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Where does one learn - kl
Posted: Apr 24, 2013to be a legal transcriptionist? Seeing more and more ads for this.
Most legal transcriptions are prior law office workers. - Maggie May
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I don't believe I've seen anywhere that actually trains legal transcriptionists to work from home (not that there aren't any, I just haven't seen them). I occasionally do legal at home, but I worked in a law office for many years before I became an MT.
I tried to go to school for this - sm
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I went to a 2-year community college for this while I was working full time as an MT and a single mom of 2. I lasted 1 semester. It is extremely, extremely difficult to learn. Maybe it wouldn't be for someone else. Not trying to be negative. I was told, not by the school, that there is a desperate need for legal transcriptionists. Well, they could make it possible to learn it, for one.
Penn Foster offers a program - MomOfFive
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With that being said, I don't know how good it is, and as with people taking MT courses, most places asking for legal transcribers want transcribers with prior experience, preferably a few years of law office work as an assistant or a paralegal. Stinks for the people who go to school to learn it (both MT and legal) because you find yourself not being able to get a job because no one wants to give newbies a chance.
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