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The updated 2025 "AskDRA Code Book" is now available!!
Use the link below to log in to your DRA member account and access your copy today.  (This is an exclusive Member Benefit).

 

 

 

 

 BEWARE of AI Notetaker Applications

Here is an excellent resource onbatined from Jeopardizing Justice about the dangers and cautions to be aware of (and to educate litigants and their counsel) as to AI Notetaker Applications.  Take a minute to read and even print the flyer so that you can cite the perils to everyone on a remote depo or hearing if someone is trying to use an AI notetaker app.  Cal DRA thanks Sue Terry (OH), Liz Harvey (WA), and Debbie Dibble (UT) for their work in creating this important flyer.

Click here to view/print the flyer

 

 

 

 

 

NOTICE FROM THE COURT REPORTERS BOARD OF CALIFORNIA

Big changes are ahead for Court Reporters, effective January 1, 2025, following the signing of Sunset
Bill AB 3252.  Some of these changes are listed below:

1) Allows for reciprocity with the NVRA (National Verbatim Reporters Association) CVR and CVR-S certification.  If a hopeful licensee has either certification, they are not required to take the Board's skills test, only the two written tests - English and Professional Practice - for licensure.

2) Pass rate for the skills test will be lowered to 95% from 97.5%.

3) The CRB can now collect email addresses from licensees to share with the public. This allows consumers to more quickly and efficiently reach court reporters to request transcripts.

4) Licensees must state their name and license number at the beginning of a proceeding.  Stating a license number will ensure parties know they have a licensed court reporter reporting and producing a transcript of the proceeding. 

Please contact the Court Reporters Board of California with any questions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

DRA Mission Statement
The Deposition Reporters Association of California strives to preserve and enhance the freelance stenographic reporting profession, ensure its integrity, and maintain its high standards and impartiality wherever stenographic services are required. DRA is committed to ensuring that the stenographic reporting profession remains the "Gold Standard" for the industry, in addition to a viable and integral part of the legal system.