Rules, Depos, English, and Ethics

Rules, Depos, English, and Ethics

Rules, Depos, English, and Ethics  SESSION 1  TITLE: RULES AND MORE RULES -ETHICS  1.5 HRS (90 Minutes)  PRESENTERS: PAM GWIN SHEPPARD, CSR AND KEVIN BOWDEN, CR Firm Owner COURSE OBJECTIVE: This...

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Rules, Depos, English, and Ethics 

SESSION 1 

TITLE: RULES AND MORE RULES -ETHICS 

1.5 HRS (90 Minutes) 

PRESENTERS: PAM GWIN SHEPPARD, CSR AND KEVIN BOWDEN, CR Firm Owner

COURSE OBJECTIVE:

This 1.5-hour session will discuss a variety of topics regarding the ethical rules/regulations that court reporters are required to follow in their jobs as either freelancers or officials.          

 Specific Topics:                                                             

  • Importance of taking jobs commensurate with your skill level

  • How firms should ask questions of new reporters to determine that skill level

  • Social media

  • Turning the tables – helping digitals see the advantage of going to reporting school

  • New laws/rules discussed in legislative sessions regarding reporters

  • Why rules, such as NCRA ethics, are so important

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Reporters will learn the ethics/rules regarding our profession and how important it is to follow the rules to keep your licensure intact in those states with licensure and what is necessary for a state with no licensure in order to stay compliant.  They will also learn where to find the rules and regulations for their state and through NCRA.   

SESSION 2

TITLE:  DEPO SUMMARIES - SHOULD WE; SHOULDN'T WE? - ETHICS

1 HR (60 Minutes) 

PRESENTERS: PAM GWIN SHEPPARD, CSR AND KEVIN BOWDEN, CR Firm Owner

COURSE OBJECTIVE:

This hour-long presentation will focus on defining and discussing deposition summaries and the ethical dilemmas regarding reporters/reporting firms providing deposition summaries. We’ll discuss how attorneys use deposition transcripts and how deposition summaries are used in the life cycle of a case. Additionally, we’ll discuss how the deposition summary is created, different forms of summaries, and why they are important.  After a full understanding of summaries, we discuss how and why providing deposition summaries creates an ethical dilemma, which dilemmas can be overcome with practice solutions and which should be avoided. Finally, we discuss implications of AI entering the marketplace and how AI will interact with transcripts.         

 Specific Topics:       

  • What is a deposition summary

  • How deposition summaries are created and used

  • Benefit and additional uses of deposition summaries

  • Ethical dilemmas of court reporters providing deposition summaries

  • How AI deposition summaries are created and implications for reporters

  • Pros and Cons of AI deposition summaries

Learning Outcomes:

Court reporters will understand impact of providing deposition summaries for clients and what should be avoided.

SESSION 3

EXTRA INCOME AND REPORTER SHORTAGE SOLUTIONS
1 Hour (60 minutes)  
PRESENTER:  KEVIN BOWDEN, CR Firm Owner

COURSE OBJECTIVE:

This hour-long presentation will focus on opportunities reporters can add to help minimize the court reporter shortage, as well as supplement income.  We will discuss the basics of audio transcription, how to find transcription work, formatting of the transcript, and invoicing your work.  We will also discuss remote depositions for officials, how to take control and manage a remote deposition, platform demonstrations, what to expect, and troubleshooting on witness connections.  Finally, we will discuss what to expect when providing remote coverage for rural and specialty courts.

Specific Topics:

  • Why supplementing coverage is so important to the court reporting field

  • Details on how to find and produce audio transcription

  • How to connect and control remote depositions

  • How to troubleshoot witness connections

  • Tackling remote court connections

  • How to effectively manage workflow

Learning Outcomes:

Court reporters will understand what to expect when tackling audio transcription, remote depositions, and remote court coverage, as well as details on specific rules which apply and how to manage effectively. 

SESSION 4

CURRENT EVENTS AND YOUR DICTIONARY 
1-Hour (60 Minutes) 
PRESENTER:   KATHY McDANIEL, CSR

COURSE OBJECTIVE:

This course will include subject matter concerning world events, current events and the upkeep and adding to our master dictionaries on daily/weekly basis.

SPECIFIC TOPICS:  

  • Sports and Entertainment
  • Congressional Hearings
  • Legal-ease
  • Generation "Alpha" - 21st Century

LEARNING OUTCOMES:  

At the conclusion of this session, court reporters will have increased their professional dictionairies with words often used in the media from current events, and everyday conversations.

SESSION 5

ORIGINALS IN THE DIGITAL AGE
1 HR (60 Minutes) 
PRESENTER:  KEVIN BOWDEN, CR Firm Owner

COURSE OBJECTIVE:

This hour-long presentation will focus on how reporters should maintain and produce original transcripts in the digital age in order to maintain security and the integrity of the record. Additionally, we will discuss how civil procedure rules in states impact the role of original transcripts. With digital transcripts, we will also discuss the possible ways transcripts can be altered and stolen for use by a party, as well as the implications on the reporter if AI integration of the original transcript occurs and any state rules that impact the use of AI on original transcripts.   Finally, we will discuss solutions and state laws regarding the theft of reporting services. 

Specific Topics:

  • How to safely maintain digital original transcripts

  • How to produce digital original transcript

  • Discuss Civil Procedure rules governing production of original transcripts

  • How original transcripts can be altered without knowledge of the reporter

  • AI implications

  • How to minimize attorneys’ ability to steal transcripts for use other than its intended purpose.

Learning Outcomes:

Court reporters will understand the importance and requirements on maintaining digital original transcripts for court use and how to manage and apply rules governing original transcripts effectively.    

SESSION 6

HOW MUCH MORE SEXUAL HARASSMENT MUST WE TAKE?
1 HR (60 Minutes) 
PRESENTERS:  PAM GWIN SHEPPARD,  CSR and KATHY MCDANIEL, CSR

COURSE OBJECTIVE:

This course will inform court reporters of what’s required for our profession regarding sexual harassment training on a yearly/bi-yearly basis.

Specific Topics:

  • Compliance is key

  • What is sexual harassment?

  •  Sexual Harassment in the workplace

  •  Was I sexually harassed, or am I being gaslit?

  •  But it was my boss! How do I go about reporting him?

LEARNING OUTCOMES:  

At the conclusion of this session, court reporters will know how to stay informed on the yearly/bi-yearly required state-mandated courses for their state. 

SESSION 7

PUTTING TOGETHER A TRANSCRIPT – STATE/OUT OF STATE/FEDERAL?
1 Hour (60 minutes) 
PRESENTER: PAM GWIN SHEPPARD, CSR

COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 This hour-long presentation will cover putting together an actual transcript from choosing the correct beginning pages to choosing the correct ending pages and the formatting of everything in between.  We will also discuss the rules pertaining to putting together Federal transcripts.

SPECIFIC TOPICS:

  • Which rules am I following

  • How to read the style to choose correct title pages

  • If they don’t say read and sign or waive, how do I know which end pages

  • Pulling out confidential portions

  •  Complete confidential transcripts

  • Are we timekeepers

  • What are the differences between state and federal time limits for depos

Learning Outcomes:

Court reporters will understand how to read a notice to determine which beginning pages are correct.  They will also learn how to put together a complete,  correctly formatted transcript for their clients.

SESSION 8

COURT REPORTING STRATEGY
1 HR (60 Minutes) 
PRESENTERS: PAM GWIN SHEPPARD, CSR AND KEVIN BOWDEN, CR Firm Owner

COURSE OBJECTIVE:

 This hour-long presentation will focus on building community within our industry and the importance of participating.

Specific Topics:

  • How our profession is currently very fragmented 

  • The downside of not participating

  • Working towards building community among current professionals and students

  • Knowing your worth within reason and how to set your rates

  • Working with firms

  • Co-existing with all forms of “reporting”

  • The importance of being informed

Learning Outcomes:

 Reporters will learn how to properly network and communicate with other reporters/firms appropriately. They will also learn how to participate in the profession to help the industry in this time of shortage.

SESSION 9

ENGLISH - BACK TO BASICS
1.5 HRS (90 MINUTES) 
PRESENTERS:  PAM GWIN SHEPPARD, CSR, AND JEFF JUSTICE

COURSE OBJECTIVE:

This 90-minute presentation will focus on refreshing court reporters’ knowledge of punctuation; run-on sentences and other grammar issues reporters run into on a daily basis in producing transcripts for freelance and court proceedings.  We will use worksheets, video, timed tests, real-time scoping, and discussion to improve and refresh our grammar knowledge.

  •  Top Ten Punctuation Errors

  • Run-on Sentences

  • Grammatical 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person

  • Sentence correction

  • Synonym/antonym

  • Oxford comma

  • Sentences that can mean something different with wrong commas

  • Live dictation of pages for doing real-time scoping with punctuation

Learning Outcomes:

Court Reporters will be refreshed on the proper use of punctuation and grammar to deliver the best transcripts possible for clients and litigants.

Presenters:

PAM GWIN SHEPPARD, CSR

Pam Gwin Sheppard (a/k/a Pam Coder) is a 1993 graduate of Alvin Community College.   Pam began her career in reporting as a freelance reporter in March of 1994 writing a multitude of different types of cases.  Pam began mentoring reporting students in 2003.   Upon the urging of some of those students, she wrote a book entitled Transitioning from Student to Professional Court Reporter to better help the students navigate the freelance world of reporting.  Since 2011, Pam has been the featured ethics presenter for Jeff Justice seminars for court reporters and has ventured into more seminar presentations over the years.  In October of 2012, seeing a need for a night school in Houston, Pam and several partners started The Realtime Academy of Court Reporting, “RACR” for short, which unfortunately closed in December of 2015.  Pam is a member of the Texas Court Reporters Association, Texas Deposition Reporters Association, and is a director of the Harris County Official Court Reporters Association.  She became a civil official in January of 2019 and a county criminal official in November of 2019 for Harris County.  She completed the Realtime Systems Administrator certification and the Certified Reporting Instructor certifications with NCRA.   She continues to be active in the court reporting community as of today in various capacities.

KEVIN BOWDEN, CR

 Kevin Bowden, a Texas Tech University graduate, has owned and operated Quest Records & Reporting, since 2004, demonstrating his ability to lead and thrive as a CEO. Kevin is renowned for his outstanding work ethic and charismatic personality. His 28 years of legal experience and dedication to excellence are showcased in every aspect of his business and everyday tasks. In 2015, the YMCA even honored him with the Father of the Year award! His ability to connect with others personally fosters a collaborative and supportive work environment, driving individual and team success. Kevin has been a featured speaker at NCRA events, state and local court reporting conventions, as well as presenting numerous CLE seminars to attorneys, court reporters, and business owners.  Kevin remains a fixture in the reporting community.   

KATHY MCDANIEL, CSR 

 Kathy was a freelance court reporter for 13 years, then an official Court Stenographer for County Court at Law No. 2 in Waco and is now an official Court Reporter of the 188th Judicial District Court in Gregg County, Texas.  Kathy packed up her fur babies, bought some land, and moved to East Texas with her mother so that she would be closer to her roots and her family.  It was the best decision ever.  Kathy works for an absolutely wonderful judge and is grateful to God for what He’s done in her life and career.  Kathy has been presenting with Jeff Justice Seminars for the past four years.    

JEFF JUSTICE, CSP

 Jeff Justice, CSP, founder of Jeff Justice Seminars, specializes in bringing humor to the workplace.  Certified Speaking Professional, (CSP) status is the highest earned designation given by the National Speakers Association with only seven percent of the speakers in the world who achieve this level of expertise. 

 Jeff has been providing CEU credits to Court Reporters since 1995 with over 7,000 Court Reporters attending his seminars during this time.  He has presented seminars for CEU's in Texas, Georgia, Florida, California, Illinois, New Mexico, Wyoming, Mississippi, Missouri, Kansas, New York and New Jersey.

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