Are you allowed to go paperless in court?

Asked by Todd Olivas {2430}
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7/7/2010 9:36:24 PM

I know this may be a silly question, but with the advance of paperless writers, is that even an option within most court rooms?  I know in the dep world it's neither here nor there, but what about you officials?

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Answered by migalooch {16}
7/8/2010 9:37:07 AM

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Diffrent states have different rules.  In New York, yes, you are allowed to go paperless, and most reporters do. 

Yay for New York!    -    jeanese 7/8/2010 8:04:38 PM | Flag


Answered by kyunggreen {176}
7/9/2010 12:29:01 AM

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I think you can be paperless in District Court, but I think they still want paper in superior court in California.



Answered by MichelleMcLaughlin {235}
7/10/2010 12:20:35 AM

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As far as Southern California goes, Riverside, San Bernardino, Indio, Orange, and Los Angeles County Superior Courts have all approved Stenograph's paperless writers because of their triple backup of steno notes.  That's an important distinction as all paperless writers are not approved by the court systems.  Officials in these counties are required to "dump" their steno notes into their county's electronic note storage system.

San Diego is the exception in Southern California as they are still working on developing their protocol for the County's storage of electronic notes.  The San Diego officials are very anxiously awaiting the approval of paperless writers and are hopeful it will come around soon!

Michelle, thank you for your answer. I'm a student in Florida, but am engaged to a military member who may be getting orders to Camp Pendleton. I'm learning more and more about the field and locale specifics from those of you who comment. Thank you again.    -    RitzYoung 7/11/2010 1:45:17 AM | Flag


Answered by RitzYoung {206}
7/13/2010 9:35:59 PM

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Solution to paper and paperless...Stenograph's Fusion.  It has both capabilities.



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JeanMarie O`Mallon
Yes, but you have to back up your work all the time.
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Jennifer Thomas
We are. We have to give them CDs with our work once monthly.
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Sharon Alexander
Yes, we are allowed to go paperless. You have to have several means of back up, I have 3. We have turn in our digital notes with a dictionary. I back up on a weekly basis, sometimes daily, if I have a trial going on.
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Kristin Vickery
I have pro temmed paperless and was told that the particular court I was working in did not allow paperless writers - even if I gave them my digital notes.
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Elora Dorini
they allow us to go paperless in school now at 180. So I would hope that whatever we choose as a profession when we`re out accepts that. That would be rather upsetting to know I needed to use paper when I don`t have that capability anymore.
Thursday, July 08, 2010
April Lassiter
I`m an Official Reporter.......and for the past 2 months, I might as well have opted to go paperless, due to my machine malfunctioning. Thank God for a back up system. To answer your question, I think it would depend on what the protocol is for the District you work for. We`re required to box our notes up, but for those Officials using the new paperless machines, you just have to make sure you have a system in place to archive your notes to CD.
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Trina Fehlman
In Riverside, CA, we are allowed to go paperless, as long as we have I think it is three backups. We also back up our files electronically now.
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Danny Andrews
THREE backups?? .... whoops.
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Tracy Bundrant
I never heard that Trina. I know the CRB requires two. I have four! LOL! I am a bit of an overkill, but the thought of lost notes, scares the hell out of me! LOL!
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Hugh Gunn
L.A. Superior Court allows paperless writers and, if you don`t use a paperless writer, to destroy your paper notes as soon as you have downloaded your disks to the court`s computer note storage system, which you are required to do once a month.
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Trina Fehlman
That`s why I said I think, lol!
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Tami McVey
Madera Superior Court has allowed us to go paperless. Less storage space. We just have to keep a log of our backups online.
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Tanya McCowan
I was deathly afraid to go paperless. Afterall, the paper is the record; right? I guess not anymore. At L.A. County I am paperless and LOVING IT! However, I have to upload my notes electronically once a week which can be a little rough. Paper is becoming obsolete, people. Next I am going wireless. Can`t wait!!!!!
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Cheryl Gilliam
In Fulton Superior Court, there are several of us that are paperless. I have three backups on the writer, and then I`m writing realtime, so it`s on my laptop also. And I`m wireless, so I`m loving the freedom from paper and cords. I backup my notes on an external hard drive as well as to a County site.
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Lauren Cobb
I am paperless and loving it! Been paperless in 3rd Circuit Court in Detroit since `06. It lightens the load. Too much paper. I upload my notes everyday to a CD and an external hard drive. Eventually I`ll become wireless, too :-)
Friday, July 09, 2010
Katrina Collman
3rd Circuit in Illinois, we`re all paperless. Love it.
Friday, July 09, 2010
Joanne Lombardo
Sometimes reading paper is easier when working on a missed stroke word; the ink is darker on the real stroke; rather than on the computer screen. There is something endearing about paper; especially when the computer machine malfunctions and it will eventually.
Friday, July 09, 2010
Lori Elliott
you are allowed to go paperless in NY but you have to back up and have a back up to a back up. I dont like paper but it`s my crutch that will never go wrong if something crashes.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Elizabeth Sherman
I sub for officials in detroit and metro detroit, and myself and several other girls at my agency are paperless....as long as you can access your stuff and store it with the courts on disks and can retrieve it years later if needed....it should be fine....paper is a nice security blanket though!
Saturday, July 10, 2010
D`Anne Barnes
Depends on the county. In San Diego, we haven`t implemented the electronic note storage system. We are still required to store our paper notes. The more backups the better. If you have ever had to produce a transcript by a retired or deceased reporter, it`s much nicer to have several backups and a dictionary too!
Sunday, July 11, 2010
D`Anne Barnes
Depends on the county. In San Diego, we haven`t implemented the electronic note storage system. We are still required to store our paper notes. The more backups the better. If you have ever had to produce a transcript by a retired or deceased reporter, it`s much nicer to have several backups and a dictionary too!
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Sonya Wilcox
Washington State, paperless. no problems!
Thursday, July 15, 2010

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