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Realtime reporting is the subject of an article posted Oct. 25 by the Newton Daily News, Newton, Iowa. The article notes that while realtime reporting…
In the fall of 2015, Suzanne Rafferty and Kristina Carmody, court reporting students at the Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C), Cuyahoga, Ohio, co-founded a Court Reporting…
In a blog posted Oct. 18 by JD Supra Business Advisor, Suzanne Quinson of Planet Depos writes about how she has applied what she learned…
Space is filling up for NCRA’s 2016 CLVS Fall Event at the Association’s headquarters in Reston, Va., November 5-6. Only twelve slots remain for the…
Ann Gomez, a productivity consultant who presented at the NCRA Firm Owners Executive Conference in April 2016, offered tips about time management to NCRA staff,…
Oxford Dictionaries posted a video in September explaining why adjectives appear in a certain order before a noun. Read more.
According to industry projections, in less than five years the demand for court reporting will exceed supply, resulting in more than 5,000 open positions. However,…
Last August, NCRA member Julie Hohenstein, an official realtime court reporter for the Hon. Stephen A. Wolaver, Greene County, Ohio, added a Certified Realtime Reporter…
The Arkansas Supreme Court recently posted and approved a final rule change that accepts NCRA’s RPR certification in lieu of the state exam. Read more.
By Cassandra Caldarella Some reporters go their entire lives without earning a million dollars, so it sounds crazy that some court reporters might be able…
While much of the focus of court reporters is on capturing the spoken word through writing, there is another NCRA certified group that strongly complements…
Dictation is a gift that keeps on giving. That was the message shared by official court reporters Karen Morris, Sonia Trevino, and Kimberly Xavier, RMR,…
A blog posted on Oct. 3 by JD Supra Business Advisor provides insight into a new law passed in California that gives a party to arbitration…
Be sure to start making plans now to be a part of NCRA’s major 2017 events, the Firm Owners Executive Conference, Feb. 12-14, and…
The JCR Awards are a way to tell compelling stories that bring to life innovative and successful business strategies from the past year. Originally conceived…
According to an article posted Sept. 29 by The Hollywood Reporter, Disney, Warner Bros., Universal, Paramount, Sony, and Buena Vista Home Entertainment defeated a lawsuit that…
NCRA member and author Kathy Zebert, RPR, a freelance court reporter from Chattanooga, Tenn., will make the first stop of her “Red Boot Tour,” on…
By Natalie Dippenaar This is part three of a three-part series. Part one was titled, “What can I do in a month?” and part two was…
Talk radio station CJAD, Montreal, Quebec, reported on Sept. 24, on a new twist in a continuing story about Canadian movie theaters providing access to…