Our world has lost a most gracious and kind soul, Carol Sofianopoulos, RDR, CRR, to cancer on Dec. 7. Carol is survived by her sweetheart…
Two court reporting service companies, Geiger & Loria Reporting Service and Filius & McLucas Reporting Service, Inc., both based in central Pennsylvania, will become one…
NCRA President Nancy Varallo was recently interviewed by the Worcester (Mass.) Telegraph & Gazette about her business and her career as a court reporter. In…
The U.S. Congress has agreed to a budget that will fund the federal government, including the judiciary, through 2015. According to a Dec. 11 blog…
The Community College of Allegheny County in Pittsburgh, Pa., scored first place with 100 percent of its students holding membership in NCRA’s first contest held…
Who doesn’t love a good race? Remember your childhood, when you heard those exhilarating words, “On your mark. Get set. Go!”? You could almost feel…
Twenty-one Certified Legal Video Specialist candidates spent the weekend at the headquarters building of the National Court Reporters Association in Vienna, Va., Dec. 14-15 to attempt…
On Tuesday, Dec. 10, NCRA executive director & CEO Jim Cudahy, CAE, NCRA assistant director of government relations Adam Finkel, government relations specialist Brandon Schall,…
Just in time for the holidays, students at 22 NCRA certified court reporting schools across the nation received older versions of the association’s Glossaries for…
Cheryl and Jim Korn explained how being able to use closed captioning equipment in movie theaters has improved their lives in a Dec. 15 article…
According to a Dec. 13 post on RollCall.com, Majority Leader Harry Reid visited the team of legislative reporters transcribing every word of the marathon 35-hour session last…
NCRF is seeking nominations for its Board of Trustees. Eligibility is open to all NCRA members in addition to members of the public. NCRF Trustees…
Veteran court reporter Doreen Sutton, RPR, from Scottsdale, Ariz., was recently awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the Arizona Court Reporters Association in recognition of…
Sandy VanderPol, RMR, CRR, a realtime freelance reporter from Lotus, Calif., and chair of NCRA’s Paperless Future Task Force, was recently honored by the California…
Canadian attorneys are finding iPads and other tablets useful in courtrooms, reports a Dec. 9 blog by Glenn Kauth on Legal Feed. The article related…
A Dec. 8 article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette explains that the recent financial pressures have created changes in the ways some firms charge clients. Replacing…
MacCormac College in Chicago hosted its first annual Ultimate Type Race Challenge in November, offering the winner a prize of $1,000, as a way to…
You still have time to reap the benefits of a year-end charitable contribution! NCRF has strong programs that support our profession, and its good work…
NCRA congratulates Dave Wenhold, CAE, PLC, on recently receiving the first annual Professional of the Year Award from the Association of Government Relations Professionals. Wenhold…
After more than 30 years, Carvel Reinsch, a court reporter for the Saline County District Court in Kansas, is retiring. Reinsch told the Salina Journal…