The Court Reporting and Captioning program offers tuition-free career education and training in court reporting as performed in courtrooms and deposition settings. The program also prepares students for careers in the fields of captioning, transcription, and office support technology. The program is recognized by the Court Reporter’s Board of California to qualify students to sit for the California Certified Shorthand Reporter’s Examination. Licensed by the state, court reporters preserve all legal proceedings and submit their verbatim record as the official transcript.

IN ORDER FOR A PERSON TO QUALIFY FROM A SCHOOL TO TAKE THE STATE LICENSING EXAMINATION, THE PERSON SHALL COMPLETE A PROGRAM AT A RECOGNIZED SCHOOL. FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS THAT A COURT REPORTING PROGRAM MUST MEET IN ORDER TO BE RECOGNIZED, CONTACT: THE COURT REPORTERS BOARD OF CALIFORNIA; 2535 CAPITOL OAKS DRIVE, SUITE 230, SACRAMENTO, CA 95833, (916) 863-3664.

Each certificate of completion is designed to prepare students for employment opportunities starting with entry-level employment and progressing to advanced-skill-level captioning and court reporting employment. Since each certificate builds upon the last one, students should complete them in the following order:

• Proofreading
• Scoping
• Transcription and Office Support: Machine Writing OR Voice Writing
• Educational Captioning
• Court Reporting