Court Reporting Throughout History
Court Reporting dates all the way back to 1600 B.C. Court Reporters still play an important part in society today, just as they did hundreds of years ago. They help with everything from correctly transcribing testimony to the closed captioning on television. Yet, court reporting is a job that requires lots of dedication, time, and money. The cost of court reporting school today for a three-year program cost about $16,381 with tuition and books. “It cost about $10,000 to get the required associates degree” (Marshall, Susan 1). That was around 17 years ago when she got her degree, which shows how the cost of schooling is going up. In this paper I will discuss the history of court reporting, the schooling required, the cost of starting up, and court reporting in the job force today.
In The Culture of Stenography Timeline it says, “The father of stenography, Marcus Tullius Tiro, former slave of Cicero, developed a shorthand system for......
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