Digital Court Reporter Scholarship Program

The Court Reporting Academy

The Digital Court Reporter Scholarship program may include full or partial funding for the DCR 101 & DCR 102 courses. Visit the main program page to review the course content. Multiple live review and annotation sessions are held each week, and scholarship students must commit to attending at least one session weekly. While enrolled, you also receive no-cost access to Reporter Studio PRO, the industry’s leading court reporter capture software.

A primary objective of TCRA is to ensure that scholarship recipients are prepared to successfully pass the Certified Electronic Reporter (CER) exam administered by the American Association of Electronic Reporters and Transcribers (AAERT). You will also master the industry’s emerging digital and A.I. technologies to facilitate remote and in-person legal proceedings.

Your training includes practical, hands-on professional development with certified live instructors, career guidance from mentors, and real-time job shadowing with working court reporters. In addition, graduates are connected with scholarship sponsors and agency partners for full and part-time employment positions as well as independent contractor opportunities, allowing you to get to work immediately after graduation.