Court and Realtime Reporting

Students arrange for an off-campus experience with a qualified courtroom, freelance, or realtime reporter within a geographical proximity of their hometown. Students should try to arrange for a variety of experiences over the internship. Students cannot gain financially from this internship experience or transcription material.

Students are required to pass a pre-internship test of 180 words per minute in Q&A material, complete a minimum of 40 hours of which must be actual writing time, and complete a minimum of 40 pages of computer printed transcript.

Students will submit a written narrative report summarizing the internship experience. Students will produce 40 pages of transcript from various experiences during the internship and submit a signed internship verification form.

The procedures course is an introduction of court and realtime reporting procedures and practices for the court reporting including: professional responsibilities of federal and state court systems; civil and criminal trials; logistics of reporting; reporting techniques; and transcription production. The course includes a description and discussion of the role of the captioner and CART captioner. Included in this course will be a simulation of a deposition where the student will act in the role as the reporter and administer the oath, mark exhibits, and perform other responsibilities germane to transcript production. Students will be required to apply professional ethics to various situations and identify and use appropriate library and reference material used in transcript preparation including software and internet search engines. Students will also be required to simulate and transcribe the National Court Reporter's Association (NCRA) Registered Professional Reporter (RPR) test as well as the Certified Realtime Reporter (CRR) test. Students will prepare for the RPR written examination exam through simulations and review.