Registration is now open for NCRA’s TechCon 2013 to be held April 19-21 at the DoubleTree Resort by Hilton Paradise Valley in Scottsdale, Ariz. TechCon…
Certification is how many professions maintain their standing. But it is also a matter of taking pride in yourself and in your profession. I was…
What does the Realtime Systems Administrator certificate buy me? Will my clients understand and appreciate the meaning of this additional certificate? How can I make…
NCRF offers a $2,000 grant each year to a New Professional Reporter who graduated from an NCRA-approved court reporting program and who is in his…
NCRF awards the Frank Sarli Memorial Scholarship each year to a student nearing graduation. The $2,000 award is given in support of tuition and educational…
As court reporters and captioners, we can do one important thing to ensure the future growth and success of our profession, and it is relatively…
The United States Senate failed to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Treaty from the United Nations by a vote of…
NCRA announced that “National Court Reporting and Captioning Week” will be held February 17-23, 2013, as a way to get attention about what great careers…
With the Intersteno Congress coming up, you might want to visit www.intersteno2013.org. In the fall, I had the opportunity to attend a council meeting for…
The Tennessee Court Reporters Association, in conjunction with NCRA’s Government Relations Department, hosted approximately 30 members for a one-day, mini Legislative Boot Camp. Throughout the…
Learn more about NCRA’s unique tech event, which will take a fun approach to learning this April. The court reporting and legal video community is…
November, of course, is when we in the United States offer thanks for that which takes place in our lives. This being the November/December JCR,…
Watch just one news report and see how many stats and figures you hear on a variety of topics, i.e., percent- ages of overweight children,…
Congratulations! You’ve become credentialed as a Realtime Systems Administrator. That certificate looks great on your wall, and you’ve built up substantial upper body strength carrying…
As court reporting schools face leaner budgets and tighter financial aid policies, instructors and administrators are faced with the age-old question: “How can we improve…
In memory of one of our own, America’s court reporting community has answered our nation’s call. Started at the grassroots level in Los Angeles, the…
Divorce court — sometimes called domestic court or family court — has probably seen the most changes during the last quarter of the 20th century.…
What passes itself off as the norm of acceptability in verbatim reporting and transcription from some of today’s court reporters causes shudders among even the…
Throughout my 18 years of freelancing, I have often heard freelance reporters express their feelings of loneliness and isolation from other reporters due to the…
This morning, I was sitting in church waiting for the 8 a.m. service to begin when I noticed two women walk past me down the…