COURT REPORTING COURSES OVERVIEW
Court reporters are the quiet professionals who preserve official records by making word-for-word reports of cases, depositions meetings, speeches and other events. Using machines called stenographs, they transcribe and create a complete and accurate legal record. Court reporters play a crucial role in legal proceedings.
SKILLS YOU GAIN FROM COURT REPORTING STUDIES
Court reporting classes in Chicago provide community college students with a practical, skills-based education. Generations College courses cover topics such as listening and concentration, shorthand, terminology, speed and accuracy, current court reporting software and other technology tools, ethical principles, and much more.
Generations College’s court reporting curriculum includes top-notch instruction in the following categories:
- Machine Shorthand Theory
- Judicial Court Reporting
- Speedbuilding
- Legal & Medical Terminology
- English, Grammar & Vocabulary
- General Education
EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK
According to the National Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), employment of court reporters is projected to grow 7% from 2018 to 2028. The need for official court reporters is critical due to the expected retirement of significant numbers of official court reporters in the next five years. Those with experience and training in techniques for helping deaf or hard-of-hearing people, such as real-time captioning and Communication Access Real-Time Translation (CART), will have the best job prospects.
WHAT CAN YOU DO AFTER TAKING COURT REPORTING Classes?
- Official court reporter
- Freelance court reporter
- Convention reporter
- CART provider (Communication Access Real-Time Translation) for deaf and hard-of-hearing consumers
- Broadcast captioner
- Webcast captioner
WHY STUDY COURT REPORTING AT Generations?
Generations College holds the distinction of having established the first Court Reporting program in the United States in 1912. Students who complete Generations College’s Court Reporting courses are well-respected in the court reporting industry. Furthermore, at Generations you will receive personal attention from dedicated instructors, with most court reporting classes having no more than 15 students. Generations’s junior college students receive preparation for the state Certified Shorthand Reporter (CSR) and the Registered Professional Reporter (RPR) certification exams. During core classes, students gain experience in real-time reporting.
INTERNSHIP POSSIBILITIES
All Generations Court Reporter Chicago students complete a supervised internship, which gives them the opportunity to define career goals, gain experience and acquire self-confidence in the workplace. Here is a non-exhaustive list of the internship opportunities we offer:
- U.S. District Court
- Illinois Circuit Courts
- Jensen Litigation Solutions
- McCorkle Litigation Services, Inc.
- Urlaub Bowen & Associates
- Bridges Court Reporting and Video Services
- Esquire Solutions
- Lake Shore Reporting
- Victoria’s Court Reporting Services
ACCREDITATION FOR Generations’S COURT REPORTING CLASSES IN CHICAGO
Generations College’s Associate of Applied Science degree program in Court Reporting is certified by the National Court Reporters Association (NCRA).