NCRA’s 2013 inaugural Legal Video Conference, formerly known as the CLVS (Certified Legal Video Specialist) Symposium, attracted 139 attendees of all levels of expertise from…
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Once you are armed with NCRA’s certified CART provider designation, what else do you need to consider as you venture into business for yourself? CART…
NCRA has participated in all 13 of the National Center for State Courts’ Court Technology Conferences. This year, the event, which gives court and legal…
This year I have the privilege of being the Board of Directors liaison to the Teachers Community of Interest. What a great group of enthused,…
My work as a court reporting instructor inspires me to always be on the lookout for ways to reach students, to promote steno skills, to…
Just who is this “Dee Boenau,” you might ask? I am a determined woman with a competitive side sprinkled with a pinch of spunk, married…
How many times had I heard “you’ve got this!” during the 13 attempts it took me to finally pass the California Certified Shorthand Reporter examination?…
Sometimes, court reporters and captioners ask me how they can best support court reporting programs and the students who will be the next generation in…
Dorothy Huffman of Indianapolis, Ind., recently retired after nearly 70 years of active court reporting. I had the chance to sit and talk with her…
Years ago, I wrote about shifting a student’s thoughts about processing. The student went on to become a court reporter, and I wrote about her…
WHO’S TO BLAME? Q. How has it changed? A. Well, you could do that at one time, and then along comes the Internet, and the…
NCRF’s Board of Trustees met in mid-November to tackle the responsibility of developing a new long-range strategic plan. The last time we undertook this was…
I live outside Boston, and for me and my family, terrorism struck close to home last April 15 when two bombs went off at the…
Court reporters, captioners, CART providers, firms, court reporting schools, and vendors nationwide are gearing up to celebrate the second annual Court Reporting & Captioning Week…
NCRA’s Taking Realtime Awareness and Innovation Nationwide committee offers court reporters advice and inspiration on taking the next step in providing realtime, whether it is…
At some point, every court reporting student is asked to read back everything they write, practice the challenging words and briefs in an effort to…
Like most professions, court reporting is a world unto itself. We are a tight-knit community of freelancers, officials, captioners, and the like, all bound together…
The Distinguished Service Award encourages and recognizes work amounting to distinguished service by individual members of NCRA for the benefit of the reporting profession. That…
A Poway High School student who has a hearing impairment recently learned that an injunction was granted that requires the Poway Unified School District to…
FOX News 4 in Kansas City, Mo., recently ran a story about local Girl Scout Catherine Pestinger and Project: Don’t Miss a Line, an effort…