Court Support Services Training Gets You Industry Ready In Two Semesters
Posted by Jason White on Thursday, April 17, 2014
Under: College Education
The Canadian justice system consists of a range of components that all
work together as a cohesive unit to ensure that proceedings run smoothly
and in a timely manner. Two of the components essential to the justice
system fall under the court support services umbrella. The first is the
role of the court reporter whom is responsible for producing verbatim
transcripts of Court of Queen’s Bench proceedings (trials),
quasi-judicial proceedings, boards of inquiry and public hearings. This
person may also provide real-time reporting services on request.
Meanwhile, the role of a court clerk includes those who perform support
functions in courts of law, such as calling court to order, preparing
court dockets and maintaining exhibits.
While these two roles differ, you only have to attend one program to have the knowledge to launch a career in either role. Municipal court training
at Centennial College is called Court Support Services and trains
students in two semesters to carry out the duties of court reporters and
court clerks. This is achieved through a curriculum that has been
approved by the Ministry of the Attorney General and includes the
implementation of courtroom procedures, in addition to working with
judges, lawyers and other courtroom personnel. Enhancing the courtroom
aspects of the training is Centennial College’s on-campus, simulated
courtroom, which gives students the opportunity to practice
communicating with a judge, swearing in witnesses, transcribing and more
— without the worry of not being able to make an error.
Among the specific courses included in this court reporter and court clerk training
are: Court Monitor, Court Clerk – Family, Court Clerk – Criminal,
Ethics and Professional Conduct, Current Issues in Canadian Law
(students learn basic legal principles affecting their legal rights and
responsibilities in their relations with other individuals, with groups
and with government); Introduction to Word Processing (designed to
provide learners with the basic skills to operate and utilize word
processing software in order to produce basic business documents, while
emphasizing building communication and critical thinking skills, and on
progressively increasing keyboarding proficiency to produce business
documents with speed and accuracy); Word Processing Applications
(focuses on developing intermediate skills to operate and utilize word
processing software in order to produce enhanced business documents);
and more.
Aside from completing career-oriented assignments and training in the
simulated courtroom, students also benefit from visiting family,
criminal, small claims and municipal court settings as well as various
tribunal hearings.
Grads will launch careers with The Ministry of the Attorney General
(Ontario Court of Justice, Ontario Superior Court of Justice), official
examiners, court reporting services, municipal courts, tribunals and
boards and more.
In : College Education
Tags: court clerk training municipal court training