Transcribing Legal Dictation

Course Code

LAWS 154

Academic Year

2016-2017

This course will develop students? skill in transcribing office-style dictation of legal correspondence and documents to standards appropriate for the legal profession. The student will receive instruction in transcribing techniques for accurate first-copy production that includes the application of listening, language usage, spelling, grammar, punctuation, formatting and proofreading skills. He or she will transcribe from digital media using BigHand and Microsoft Word software.