The National Court Reporters Association, or NCRA, is a US organization for the advancement of the profession of the
court reporter
A court reporter, court stenographer, or shorthand reporter is a person whose occupation is to capture the live testimony in proceedings using a stenographic machine, thereby transforming the proceedings into an official certified transcript b ...
,
closed captioner
Closed captioning (CC) and subtitling are both processes of displaying text on a television, video screen, or other visual display to provide additional or interpretive information. Both are typically used as a transcription of the audio po ...
, and realtime writer. The association holds annual
conventions
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,
seminars
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and forums, speed and real-time
contests, and
teacher
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workshops
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to assist court reporters.
Reporters can join NCRA for a
fee
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that varies depending on whether the applicant is a
student
A student is a person enrolled in a school or other educational institution.
In the United Kingdom and most commonwealth countries, a "student" attends a secondary school or higher (e.g., college or university); those in primary or elementar ...
,
teacher
A teacher, also called a schoolteacher or formally an educator, is a person who helps students to acquire knowledge, competence, or virtue, via the practice of teaching.
''Informally'' the role of teacher may be taken on by anyone (e.g. whe ...
, or reporter.
Membership
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* Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon
* Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set
* In object-oriented programming, a member of a class
** Field (computer science), entries in ...
allows a reporter to take the certifications, get discounts on conventions, attend
conferences
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Conferences can be used as a form of group decision-making, although discussion, not always decisions, are the main pu ...
, and have access to a
network
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Science and technology
* Network theory, the study of graphs as a representation of relations between discrete objects
* Network science, an academic field that studies complex networks
Mathematics
...
of other
professionals
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in the
field
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Expanses of open ground
* Field (agriculture), an area of land used for agricultural purposes
* Airfield, an aerodrome that lacks the infrastructure of an airport
* Battlefield
* Lawn, an area of mowed grass
* Meadow, a grass ...
.
History
NCRA was established in 1899 in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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Illinois
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, United States as the National Shorthand Reporters Association (NSRA).
They created standardization of
ethical codes
Ethical codes are adopted by organizations to assist members in understanding the difference between right and wrong and in applying that understanding to their decisions. An ethical code generally implies documents at three levels: codes of bus ...
,
transcript rates, and information for all
shorthand
Shorthand is an abbreviated symbolic writing method that increases speed and brevity of writing as compared to longhand, a more common method of writing a language. The process of writing in shorthand is called stenography, from the Greek ''ste ...
reporters.
They published "The Shorthand Writer" and started the National Speed Contest, which is still held today. NCRA developed the first
standardized test
A standardized test is a test that is administered and scored in a consistent, or "standard", manner. Standardized tests are designed in such a way that the questions and interpretations are consistent and are administered and scored in a predete ...
for court reporters to gauge their
proficiency. Called the Certificate of Proficiency, it was replaced by the Registered Professional Reporter.
Membership with NCRA
NCRA supports individuals through education and certification, promotion of the stenographic profession throughout the legal industry, and defense of the industry in government. NCRA provides news and information to its members through email newsletters and its JCR magazine, as well as on its website.
Standardized tests
NCRA offers three main certifications:
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National Court Reporters Association.
* RPR, Registered Professional Reporter
* RMR, Registered Merit Reporter
* RDR, Registered Diplomate Reporter, the highest certification designated by NCRA
They have established seven other certification programs:
* CRR, Certified Realtime Reporter
* CBC, Certified Broadcast Captioner
* CCP, Certified CART Provider
* CRC, Certified Realtime Captioner
* CLVS, Certified Legal Video Specialist
* CRI, Certified Reporting Instructor
* MCRI, Master Certified Reporting Instructor
* CMRS, Certified Manager of Reporting Services
* CPE, Certified Program Evaluator
* RSA, Realtime Systems Administrator
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The written knowledge portion of the exams is offered four times a year at Pearson VUE Professional Centers, and the skills portion of the exams is offered twice a year at NCRA-sponsored testing sites.
Certified Schools
Although the NCRA is not an accrediting agency, they have established general requirements and minimum standards expected of a court reporting school. The following schools have met those requirements as of 2012:
National Court Reporters Association.
Alabama
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* Gadsden State Community College
* Prince Institute of Professional Studies
Arizona
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GateWay Community College
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California
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* Bryan College of Court Reporting
* Sage College
*
South Coast College
South Coast College is a private for-profit technical college in Orange, California. It offers certificates for career preparation in court reporting and medical assistant careers and a paralegal Associate of Arts degree. It is accredited by th ...
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West Valley College
West Valley College is a public community college in Saratoga, California. It is part of the California Community College system.
History
The college was founded as West Valley Junior College in 1963. It was to serve the footprint of the Campbell ...
* Marin Community College
Colorado
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* Prince Institute
Florida
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* Atlantic Technical Center
* Erwin Technical Center
* Key College
* Sheridan Technical Center
Georgia
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* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
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* Brown College of Court Reporting
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...
* MacCormac College
* Midstate College
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South Suburban College
South Suburban College is a public community college in South Holland, Illinois. It has a second campus in Oak Forest, Illinois.
History
South Suburban College was founded in 1927 as Thornton Junior College. At that time, the college was an ext ...
Indiana
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* College of Court Reporting Inc.
Kansas
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Butler Community College
Butler Community College (BCC) is a public community college in El Dorado, Kansas.
Campus
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Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...
* Academy of Court Reporting
* Macomb Community College Center for Cont. Edu
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
* Anoka Technical College
Mississippi
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Hinds Community College
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Missouri
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St. Louis Community College Meramec
Nevada
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Everest College
New Jersey
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* StenoTech Career Institute, Fairfield
* StenoTech Career Institute, Piscataway
New Mexico
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Central New Mexico Community College
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
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Alfred State College
* Business Informatics Center
* Long Island Business Institute
* New York Career Institute
Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
* Clark State Community College
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Cuyahoga Community College
* Miami-Jacobs Career College, Columbus
* Miami-Jacobs Career College, Independence
* Miami-Jacobs Career College, Sharonville
*
Stark State College of Technology
* Stautzenberger College, Brecksville
* Stautzenberger College, Maumee
Pennsylvania
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Community College of Allegheny County
* Orleans Technical Institute
South Dakota
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Colorado Technical University
Texas
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Alvin Community College
Alvin Community College (ACC) is a public community college in Alvin, Texas. Alvin Community College provides educational opportunities in workforce training, academics, technical fields, adult basic education, and personal development.
As defi ...
* Arlington Career Institute
* Court Reporting Institute of Dallas
* Court Reporting Institute of Houston
* Kussad Institute of Court Reporting
Washington
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* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered on ...
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Green River Community College
Green River College is a public community college with its main campus in Auburn, Washington. It has a student body of approximately 10,000. The college primarily awards associates degrees but also offers 9 bachelor's degrees.
History
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West Virginia
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Huntington Junior College
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Wisconsin
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Lakeshore Technical College
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Madison Area Technical College
Canada
* Canadian Centre for Verbatim Studies
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Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
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