Shortage of Court Reporters

The California Court Reporters Association (CCRA) and the Deposition Reporters Association (DRA) in California along with South Coast College and the colleges in California that have court reporting programs are working diligently to get the word out to prospective students about this little known, wonderful, lucrative career of court reporting before California faces this same Read More

Brittany Silva–Court Reporting Student Achieves Her Goal

Brittany Silva, a student in the Court Reporting Program at South Coast College, has qualified to go to the Certified Shorthand Reporter (CSR) Examination in less than two years.  Her goal when she started was to qualify for the CSR in two years and be 19 years old.  Brittany has achieved her goal.  Brittany is Read More

Participating in a Mock Court Trial

A Regular Activity at South Coast College — Students in the court reporting program who are going into the skill courses after theory engage in a mock court case.  The new students learn to identify the courtroom speakers.  In this photo, Kasidy Pighni is the volunteer court reporter in the mock trial.  Kasidy came to South Read More