Associate Degree in Realtime Reporting with concentration in judicial reporting

Realtime Reporting in the judicial environment has become an increasingly technical occupation, requiring highly skilled reporters, computers, and software programs to produce official transcripts of legal proceedings. Prince Institute has specialized in reporter training, equipping graduates with the tools needed to move them into the rapidly changing environment of realtime reporting. Successful completion of the program provides a firm foundation upon which to build a successful, rewarding career. A judicial reporting graduate may be employed as an official reporter (working for a judge) or may work for a firm or as an inpendent contractor, oftentimes working from home. Students completing this curriculum are qualified to fill highly skilled positions of responsibility as verbatim official reporters for the courts or as verbatim freelance reporters for private reporting firms.

Certificate program in Scoping / Proofreading

Scoping/Proofreading is a highly technical career using sophisticated computer technology, application programs, and text transmittal application systems. Scopists/proofreaders could work as employees of reporting firms in the office or at home or could work as independent contractors from their homes. Realtime reporters depend upon the scopist's/proofreader's technical knowledge, as well as his/her English, notereading, proofreading, and formatting skills to produce a salable transcript.

The training that Prince Institute provides equips a student with the foundational skills required to enter the job market: notereading, specialized terminology, and transcript formatting using a CAT system. Completion of this certificate program qualifies students to assist in producing a verbatim record of proceedings. A verbatim record is one which accurately reflects the spoken word and nonverbal communication and action.