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Legal Transcriptionist

Course Outline

Learn everything you need to know to start a new career as a Legal Transcriptionist. Your training will include overviews of various aspects of the legal system, medical terminology, punctuation, stenography, and practical transcription skills. Here’s an overview of the custom learning materials and bonus items you’ll receive in your course. 

Pack 1

Lessons

  1. Welcome to Your Exciting New Career as a Legal Transcriptionist
  2. Your Role as a Legal Transcriptionist
  3. Criminal Law: Part 1—Events Leading to a Trial
  4. Criminal Law: Part 2—Drama in a Courtroom

Bonus Items

  • Course Introduction
  • Practice Rite Board with Pen
  • Legal Transcription CD
  • You Can Do It! CD

Pack 2

Lessons

  1. Civil Law: Part 1—Preparing a Lawsuit
  2. Civil Law: Part 2—The Civil Trial and Legal Specialties
  3. How and Where to Look Up Information
  4. Medical Word Building
  5. How the Body Is Organized

Bonus Items

  • Quick-learn Kit

Pack 3

Lessons

  1. Organ Systems from Skin to Bones
  2. Organ Systems from Respiratory to Reproductive
  3. Punctuation and Style from Clauses to Pauses
  4. Punctuation and Style from Quotes to Capitals
  5. Phonetics—Word Sounds
  6. Beginning Stenotype

Bonus Items

  • Quick-learn Flashcards
  • Quick-learn Guide for Punctuation
  • Quick-look Legal and Medical Glossary
  • Stenotype Keyboard Reference Card and Letter Guides

Pack 4

Lessons

  1. Stenotype—Punctuation, qu-, ch-, d-, le-, -ing, -ity
  2. Stenotype— -n, -bility, -ng, -nj, -nk, -nt, -m, -ment, -k, Omitting final -t, Asterisks
  3. Stenotype— f-, n-, l-, b-, m-, g-, -j/Soft -g
  4. Stenotype—j-/Soft g-, v-, y-, Middle Consonant y, -ch, Arbitrary signs, -sh, -th, com-
  5. Stenotype—x-, -x, Speaker’s Arbitrary Signs, Alphabet, Punctuation, Special Prefixes and Suffixes
  6. Stenotype—Times, Dates, Numbers and Conflict Words

Bonus Items

  • Quick-learn Flashcards
  • Equipment Guide

Pack 5

Lessons

  1. Reading Stenotype—Legal and Medical Terms
  2. Preparing a Legal Transcript
  3. Preparing the Body of the Transcript
  4. Real-Life Transcription: Part 1
  5. Real-Life Transcription: Part 2
  6. Real-Life Transcription: Part 3
  7. Real-Life Transcription: Part 4

Bonus Items

  • Format Template
  • Computer-Aided Transcription (CAT) Software Supplement
  • Briefs and Phrases Reference Finder
  • Desk Reference for Legal Transcriptionists
  • Career Starter Kit
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