Program Options

• Associate of Science Degree
• Certificate of Proficiency

Program Information

A legal transcriptionist works for insurance companies, law offices, and courts, using electronic machine shorthand for data entry of legal documents and transcription of tape recordings. The Court Reporting Program at West Valley College offers access to an array of high-paying, top-skilled career opportunities in computerized reporting. West Valley College is the only community college in the South Bay that offers court reporting, and in the last twenty years, the California Certified Reporters' Board has licensed hundreds of West Valley College court reporting students who now earn high incomes working in courtrooms and deposition chambers throughout the world. All students in the program are trained by innovative techniques and on state-of-the-art equipment, so that each student can meet and champion the challenges in he legal, medical, and educational world leading to rewarding careers today and tomorrow. Students in the program can acquire an A.S. degree or a Certificate of Proficiency.

Program Opportunities

• Legal Transcription Technologist
• Television Closed Captionist
• Realtime Steno-Interpreter
• Certified Shorthand Reporter
• Computer-Aided Medical Transcriptionist
• Office Assistant Transcription Technologist and Minute Taker
• Scopist/Transcriber
• Legal Secretary