Tag Archives: Court reporter

Can finally breathe a little bit

This year’s workload thus far has been non-stop and crazy.  I’ve been very fortunate to be working so often as a freelancer in a field where it can be feast or famine, but I’m going to catch my breath a … Continue reading

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First Deposition!

I did my first deposition yesterday!  It was also the first time that both counsels appeared via video conference and so only the witness was in the room with me.  Imagine if the witness was there of a heinous crime, … Continue reading

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Readbacks

On Friday, I had an examination at the office.  For the first time, I was reporting in one of their biggest rooms that they had even though the number of scheduled number of people was slated to be 4 to … Continue reading

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Work over blogging? /CR Firsts

Lately, I’ve taken the approach of preferring to work on my transcripts rather than blogging whereas in the past it’s always been blog posts before anything else to the point of staying up late until midnight or beyond to publish … Continue reading

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Steno & Snow

It’s been a while since I blogged about anything steno-related, so here goes.  (I bet those of you who followed my blog specifically for the steno posts are fed up with me inundating you with all the food reviews and … Continue reading

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Court Reporter Appreciation Night

I haven’t written anything on the topic of steno lately!  Here goes.  Tonight was Court Reporter Appreciation Night at my court reporting agency.  It was all about networking, seeing all my court reporter friends and colleagues again, snacking on some … Continue reading

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My First Day as a Court Reporter!!!!!

Today, I did my first job as a court reporter!!!!!!!  Ahhhh!!!  I’ve been waiting so long for this day.  

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A Tremendously Informative Job Shadowing Experience!

Today, I shadowed with another court reporter.  Yay!  Today was also the first time that I rode on the GO Train to Union Station to get downtown.  Woohoo!   The main reason was to ensure that I got downtown nice … Continue reading

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Job shadowing! October 21, 2013

“Survived 3 passenger assistance alarms on the TTC just now.. Good thing I got out of the house with lots of time to spare and am still somewhat early. *shakes fist at the passengers who caused the delay* #mypoorbladder” Those … Continue reading

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NCRA 2012 Convention and Exposition

I wrote this in September 2012 last year after I attended the NCRA Convention.  Enjoy!  On August 9-12, I travelled to Philadelphia to attend the NCRA 2012 Convention and Exposition. This is an annual event hosted by the NCRA (National … Continue reading

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