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Curriculum
Complete Court Reporting & Transcription Package (BL-CRT-COMP-1.95)
This curriculum contains everything you need to pass the digital court reporter (CER) and legal transcriptionist (CET) portions of the AAERT Exam. It has been updated to meet and exceed the 2019 AAERT Best Practices Guide.
The newly included Digital Court Reporting 2.0 now includes a 45-day trial of digital recording software. With this trial students will get hands-on practice, making them more prepared for certification.
Transcription assignments require the use of Express Scribe software and an Infinity 3-pedal USB foot-pedal. Headphone are also recommended.
Curriculum content
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This course should be taken by anyone interested in learning how to format transcripts of legal proceedings. This course will also help prepare you to take the AAERT CET Exam. This course requires the use of Microsoft Word 2016, 2019, or Office 365.
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Modules 1 and 2 were covered in the Digital Court Reporting Combo course, so the Legal Transcript Combo course will start on Module 3. Course Access: 365 days / Equipment Requirements: Microsoft Word (2016, 2019, and Office 365), Express Scribe Professional software, and an Infinity foot pedal. Headphones are also recommended. This eight-week (70 - 80 hour) course is designed to be taken by a person wishing to work in the legal environment, particularly focusing on producing transcription of legal proceedings. This course is designed to provide students with the ability to transcribe, edit, and proofread legal transcripts for correct grammar, punctuation and word usage. Students will study the role of a digital (electronic) reporter and legal (digital) transcriptionist. Students will learn decorum, principles and procedures, deciphering annotations, demonstrating the importance of confidentiality and ethics required in the profession. Students will study the role of a digital (electronic) reporter and legal (digital) transcriptionist.
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This course package is designed to prepare you for the AAERT CET and CER test.