NCRA member Jill Layton, RMR, an official court reporter from Toledo, Ill., was featured in an article posted April 12 by the Effingham Daily News,…
Posts published in April 2019
By Rachel Barkume, RPR Tracey Tracy, RPR, is a freelance court reporter in Tacoma, Wash. She graduated from the online court reporting technologies program at Green River College in…
Nominations are now being accepted for the Santo J. Aurelio Award for Altruism, the highest honor awarded by the National Court Reporters Foundation (NCRF). The deadline…
Bobby Joe “B.J.” Davis, passed away March 29. Bobby Joe Davis was born Sept. 30, 1938, in New Albany, Miss. He died after a battle…
Phipps Reporting, based in West Palm Beach, Fla., announced in a press release issued April 8 that it has opened a new office in Milwaukee,…
The Des Moines Community College student newspaper, The Campus Chronicle, posted an opinion piece on April 6 about the importance of using live court reporters…
Next month, NCRA will have its first known court reporting program graduate who started in an NCRA A to ZTM Intro to Steno Machine Shorthand…
If you are plan to take a test for an NCRA certification, make sure that you have all of the most current information. Preview words…
Trade in your old writer for a new ProCAT Xpression, and the company will supply a writer to an NCRA A to ZTM Intro to…
Epiq announced in a press release issued today that Roger Pilc has joined as president and general manager to lead the firm’s global legal solutions…
By Santo (Joe) Aurelio There are 15 words and phrases that are so confusing that I cannot and will not use them. The principal dictionary…
By Mary Kay Howe It was a great honor to be chosen to be the honorary bailiff for the Kansas Supreme Court for a special…
Insidehighered.com posted an article on April 8 about the legal dispute over video captions for classes shared online. After nearly a year of court proceedings,…
The Jackson Hole News & Guide reported on April 3 that retired NCRA member Terry Lynn Jones, Jackson Hole, Wyo., an official state court reporter…
U.S. Legal Support, Houston, Texas, announced in a press release issued April 2 that it has acquired First Choice Reporting & Video Services based in…
Below is the ninth in a series of monthly featured words to help captioners build their dictionaries and knowledge. The words for this series are…
Along with the many people who will be taking the RPR Written Knowledge Test in April is a student who is blind and will be…
Working as an extra on a TV show or movie is a great way for NCRA members to promote the wonderful work being done by…
The National Court Reporters Foundation (NCRF) is now accepting nominations for the Robert H. Clark and Frank Sarli Memorial scholarships for students, as well as…
Hurry! Registration closes April 5 for NCRA’s 2019 Leadership & Legislative Boot Camp taking place May 5-7 outside of Washington, D.C. This event promises attendees the ultimate in…