A recent Wall Street Journal article by Allison Pohle raised the question: in these days and times where automated voice transcription services can create a written transcript sans humans, do we still ...

On behalf of the South Carolina Judicial Department, I’d like to offer some facts that were missing from your May 27 article about the shortage of court reporters. We employ nearly 100 court reporters ...

In modern litigation, accuracy is not optional. Every word spoken in a deposition, hearing, or trial can shape strategy, influence outcomes, and become part of the official record. That is where court ...

If you have ever worked on a witness examination for discovery (deposition) or reviewed a transcript, you have already relied on a court reporter more than you might realize. Their work sits at the ...

The nationwide shortage of stenographers has reached crisis levels, compromising the system’s ability to guarantee equal access to justice for all Americans. When a domestic violence victim in ...

SAN FRANCISCO — California’s highest court ruled Monday that low-income litigants can no longer be forced to choose between delaying an important civil hearing and proceeding without the verbatim ...

On paper, court reporting might seem like a career that's at severe risk of becoming fully automated by artificial intelligence, especially as transcription services improve and the cost of using them ...

Law360 (June 3, 2026, 6:30 PM EDT)--Two legal nonprofits urged the California Supreme Court to issue an order entitling low-income civil litigants to electronic recording if a live court reporter is ...

Recent high-profile court cases in Massachusetts, including the trials of Karen Read and Lindsay Clancy, draw interest and commentary from people around the world and rely on court reporters to be the ...

A court stenographer records testimony in 2019. California’s court reporter shortage has left millions of civil proceedings without an official transcript. Getty Images The California Supreme Court on ...