money. Who doesn’t, right? They are seeking a wage increase from their current pay rate of $1.75 per original page and 30 cents per copied page. A House Bill being introduced would double Michigan’s page rate to $3.50 per original page and 75 cents per copy page. The […]
Texas Court Reporters Work to Preserve Veterans’ Stories
Throughout the year, court reporters sit down with veterans and interviewers to take down the veterans’ stories, preserving them in the Library of Congress. The Texas Court Reporters Association (TCRA) is hoping to find more veterans and preserve their stories in that library. TCRA members have been recording veterans’ stories for a few years, but […]
Kansas Court Reporter Dealing With Ethics Violation
Sometimes court reporters can overstep their boundaries. It happened in Kansas, as an attorney representing a court reporter who worked the Shawnee County, Kansas murder trial of Dana Chandler conceded Friday his client violated professional ethics by posting to social media personal opinions about the case, but sought leniency from the Kansas Supreme Court in […]
Free Introduction to Court Reporting Classes Offered in Illinois
As we already know, court reporters, and the transcripts they produce are a support pillar of the court system, but a shortage of licensed court reporters is looming on the horizon. This is a point that CourtScribes.com has written about often. Tammy Bumgarner, the Director of Court Reporting Services in Springfield, Illinois, says that if […]
So You Want to Be a Stenographer
A stenographer, or court reporter, works in a courtroom and transcribes spoken words by typing them into a steno machine. A steno machine is a kind of shorthand typewriter. Having fast and accurate typing skills are vital for a stenographer job. Stenographers must be licensed and certified in addition to passing a special exam. Important […]
Invisibility Leads to Court Reporter Shortages
If you read the blogs at CourtScribes, then you know we have pointed out how many court reporters have recently retired and new court reporters are sorely needed. The National Court Reporters Association estimates a shortage of 5,000 court reporters throughout the United States. “There will be a crisis point in about a decade if […]
Georgia’s Only Certified Court Reporting College Closing Doors
For nearly 50 years students at Brown College of Court Reporting (open since 1972) in Atlanta have learned to be the quickest, the best and the most accurate court reporters in the whole country. Grads logged live legal proceedings and even did closed captioning for television. This week as new students prepared to start their courses, […]
Accused Mollie Tibbetts Killer Cristhian Rivera’s Court Interpreter’s Fees
In addition to all of the services that CourtScribes offers, interpreters are one that is sometimes looked over. Well, they do in many languages, and for that reason, we found this story interesting as this was a big story. Itemization forms have been filed by interpreters of Cristhian Rivera for the costs of their services. […]
Who is CourtScribes
We here at CourtScribes want to explain to those reading excatly what we do and how our services work. It is important that one is informed well before making an important choice for their court records and needs. Sensitive information hinges on it. For starters, CourtScribes uses professional-level recording systems and digitally based technology to […]
Court Reporters in High Demand in Champaign
This story out of Champaign, Illinois as many there believe that court reporting is a dying industry. But court reporters are saying that it’s quite the opposite, as they’re in seriously high demand right now. And we have many blog posts supporting this right here at CourtScribes. The profession of court reporting has been seeing […]