Los Angeles County Superior Court is experiencing a significant shortage of court reporters. The court is now revamping its recruitment and retention incentives.
"There are many jurisdictions in the country where there are no longer court reporters who create the verbatim record," she said."The proceedings are recorded and we also have what are called voice writers where essentially someone is speaking the going ons in the courtroom into a device that then captures the proceedings."
California law only allows electronic recordings in specific case types, including misdemeanor cases, limited civil cases and infraction cases like traffic tickets. On the flip side, criminal felony and juvenile matters mandate the use of a certified court reporter. That leaves this middle grey area where court reporters are not required, but electronic recording is prohibited at the same time. Those cases include probate, family law and general civil cases where the amount being contests is more than $25,000.
Legislation has been proposed to expand the use of electronic recording when court reporters are unavailable, but so far has been unsuccessful.Slayton says the starting salary for a court reporter in L.A. County is $120,000 plus benefits and transcript fees. The court system is offering signing bonuses of $50,000 over two years, as well as offering reimbursements of student loans up to $15,000.
They're also trying to keep current court reporters by offering retention incentives over the next couple years.
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