Starting Out in the Courtroom

[DivaCRStudent]

This question is for official court reporters, especially California ones. I'm a student who is interested in working as an official once I obtain my license. When new hires begin working in court, do reporters always start off as per diem or do they get assigned as a permanent official? I know some job annoucements that I look through, from time to time, mention applicants are put on an eligibility list. Some of these lists are for counties dying for court reporters

Thanks,

Tricia

[Patricia Babits]

In my county they hire they officials from the per diem pool. I've never heard of someone getting an officialship straight out of school, but I do know some people who started working daily in court right out of school. It took them about a year to get the officialship with benefits. They had to pass a "readability test" which is like a realtime test.

[Kyung]

Are you looking at Federal or Superior? I think it's different for each. But for both, I think they want you to have at least a couple of years of experience.

Federal is looking for reporters who do realtime for the judges. So if you're prepared to do realtime, you'll have a leg up, so to speak.

[DivaCRStudent]

Thank you, everyone, for the insight