Program

• Briarwood College, in cooperation with the Connecticut Court Reporting Association, offers an 18-month, non-degree Court Reporting program. Court Reporting is a demanding but rewarding career with coast-to-coast opportunities available at your fingertips. Court reporters can work in the legal community, provide communications access for people with hearing loss, work as independent contractors or run their own agencies.
• A captioner and/or court reporter records verbatim conversations in areas such as the courtroom, during hearings or depositions; in television doing closed captioning for the hearing impaired; in business doing cyber-conferencing as well as general rapid data entry, or medical and legal transcription.
• An exciting career awaits students in the field of court reporting which is currently an in-demand, high-paying career. Court reporters (including deposition reporters and broadcast captioners) earn an average of more than $60,000 per year. Graduates of the program will join over 40,000 court reporters nationwide who apply their special skills in this vital field.
• The course of study includes basic shorthand theory, punctuation and grammar for court reporting, transcription, speed development, computerized transcription, legal and medical terminology, courtroom procedures, and an internship. The program curriculum is designed to prepare students to take the Connecticut State exam to become a licensed Court Reporter. Transfer students are welcome.
• Are You a Good Candidate?
       Are you organized and attentive to detail?
       Can you see and hear well?
       Do you take pride in your work?
       Can you sit comfortably for several hours?
       Do you have a good vocabulary
       and understanding of the English language?
       Do you like to read newspapers,
       magazines, and novels?
  

Course Descriptions/Course Schedules

• Day and evening classes are available and are held Monday-Friday. New programs begin in April and October.

Instructor

Cheryl Poehls is the Program Coordinator and lead faculty member for the Court Reporting Program. Ms. Poehls brings a solid experience of the court system to her position having been in the Court Reporting field for eleven years. She graduated with honors from the Morse School of Business in Hartford with a certificate in Court Reporting. Ms. Poehls then went on to become a self-employed Court Reporter, a Court Reporting Program Director/Faculty member at New England Technical Institute, a Court Reporting instructor with Stone Academy in Hamden, and a Court Monitor in Middletown Superior Court before joining Briarwood College.

Program Costs

• The per semester program cost of $3,105 includes tuition, fees, and equipment rentals. Additional costs include textbooks and supplies.

Registration/Contact Information

• Register Today! Classes Fill Quickly!
• For more information please call Briarwood College at 1-800-952-2444 or 860-628-4751, extension 249 or send an email to; poehlsc@briarwood.edu
• To submit a formal application, click on “Apply Now”, fill out the application and choose the Court Reporting program.