COCRA MEMBERS

It has come to COCRA’s attention that in December of 2009, a recommendation was made to the WVC Academic Senate that several programs be discontinued, including the court reporting program.

One hundred percent of WVC students sitting for the California Certified Shorthand Reporters examination in the last five years have passed the rigorous Department of Consumer Affairs exam and went on to become successful members of our court reporting team.

Please support WVC by sending your letter/email out immediately.

Two of our favorite court reporters have made it easy for you. Below is the contact information you will need and two sample letters; one from Carol Karen of San Francisco Superior Court, CSR 8189, RDR, CRR, and the other from Patricia Dowling of San Francisco Superior Court, CSR 5388.

Please act today! The court reporting industry is a vital and vibrant part of our California judiciary. We need schools like WVC to teach promising men and women the necessary skills to keep California court reporting at its best!

CONTACT INFORMATION

Please send email or letter correspondence to:

Mr. Jim Henderson
Business Division Chair
West Valley College
14000 Fruitvale Avenue
Saratoga, CA 95070
jim.henderson@wvm.edu
cc: linda.lawson@wvm.edu

Continue reading for sample letters.

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Well, court reporting may not have made it into the top 10 or even top 20 in a new survey of the 200 jobs rated best to worst put out by careercast.com, but court reporters have plenty to cheer about when they see that according to the survey court reporters ranked number 22 beating many other professions like astronomers, economists, and even physicists!  How do you like them apples?

The website came up with the scoring for the jobs in the survey in the following manner.

How does Jobs Rated determine which professions rank better than others? Data on each job is broken down into five key categories: Physical Demands, Work Environment, Income, Stress and Hiring Outlook. Jobs receive a score in each individual category, and when these are added together, the career with the best overall score is ranked 1st, while the one with the worst overall score is ranked 200th.

If you’d like to see the survey yourself, you can click here for the page.