Realtime Workshop at South Coast College

South Coast College in Orange, CA

is hosting the California Certified Realtime Reporter Examination sponsored by the Deposition Reporters Association (DRA).  Registration is now online and open for all to register for the CCRR to be given at South Coast College in Orange on April 25th. Doors open at 11:00 a.m. Test is a 12:00 p.m. www.caldra.org

South Coast College is preparing court and deposition reporters from Los Angeles, San Diego, San Bernadino, and Orange counties for this examination through a 10-week workshop that began January 17, 2015.  This is the second Realtime Workshop offered by South Coast College for continuing education of court and deposition reporters.

It is admirable that these highly skilled working court and deposition reporters take time out from their busy schedules to attend these workshops.  However, realtime reporters are in short supply and in high demand today.  Judges and attorneys are requesting that reporters let them see what is written on their computer screens.  It helps attorneys to be able to use the digital notes of the reporter in locating what a witness said at various times throughout the testimony.  It helps judges keep track of what is going on during the proceedings.  Most of these reporters are realtime reporters already, but they are seeking a level of proficiency above what they already possess.

All who completed the Realtime Workshop given from July to September of 2014 agreed that they were better writers after the workshop.  For more information regarding future realtime workshops, contact ktan@southcoastcollege.com.

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ALUMNI ACCOMPLISHMENTS -- Whitney Valadez Passes Realtime Examination

JANUARY 2015

ALUMNA WHITNEY VALADEZ, CSR, CCRR,

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was one of three court reporters in the state to pass the California Certified Realtime Reporters Examination. Only three reporters passed the CCRR, a test that measures the ability of a stenographer to keep the record while writing realtime.

President Jean Gonzalez said that Whitney was undoubtedly one of the best students who ever attended South Coast College.  Whitney even came back to attend the 12-week South Coast College Realtime Workshop prior to the CCRR Examination.

That’s the kind of dedication that she has to the profession.  She wants to be the best reporter that she can be.  For more information about Whitney, press the following link:  Whitney

Whitney was recently honored in a tribute to Ruben S. Ayala High School from which she graduated.