FEATURED COURSE:

$205

CDR STUDY ESSENTIALS  (CEU COURSE)

 
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Prepare for the CDR exam with our Legal Systems, Terminology, and Professionalism & Ethics courses, as well as a high-level review of best practices for digital reporting equipment, annotations, and procedures for depositions and other non-court proceedings.

This course is for experienced digital reporters who have completed a full digital reporting training program and now wish to prepare for the CDR. This course covers only the types of proceedings tested on the CDR exam, including depositions and EUOs; it does not include court work.

If you need to take a full course to prepare for the CDR or CER exams, please check out our Intro to Digital Reporting (CDR Prep) and Digital Reporting (CER Prep) course. 

(14 hours/1.4 CEUs)

Course Agenda

  • Introduction and AAERT Exam Information 
  • DR Best Practices: Equipment, Annotations, and Procedure**Deposition, EUO, and Other Non-Court Procedures
    • Audio Equipment
    • Annotations
    • Procedures: Before, During, and After the Proceeding
      • Some of the topics included:
        • Interrupting
        • Stipulations / R&S
        • Transcript Orders
        • Proper Noun / Research
        • Remote
        • Interpreter / Videographer
        • EUOs
  • Ethics & Professionalism
    • In this module, we will explore the essential aspects of professionalism, ethics, and confidentiality that are crucial in the court reporting landscape.
  • Legal Systems
    • This module covers the types of courts, the types of law, the life cycle of a case, the types of proceedings, and litigation support services.
  • Terminology
    • This module covers different terminology you may encounter while reporting. Sections include legal, medical, historical/Latin, business, and pop culture terminology.

Course Fee: $205

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BlueLedge is an AAERT approved training center, preparing students for national certification in digital court reporting and legal transcription. 

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the job opportunity?

There is a growing demand for court reporters and transcribers in the court systems as well as by private firms across the United Stated and the world. The nature of the court reporting and transcribing industry is that you truly can work anywhere, as there are always needs.

What defines a good digital court reporter?

Court reporters should be customer service focused, organized, capable of conducting different work in a variety of environments with people from a diverse background and capable of utilizing the legal knowledge gained through BlueLedge.

What does AAERT approval mean?

BlueLedge has passed a rigorous evaluation process by the nationally recognized governing association for digital/electronic reporters and legal transcribers to ensure the highest quality education for our students.

What defines a good legal transcriptionist?

Legal transcriptionists should be detail oriented, have a firm grasp of the English language, organized, capable of sitting in front of a computer for long periods of time while listening to audio with the legal knowledge gained through our training courses.
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