Upcoming events

    • Saturday, May 13, 2023
    • 8:45 AM - 4:00 PM
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    Planting the Seeds of Change
    OCRA VIRTUAL SPRING SEMINAR
    SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2023
    8:45 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. - .6 CEUs*
    (*CEUs pending NCRA approval)




    Schedule
     8:45 - 9:00
     Opening Remarks by the President
     9:00 - 10:30
     Life with FTR:  On the Record with Steven L. Krasik, Esq.
     10:30 - 10:45
     BREAK
     10:45 - 12:10
     Who Can?  You Can!  Lady Steno is Here - Part I
     12:10 - 12:30
     LUNCH
     12:30 - 2:00
     Practice, Practice!  Lady Steno - Part II
     2:00 - 2:15
     Break

     2:15 - 3:45


     Hollywood and Court Reporting Collide:
     Meet Judge Judy's Court Reporter!
     3:45 - 4:00
     Closing Remarks


    Seminar Speakers, Content Description, and CEUs


    Living with FTR - .15 CEUs  

    Designated a “Super Lawyer” in 2007, Oregon criminal defense specialist Steven L. Krasic, Esq. shares his thoughts on the integrity of the record.  

    Highlights include:

    • Civil work versus criminal work. Depos, video, who pays for what?
    • Who can do the attorney work? Who can do the reporting work?
    • Criminal defense as a constitutional requirement and the obviously guilty criminal.
    • Observations on the history, the pluses and the minuses, through the evolution of court reporting technology.
    • How Court TV and other live coverage can clobber a decent court record.
    • Compelling live reporting and funding issues, making someone else pay.
    • What’s the ‘official transcript’?
    • Secret audio recordings and the donnybrook that can follow.
    • FTR and other live recording systems, the clock and the transcription dilemma.

    Who can? You can!  Pt. 1 and 2 - .3 CEUs

    Katiana Walton, Freelance Realtime Stenographer     john oliver chicken GIF

    Objective
    : Participants will begin to master over 140 everyday phrases in one stroke. Doing so will increase their speed and realtime accuracy.

    Highlights include:
                                                                                      
    • Introduction to shorter writing. Theory and objectives are explained.
    • Left-hand pronouns portion. Words beginning with “who” are the primary focus.
    • Right-hand phrase enders are added to the left-hand pronouns to create a phrase. 
    • Active training practices based on the teachings of Dr. Mel Silberman. Instructional design based on teachings of Dr. Ruth Clark.  Accelerated learning practices based on the teachings of Dave Meier.  


    Hollywood & Court Reporting Collide -    .15 CEUs

    MEET JUDGE JUDY’S COURT REPORTER!

    Whitney Kumar, CSR   

    Highlights include:

    • Hollywood and the court reporting world collide! Everyone’s favorite daytime judge, Judge Judy, made sure to have a certified stenographer at her side for her new show, Judy Justice.
    • The perfect reporter for the job was Whitney Kumar.  She is a California CSR who owns KW Court Reporting with her twin sister, Kamryn. Come learn about her unique experience and tips on evolving your court reporting career.


Past events

Sunday, February 26, 2023 Board Meeting
Sunday, December 04, 2022 Board of Directors Meeting
Friday, October 14, 2022 OCRA 2022 Annual Convention
Saturday, September 10, 2022 Board of Directors Meeting
Saturday, May 14, 2022 Spring Convention 2022 - "On Being Prepared"
Saturday, March 12, 2022 Board of Directors Meeting
Saturday, December 11, 2021 Board of Directors Meeting
Saturday, December 11, 2021 Student Get-Together
Saturday, October 23, 2021 2021 OCRA Annual Meeting
Saturday, October 23, 2021 Back to the Future - OCRA 2021 Virtual Fall Conference
Saturday, September 11, 2021 Board of Director's Meeting
Saturday, May 22, 2021 OCRA Spring Convention - Refresh, Renew, Reset
Saturday, May 08, 2021 Board of Director's Meeting
Saturday, February 06, 2021 Board of Directors Meeting
Saturday, November 14, 2020 Board Meeting
Saturday, October 24, 2020 OCRA Annual Meeting
Saturday, October 24, 2020 OCRA Fall Convention
Saturday, October 03, 2020 Board of Directors Meeting
Saturday, June 06, 2020 Board of Directors Meeting
Saturday, May 16, 2020 Spring Convention - Forging the Future
Saturday, March 28, 2020 Board of Directors Meeting

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