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 […]
Illinois State Grad a ‘Rising Star’ in World of Court Reporting
Isaiah Roberts laughs when he people say it, but he still remains humble and proud when people call him “a rising star in the court reporting world.” Roberts, 25, likely would be a rising star in any world he entered. For now, though, he is more than satisfied. All the more so when you know […]
Top Manhattan Court Reporter Sues to Get His Job Back
A former top stenographer for Manhattan (New York) civil courts claims he was wrongly fired. And that same Manhattan court reporter sues to get his state job back. John Phelps is claiming in a new suit against the New York state court system that some of his alleged misconduct had been authorized by Manhattan’s chief […]
The National Court Reporters Association Annual Expo in Denver
29 men and women filled the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver representing the cream of the court reporting crop. They descended on the Mile High City for the annual National Court Reporters Association Convention and Expo, where contestants are competing for the chance to be crowned the fastest and most accurate reporters and captioners […]
New York State Dealing With Court Stenographer Shortages
News out of Albany, New York shows that across the country officials are looking to recruit young professionals to be court stenographers. This effort comes as big changes are being made to the justice system in New York state. We in the stenographer community tip our hat to New York as they are dealing with […]