Court Reporting

The court reporting curriculum prepares students for a variety of positions in the field of court reporting. These include judicial (city, state and federal court systems), as well as nonjudicial settings, such as freelance reporting for legal depositions, meetings and conventions. Students are prepared in computer-compatible machine shorthand at 225 words per minute and transcribe regularly on professional computer-aided transcription systems. Upon graduation, they are expected to be computer proficient. This program includes an internship, which is served in both the judicial system and freelance agencies.

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The department offers the following Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree:

For more information regarding this program, feel free to contact Leslie Peeples, program coordinator, at 333-4006, or by email at lpeeples@southwest.tn.edu or Jeremy Burnett, Interim Department Chair, at 333-4524, or by email at jburnett@southwest.tn.edu.