Court Reporters

This video is made in A Levels Academy Islamabad by Barrister Amna , this video explains about court reporter

Transcript

00:00When representing yourself in court, you want to cover all bases, like a lonely baseball player.

00:07Not only for what's in front of you, but for the potential future of the case.

00:11This includes a possible appeal where you may be able to ask other judges to look at what happened in your case,

00:16to see if your judge made any mistakes in applying the law.

00:20If you can show that your judge committed an error, you may get a chance to start over, or sometimes win your case outright.

00:28But how do you show the appellate judge these crucial mistakes?

00:32Often they come in what the judge said in court during decisions, or even in something you or other people said to the judge.

00:38Without something to show the appellate judges what happened or what was said in the courtroom,

00:43they will just assume your judge did everything right.

00:46That's where the court reporter comes in.

00:48The court reporter will type everything said by anyone in the courtroom into his or her stenograph machine.

00:54But usually courtrooms don't automatically come with court reporters, just like popcorn doesn't come free with your movie.

01:00You have to order and pay for one to be there.

01:03But that's a small price to pay for the chance to win your case later.

01:07If you do appeal your case later, there will be another charge for the court reporter to type out what everyone said on paper.

01:13This is called the official transcript.

01:16So how do you order a court reporter exactly?

01:19Well, if you are part of the LegalYou community, it's as simple as a phone call or an email to LegalYou.

01:25LegalYou can arrange a court reporter at a fair price.

01:29And if you ever need to appeal, LegalYou will help you get your official transcript and get it filed with the court.

01:35You can do this, and LegalYou can help.