Justices Removing Justice
The Heroic Journey: A Stenographer’s Judicial Nemesis The American Justice System simply cannot exist without stenographic court reporters. It’s that simple – to me, at least. Then why are Courts across the country getting rid of their stenographic court reporters? The budgetary and shortage reasons they are claiming surely can’t be the cause behind it.…
The Lazy Steno’s Guide to Saving the Steno Profession
End the extreme shortage of court reporters. Fight the unfairness and double standards. Overcome inequality and injustice. Whoa. The Sustainable Steno Goals are important, profession-changing objectives that will require cooperation among government entities, international law organizations, and leaders in the legal industry. It seems impossible that the average person can make an impact. Should you just give up?…
Women Who Have Revolutionized the Legal Profession
Jane Bolin First African-American woman to graduate from Yale Law School, to join the New York City Bar Association, to join the New York City Law Department, and to serve as a judge in the United States! Jane Bolin was born in Poughkeepsie, New York on April 11, 1908. She was the daughter of Gaius…
Control Your Narrative, Control Your World
“Who controls the past, controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” — Geo. Orwell, 1984 I’m sure that we all remember hearing that juicy rumor back in high school that you couldn’t wait to tell your best friend, who tells their best friend, and on and on. Now fast forward to your…
Supply & Demand 101 for Court Reporters
President Biden gave us all a rather crude lesson in supply & demand economics in his Presidential speech on January 7th, one that dropped my jaw. Replace the words “car prices” with “court reporter rates” and “cars” with “court reporters,” and then replace the word “Americans” with “stenographers.” Now you’ll understand why I was stupefied.…
Easy Money – working smarter, not harder
Are you constantly working for hard earned dollars or are you working towards easy money? As we grow up we’re taught, “you need to work hard.” You need to get paid for your time. You need to clock in. You need to clock out. You need to get paid for the time that you’re spending. …
Managing Our New Robot Overlords
Adopting AI (Artificial Intelligence) technologies in the court reporting industry is one of the most complex issues of our generation, despite the great promise that AI holds for CAT (computer-aided transcription) software vendors looking to create a better and faster experience for its customers and higher translation rates for the ultimate end users of a…
Substantive Due Process and the Stipulation Regime in Court Reporting
This is how the big agencies, who are proponents of digital recorders, are getting away with violating laws in 25 states that require transcripts be produced by licensed CSRs. They believe they can stipulate away the laws. A Veritext executive said they have found no law that prevents them from stipulating to use a digital…
10 Facts About Fear that Can Change Our Steno Fate
“The presence of fear is a sure sign you’re trusting in your own strength.”~A Course in Miracles As human beings, we all experience fear. Our bodies are built for survival, and our fear is the gatekeeper. Fear protects us and keeps us safe and secure by making us aware of any potential threat that might…
Who or What is StenoImperium?
We exist to facilitate the fortifying of the Stenography profession and ensure its survival for the next hundred years! As court reporters, we’ve handed the relationship role with our customers, or attorneys, over to the agencies and their sales reps. This has done a lot of damage to our industry. It has taken away our…
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