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-COCRA's LEGISLATIVE BOOTCAMP AND LOBBY DAY WITH LIBERTY (LIBBY) SANCHEZ OF BROAD & GUSMAN -COCRA's CONFERENCE IN SAN FRANCISCO -NEVADA'S CONFERENCE IN RENO

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-COCRA’s LEGISLATIVE BOOTCAMP AND LOBBY DAY WITH LIBERTY (LIBBY) SANCHEZ OF BROAD & GUSMAN

Thanks to COCRA Lobbyist Libby Sanchez of Broad & Gusman, COCRA’s official court reporters and DRA’s freelance court reporters are ready to face the challenges Sacramento presents to our profession and to our Court Reporters Board.

The budget crisis looms while Californians brace for more bad news about our financial situation.  Governor Schwarzenegger’s staff proposed the elimination of our Court Reporters Board [CRB], and, yet again, the Legislative Analyst’s Office proposed the elimination of official court reporter positions in our California courtrooms.

COCRA is not resting on its laurels.  COCRA’s Preserving Access to Justice Task Force compiled data relevant to our specific reporting issues and hosted training sessions in various courtrooms to prepare official reporters for the difficulties we, as Californians, may face.

The best preparation occurred yesterday, February 3rd, 2009, as members of COCRA and DRA enjoyed a morning of legislative bootcamp training from Libby Sanchez, then met with various senate and assembly members’ staff, with Assembly Member Noreen Evans and with Assembly Member Michael Feuer, Chair of Assembly Judiciary Committee.

“We had a really productive and effective lobby day – our dialoguing during our morning Legislative Bootcamp session ensured that our messaging and communication skills were honed for our meetings with legislators and staff.  We did a great job of providing real world examples of the dramatically negative impact that expansion of ER would have on our profession, in addition to raising several other issues of huge import to court reporters.” ~ Libby Sanchez ~


It is important to note that all staff, Assm. Evans, and Assm. Feuer are incredibly busy right now.  We, as official court reporters, are very grateful they took the time to hear our concerns, offer advice, and view our realtime demonstrations provided by our own Abby Fields of Stockton.

Thanks to all official and freelance reporters who participated.  Because of Libby and your efforts, official court reporters can rest assured that their interests are being protected during this difficult time.

-COCRA’s CONFERENCE IN SAN FRANCISCO

CELEBRATE SPRING WITH COCRA!!  Join COCRA in San Francisco for our Annual Conference.  This year we’re excited to announce that we’ve invited Stenograph, ProCat, Eclipse, and Stenovations to showcase the latest features their software has to offer.  Attendees will also get the chance to view and try stenowriters such as the Mira, Passport, Stylus, and Lightspeed.

COCRA has all this and more planned for April 4th, 2009, so be sure to mark your calendars! Keep an eye out for updates emailed to you on COCRA’s Official Briefs newsletter, and also posted at www.cocra.org, where you can register for the seminars online. (The COCRA 2009 Annual Conference brochure will be sent out via U.S. mail approximately six weeks prior to the Conference.)

-NVCRA’s CONFERENCE IN RENO

Nevada Court Reporters Convention – March 27-29, 2009.  Get away, enjoy, relax, and get your CEUs in beautiful Reno, Nevada, at the newly renovated Atlantis Casino Resort Spa ~ You Deserve It!

Near spectalular Lake Tahoe!

For more information, go to http://www.nvcra.org and download your registration for TODAY or e-mail Cecilia Vohl at mailto:cvohl@source.net to receive your registration form.

Posted on February 6th, 2009 by Janice

1 Comment



  1. fogfan
    February 10th, 2009 at 1:22 pm

    Great work COCRA!!

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