Court Reporters Board of CA

The Court Reporters Board of California was established in 1951 by an act of the Legislature. Since its inception, the Board has licensed 14,308 people. Of those, approximately 6,500 have current licenses. In the profession, licensees are known as either “officials” who work in court, or “freelance” who work through…

All Non-licensee-owned Entities Must Register with the California Court Reporters Board Effective July 1, 2022, all non-licensee-owned entities providing court reporting services in California must register with the California Court Reporters (Board) and designate a California Licensed Certified Shorthand Reporter (CSR) to be their reporter-in-charge. All registered non-licensee-owned entities will…

A technique for creating legal transcripts that’s newly recognized by the Court Reporters Board of California will have to abide by the same high standards as more traditional methods. Voice writing differs from those traditional forms of stenography in that a court reporter can speak their notes into a sound-dampening…

Under a new law signed by Governor Jerry Brown, the Court Reporters Board of California is now empowered to take legal action against out-of-state firms selling court and deposition transcripts in California if they skirt California’s rules on formatting, notification, and fee statutes. Read the press release here.