Judicial Reporting

1. Students will demonstrate the ability to write a realtime theory.
2. Students will be able to demonstrate competency in court reporting technology, including the use of customized computer-aided software.
3. Students will be able to write two-voice at 225 wpm with 97% accuracy; jury charge at 200 wpm with 97% accuracy; and literary at 180 wpm with 97% accuracy.
4. Students will demonstrate knowledge of business and professional ethics that are essential to success.
5. Students will participate in an internship consisting of 40 hours of actual writing time with a professional reporter and/or captioner. Student will demonstrate entry-level industry proficiency by producing a 40-page manuscript.

Judicial Reporters can work in courtrooms as official reporters, creating accurate verbatim written records of all the proceedings. Official reporters are employed by the state. Deposition reporting (also known as freelance reporting) is a popular field because it is interesting and allows for flexible scheduling. Freelance reporters typically work on an independent contractor basis taking depositions at law offices.

Wage information is available from the Minnesota Department of Education and the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development.

All curricula were created to meet or exceed the National Court Reporters Association’s (NCRA) standards set out by the Council on Approved Student Education (CASE).

The Judicial Reporting/Broadcast Captioning/CART programs are approved by NCRA Upon graduation, students will be ready to take the NCRA's Registered Professional Reporter (RPR) certification exam. The RPR exam is offered twice per year April and November.

Some courses in this program may require a prerequisite. Please see course descriptions for more details.

Laptop, steno machine, Case CATalyst student software or professional software. Please see instructor for specific requirements before purchasing any equipment. Also see Tuition and Fees for more information.

Students can choose to complete this program part-time. Part-time students will take longer to complete their program than students who follow the full-time sequence listed on the official program guide (see the program guide PDF under the LINKS section to the right). Because every course may not be offered each semester, it is important for part-time students to reach out to their faculty advisors for help in planning their long-term, part-time course sequence.

If you need help picking out your first semester courses, reach out to your faculty advisor or enrollment services (contact info can be found under the “Contact” section on the top right portion of this page). 

All Realtime Reporting courses must be completed with a B or higher. All other courses required for this program must be completed with a C or higher. In addition, students shall pass three five-minute speed tests with 97% accuracy at the following speeds: 225 wpm testimony (two-voice), 200 wpm jury charage, and 180 wpm literary. The student shall successfully complete an internship with no less than 40 hours of verified actual writing time.

Successful completion of the Judicial Reporting AAS degree program at Anoka Technical College will meet the requirements for certification by the National Court Reporters Association’s (NCRA). Certification by National Court Reporters Association’s (NCRA) is required by Minnesota as well as by some states to acquire a state license to practice the profession of Judicial Reporting or for employment as a certified/licensed Judicial Reporter.

For those states where a determination cannot be made they have additional exams or requirements specific to their state for which we cannot determine if our program would prepare students to receive licensure in those states. See link below for state certification requirements.

State Certification Requirements

In Minnesota, stenographic court reporters must meet the following minimum qualifications:

1. Graduation from high school or equivalent; and
2. Graduation from a court reporting school approved by the National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) within the past two years; or
3. Compliance with one of the following:

a. Received a Registered Professional Reporter (RPR) designation from the NCRA;  or

b. Received an equivalent certification from another state or territory of the United States, or professional court reporter association; oR

c. Have been practicing proficiently as a professional stenographic reporter for the past two (2) years and within one (1) month of hire, accurately take a minimum of 20 minutes of court proceedings alongside a stenographic court reporter who has an RPR designation or certification as provided in clauses (a) or (b) , and then produce a transcript with 95% accuracy as described in (d) below; or

d. Obtain RPR designation from the NCRA within two years of hire.  Pending receipt of the RPR designation, must, within one (1) month of hire, accurately take a minimum of 20 minutes of court proceedings alongside a stenographic court reporter who has an RPR designation or certification as provided in clauses (a) or (b), and then produce a transcript. The participating RPR certified stenographer will determine that Ninety-five (95) percent accuracy is achieved to successfully complete this requirement.

For those states where our program meets the licensure requirements that is based on the fact that those states DO NOT require certification. For those states where a determination cannot be made they have additional exams or requirements specific to their state for which we cannot determine if our program would prepare students to receive licensure in those states: https://www.ncra.org/home/professionals_resources/information-center/state-resources/State-Certification-Requirements

Please contact Jennifer Sati with questions.

Jennifer Sati, RMR, CRR, CBC, CRI
JSati@anokatech.edu

Enrollment Services
EnrollmentServices@anokatech.edu
763-576-7710

1. Write a realtime translation theory.
2. Demonstrate competency in English, law/legal terminology, anatomy/medical terminology, captioning technology and procedures, and current events.
3. Transcribe a minimum of three (3), (5) five-minute, (2) two-voice, non-realtime tests with a minimum of 97 percent accuracy, dictated at a minimum speed of 225 wpm.
4. Transcribe a minimum of three (3), (5) five-minute realtime literary tests with a minimum of 97 percent verbatim accuracy, dictated at a minimum speed of 180 wpm.   
5. Write three (3), 15-minute realtime literary broadcast material takes at 180 wpm (syllabic and/or word count) at 98.5 percent verbatim accuracy, following NCRA’s What is an Error? guidelines.  The instructor will grade a random (5) five-minute selection from each 15-minute take.
6. Write two (2), 30-minute class lectures, meeting/seminar programs, or Web cast meeting segments with a goal of 98.5 percent verbatim accuracy, or higher, with variable speeds of 180-200 wpm, following NCRA’s What is an Error? guidelines.  The instructor will grade a random (5) five-minute selection from each 30-minute take.
7. Participate in an internship consisting of 25 verified hours of actual writing and 15 hours of research and dictionary preparation during the internship experience.

Completion of the Broadcast Captioning/CART certificate allows graduates to work in a variety of settings either as broadcast captioners or as CART providers.

Broadcast captioners use realtime machine shorthand skills to create the captioning you see on television. This captioning is created to allow access to television broadcasts for people who are deaf and hard of hearing. Broadcast captioners work doing on-air captioning of live programming.

CART is a service that can be requested by people who are hard of hearing as an alternative to having a sign language interpreter. It falls under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as one way of providing equal access to services. Graduates can find work as CART providers in legal, educational and various trade fields.

Wage information is available from the Minnesota Department of Education and the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development.

Concurrent admission to the Judicial Reporting AAS Degree or current employment in the court reporting field with instructor approval. 

Laptop, steno machine, Case CATalyst student software or professional software. Please see instructor for specific requirements before purchasing any equipment. Also see Tuition and Fees for more information.

Some courses in this program may require a prerequisite. Please see course descriptions for more details.

Students can choose to complete this program part-time. Part-time students will take longer to complete their program than students who follow the full-time sequence listed on the official program guide (see the program guide PDF under the LINKS section to the right). Because every course may not be offered each semester, it is important for part-time students to reach out to their faculty advisors for help in planning their long-term, part-time course sequence.

If you need help picking out your first semester courses, reach out to your faculty advisor or enrollment services (contact info can be found under the “Contact” section on the top right portion of this page). 

JRBC 2120 and JRBC 2135 must be completed with a grade of B or higher. All other courses required for this program must be completed with a C or higher.

Jennifer Sati, RMR, CRR, CBC, CRI
JSati@anokatech.edu

Enrollment Services
EnrollmentServices@anokatech.edu
763-576-7710

Scopists and proofreaders work in conjunction with court reporters to produce the final transcript that is prepared from court proceedings or depositions. Transcripts are accurate verbatim written records of the proceedings.

At the end of a proceeding, some court reporters send their files to a scopist, who then edits the job for the court reporter. Scopists need to know how to read shorthand notes and use court reporting software. 

Other court reporters edit their own work but hire proofreaders to read over their transcripts to check for errors.

Wage information is available from the Minnesota Department of Education and the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development.

Laptop, steno machine, Case CATalyst student software or professional software. Please see instructor for specific requirements before purchasing any equipment. Also see Tuition and Fees for more information.

Some courses in this program may require a prerequisite. Please see course descriptions for more details.

Students can choose to complete this program part-time. Part-time students will take longer to complete their program than students who follow the full-time sequence listed on the official program guide (see the program guide PDF under the LINKS section to the right). Because every course may not be offered each semester, it is important for part-time students to reach out to their faculty advisors for help in planning their long-term, part-time course sequence.

If you need help picking out your first semester courses, reach out to your faculty advisor or enrollment services (contact info can be found under the “Contact” section on the top right portion of this page). 

All courses required for this program must be completed with a grade of C or higher.

Jennifer Sati, RMR, CRR, CBC, CRI
JSati@anokatech.edu

Enrollment Services
EnrollmentServices@anokatech.edu
763-576-7710