There is a nationwide shortage of court reporters. According to the Association for Court Reporters and Captioners, the last decade has seen the number of court reporters plummet with an estimated national shortage of more than 5,000 professionals. Other pressures for the demand for court reporters include various courts no longer providing court reporters and requiring that the law firms provide the court reporters. Two examples in California include; 1) As of Month Day, Year, San Luis Obispo County no longer provides Civil or Probate court reporters, and 2) As of Month Day, Year, Santa Maria (Santa Barbara County) no longer provides Civil or Probate court reporters.
Membership in the NCRA, DRA/CCRA, Bar Associations, and related organizations, combined with CREST’s active participation in their events, equips CREST court reporters with critical attributes like technical expertise, ethical grounding, and adaptability to modern legal demands. Benefits include career advancement, continuing education, financial rewards, flexibility, and increased visibility within the legal community. This participation and related benefits combined with CREST’s proactive use of leading-edge technologies provides for a robust support system, ensuring that CREST court reporters remain integral to the justice system while advancing their professional growth. This provides CREST reporters with less stress and a stabile working environment.
CREST Excels With Change
The government supply of certified quality court reporters is diminishing and has increased the demand for freelance court reporters. This is where CREST excels when it comes to reporting because many of CREST’s streamlined processes and added support team reduces the CREST reporters workload from 7 to 8 hours through the night by about 50% when producing expedited same-day transcripts. This is a very attractive feature for both the court reporters and the clients because it provides the highest quality transcripts and provides each CREST reporter with more personal time and more time for additional reporting. This team approach is very efficient, increases accuracy and significantly reduces the stress put upon court reporters. This is just one example of the CREST difference that is attracting more and more court reporters to join the CREST Team and has enabled CREST to increase its client base because of the most reliable solutions.
Platinum Program
The Platinum Program is truly a unique approach that CREST offers to its select clients. Some of the benefits include transcript delivery within 10 court days without expedite fees.