COURT REPORTING
ATLANTIC TECHNICAL CENTER
Court Reporting:
The purpose of the Court Reporting program is to prepare students for employment as machine shorthand free-lance court reporters and/or official court reporters. It involves writing verbatim (word-for-word) testimony and producing transcripts of such testimony. Besides court and deposition work, Court Reporting students can use their verbatim skills to work with the deaf and hard-of-hearing (CART - Communication Access Real-time translation) in classrooms and provide captioning for television.
The Court Reporting course at Atlantic Technical Center offers the latest technology in computer-aided transcription and writing real-time; i.e., the ability to have and instantaneous translation of what is being said by the speakers by projecting the works onto a television screen for the benefit of the hearing impaired or onto computer monitors for the benefit of the trial participants.
A court reporting career, including broadcast captioners, offers an independent lifestyle, prestige, and flexibility along with a substantial earning potential.
An internship experience is also part of the program, so that when the student reporter is writing 200 words per minute, he or she will have the opportunity to sit in on trials and depositions with a working reporter.
Completion Time:The Court Reporting program is competency-based. Completion time depends on the progress of each individual. The typical length of this program for the average achieving student is 2850 hours.
Upon completion of the Court Reporter course and meeting eligibility requirements, students may be able to transfer college credits to Broward Community College toward an AAS or AS Degree.
This program is approved by the National Court Reporters Association