September 9, 2006 – 4:38 pm
In one of my online court reporting groups, I received an email today about a post written by a journalist in San Diego on his blog. So I had a look and this is what I read: But I have a much more basic question: Why do we have court reporters at all? Aren’t audiotapes [...]
September 6, 2006 – 5:41 pm
So I’ve been collecting some funny court reporting-related things for a while now, and I thought I now would be a good time to post them. Why now? I passed a test last week and that means I have one test left. One test. This should make me feel good, but I’m nervous, wondering if [...]
August 31, 2006 – 2:38 pm
First, the stats: two tests to go and new semester begins September 15th. Sacco, teacher of great fame and skill, has departed NYCI. Replaced by another teacher. (No comment. Yet.) Got a new writer. Starting over. Not really “starting over,” but this new writer requires a school of its own. Can a tool be too [...]
A litte more than a month ago, folks at our school asked if anyone would be interested in volunteering for the 2006 NCRA Annual Convention. I was interested in volunteering and signed up with some other students to volunteer all three days. About two weeks before the conference, all the students from my school who [...]
So far in my internship I’ve had an easy time. I’ve sat in on mostly car-accident depositions, which were as simple as pie for the court reporters I was there with. Some of the court reporters were 10-year veterans and others were in their first year of work. Still, none had any difficulties. Then during [...]