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News from Around the PlanetReversing the Projected Court Reporting Shortage
Ask any high school senior looking into college prospects, taking the ACTs and SATs what (s)he knows about court reporters and the profession -- and they’ll most likely respond with questions that sound something like, “Court reporters are the people that type on...
Good Karma Court Reporting
By Lisa Feissner, RDR, CRR, CRI As an international court reporter for Planet Depos, I've had the opportunity to travel extensively throughout Asia for nearly a year. The places I have visited - Japan, Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, and Hong Kong - each claim Buddhism as a...
Say Y-E-S to Rough Drafts
Tip by Sandy VanderPol, CSR, FAPR, RMR, CRR, RSA Credentialed When you get the call to report a very difficult deposition or trial with an immediate rough draft request, you know what? Yes, you can! With available technology that allows your scopist to access and...
The Value of Realtime in Court is “Very High”
U.S. District Court Judge David Nuffer tells listeners in an interview with NCRA’s Director Debra Dibble, that until you try realtime, “you don’t really have an idea of what a difference it makes in concentration and accuracy,” which is why when the new District Court...
Maintaining the Integrity of the Court Reporting Profession
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdx1QgR1EOc Although you’d planned to take the day off, you agree to take a last-minute call-in. Quickly, you build a job dictionary, and head out. Throughout the deposition, the witness responds, “Sorry, I don’t know,” and not...
When Not to Disseminate Copy Sales
It’s 10 o’clock Monday night, and the agency number is blinking on your Caller ID. Reluctantly, you pick up the receiver. It’s the Scheduling Manager, and she’d like to know if you’d be interested in taking a 3- or 4-hour job tomorrow morning close to home. Thrilled...
Connecting Your Client to Realtime – Overcome the Fear Factor!
By Sandy VanderPol, RMR, CRR Do not be overcome by the fear factor of troubleshooting your realtime connections. The good news is with the various options now available to output your realtime, the vendors updating their receive software, and the resources now...
Court Reporting Credentials
As court reporters and “keepers of the record,” we are tasked with maintaining an unbiased, neutral position in every matter we report. Our ethical obligations to our clients are always in the forefront of our minds, which is why it is so important that we proudly...
The Shortest Path to Short Writing: Mark Kislingbury’s “Beginning Theory” by Lee Bursten, RMR, CRR
Over the past several years there has been renewed interest among court reporters in shortening their writing. The idea of increasing one's usage of word and phrase briefs was controversial for much of the past few decades, in an atmosphere where reporting schools...
Court Reporter Relationships & Recusal
It’s Monday night, and one of the agencies for whom you work has called and asked you to cover a series of depositions for the next day that are anticipated to last all day. They email the witness list and case caption to you, and you enter into your dictionary all of...