Punctuation and Word Use for Legal Support Professionals™ Course

Punctuation and Word Use for Legal Support Professionals™ is a multimedia online training course designed to help digital reporting, transcribing, and other legal support professionals improve and/or maintain their punctuation and word use skills.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Hi! I’m Caitlin Pyle. I’m the creator of the award-winning staging-proofreadanywhere.temp312.kinsta.cloud. I've been proofreading since 2007, and I’ve been working in the court reporting industry since 2009.


As a former reporter manager and transcript production specialist, I’ve had the pleasure of working with hundreds of court reporters in various stages of their careers, which allowed me to experience firsthand just how important excellent proofreading is in the world of court reporting. 

I’m glad you’re here! Please be sure to read this page thoroughly. Enrolling in any of our programs should not be taken lightly.

You'll notice we don't throw many "BUY NOW" links at you -- it's because we want you to read first :-)

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COURSE OUTLINE

Punctuation and Word Use for Legal Support Professionals™ is composed of 9 course units. 

    • Unit 1: Types of Errors. Learn to recognize the types of errors found in transcripts. 
    • Unit 2: Transcript Format. Learn about important aspects of a transcript.  
    • Unit 4: List of Common Legal Terms + Looking Up Medical Terms. Gain more knowledge about legal terms and looking up medical terms. Download the abridged version of legals terms, an 80-page PDF of legal terminology. This unit includes a quiz to test your legal vocabulary (100% score required to continue).
    • Unit 5: American vs. British Spellings & Other Notes on Spelling. Learn to differentiate between the types of American versus British spellings and complete the worksheet + answer key.
    • Unit 6: 4 Most Violated Comma Rules in Transcripts. Learn about the four most violated comma rules in transcripts and complete the worksheet + answer key.
    • Unit 7: A [Short] Lesson on Apostrophes + Worksheet. Learn about how to use apostrophes properly and complete the worksheet + answer key.
    • Unit 8More Punctuation Rules + PRACTICE. Learn more rules and test your knowledge with more practice. Complete the worksheets + answer keys.
    • Unit 918 Transcript-Relevant Capitalization Rules + The Word Skills Test. Learn more than you ever wanted to about capitalization and complete the worksheet + answer key. This unit includes an exam to test your word skills (80% score required).

This course is multimedia. The units contain a variety of worksheets, handouts, videos, screencast tutorials, and text to aid in the learning process. All videos produced by PA include verbatim transcripts for students unable to listen to audio.

Course Tuition Details


The tuition for the course is $147.

You have one year of access to the course.