New Court Reporter’s Journey on the Fast Track to Success

LOS ANGELES COURTS are hiring newly certified reporters. Elsa Hurtado, CSR, newly hired court reporter in Los Angeles Court, told President Gonzalez about her journey after receiving notification from the Court Reporters Board (CRB) that she had passed the Certified Shorthand Reporter (CSR) Examination.  Elsa is only one of the many new court reporters who Read More

Read What Alumni Have to Say About Their Chosen Professions

South Coast College in Orange, California, brought together alumni, students, agency owners, court representatives, employers, representatives from professional organizations, and community members to engage in an event called Pack the School on December 9, 2017.  The event consisted of speakers on behalf of the Medical assistant, Paralegal, and Court reporting programs and an alumni panel Read More

South Coast College Graduation Captioned by Quick Caption

Thanks to the kind generosity of Antha Ward, President of Quick Caption, Inc., and Melissa Sosa,  CSR, Director of Realtime Captioning and CART Services for Quick Caption, Inc., South Coast College is excited to announce that for the first time EVER, our Graduation ceremony with be live-captioned so that our deaf and hard-of-hearing loved ones Read More

South Coast College Entrepreneurial Alumni

South Coast College, a little niche college in Orange, CA, surprisingly produces an amazing number of entrepreneurs primarily because of the programs that it offers (court reporting, paralegal, and medical assistant), and the assistance it gives to students to develop their entrepreneurial skills.  What is more amazing is that these alumni return to share their Read More

CART Workshop at South Coast College Resounding Success

The Steno-interpreting/CART Workshop at South Coast College in Orange, CA, that ended on Friday, February 12, 2016, was a resounding success.  Attendees included a federal court reporter, four CSRs, two current CART providers, and a number of students who were at least in qualifying or ready to take the State CSR.  Thanks to Melissa Sosa, Read More

Why You Need a Court Reporter to Keep the Record Straight

The following article was forwarded to us by one of our court reporting alumni who was an official court reporter until the Los Angeles Court layoffs.  She and the other laid off court reporters now work independently and are as busy as ever.  Many have set up their own corporations through which they work.  She Read More

Interested in Video Gaming? What About Court Reporting?

Co-founder of hitBox, Dustin Huffer, CSR, was interested in video gaming when he enrolled in the Court Reporting Program at South Coast College.  Dustin applied the skills that he acquired in playing video games to developing the skill of court reporting.  Dustin went on to complete the Court Reporting Program in record time and pass Read More

Doug Unger, CSR, Hired as a Captioner by VITAC

How would you like to work from home for one of the nation’s leading captioning firms and earn $65 and up an hour watching sports or news or other television programs? See more about Doug Unger on the robertswalshgonzalez.com website. Doug Unger, CSR, a recent graduate from the Court Reporting Program at South Coast College Read More

Technology Used in Deposition Reporting

Many people do not realize the advancements in technology that are making the court/deposition/captioning fields streamlined and state-of-the-art. Just as many facets of life have gone on-line, so has many facets of the reporting field.  Stephanie Leslie, CSR, graduate of the Court Reporting Program at South Coast College, and co-owner of Regal Court Reporters explained: Read More

Getting the Word Out to High Schools About Great Careers at South Coast College

Thanks to Kristina Tan and Keith Greer for representing South Coast College at the Santa Ana High School Career and College Recruitment Fair, and thank you to the United States Hispanic Leadership Institute and the Santa Ana Unified School District for putting together such a great event for high school students! — at Santa Ana High School.  South Coast College has a number of great Read More