Ask any working court reporter or current court reporting student, and they’ll agree that completing court reporting school takes dedication, determination, focus, and lots of…
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The National Court Reporters Foundation has announced that Kendra Steppler, a student from Sumner College in Portland Ore., is the recipient of the $2,000 2015…
The Tennessean reported May 13 that Clark Beckham, the son of NCRA member Terri Beckham, RPR, a freelance reporter from Nashville, Tenn., finished in second…
New freelancer survey provides insight to what motivates and repels talented reporters. By Christina Lewellen Court reporting and captioning firms can only succeed if they…
On May 8, The National Law Review posted an article updating closed captioning details based on a public notice released by FCC’s Consumer and Governmental…
NCRA announced its latest class of Realtime Systems Administrators, who completed the test at the 2015 NCRA TechCon event in Denver, Colo. They were: Advilda…
Remote Counsel, a provider of remote participation solutions for legal events, announced in a press release on May 6, that its online Remote Counsel University…
NCRA’s 2015 Convention & Expo promises plenty of opportunities for working professionals to earn CEUs, learn about the latest in reporting trends, and catch up…
While flexibility and independence are strengths of freelancing, they also introduce complications. Managing personal business affairs while developing professionally and finding a balance between life…
Andrea Kramer, author and partner of an international law firm, presents an informative e-seminar about gender issues that may come up for anyone in the…
Attorney Karen Koehler, in her blog The Velvet Hammer, provides a few tips on how lawyers should treat court reporters. Read more.
By Michelle Gudex My best advice to improve your realtime is to sign up for certification tests and practice as hard as you can to…
By Jason Meadors The call Through Denise Phipps and her company, Captions Unlimited, I received an assignment to provide realtime display, or CART services, to…
By Keith Lemons The debate about realtime being the future of our profession is past. It is the now of our profession. Whether one actually…
By David Ward You can certainly still make a good and interesting living as a court reporter with basic professional reporter certification and skills. But…
As your president, I receive hundreds of emails every week and many of them are positive and optimistic. But not long ago, I received an…
By Tawny Labrum Technology. It surrounds us. It empowers us. It makes us more efficient. Think about it: What’s one of the first things you…
NCRA members, state associations, and court reporting schools across the nation stepped up their game to support the third National Court Reporting & Captioning Week…
Each year, hundreds of law professionals celebrate Law Day on May 1, and this year is no exception. With the theme Magna Carta, Icon of…
Something important clicked for NCRA member Christine Phipps, RPR, owner of Phipps Reporting in West Palm Beach, Fla., while attending the Association’s April Board of…