NCRA Members can attend this FREE Mental Health Awareness Month Webinar and earn 0.10 at NO COST!

Do you hear a voice of self-sabotage that judges you, criticizes your decisions, and minimizes the results you achieve? That voice in your head comes from automated patterns in your mind that cause stress, anxiety, self-doubt, frustration, and restlessness. They sabotage your performance and overall well-being. The first step to conquering those self-sabotaging patterns is to identify them and expose their lies. Enter mental fitness, which does for your brain what a gym workout does for your body. Imagine being able to remain calm, clear-headed, stress-free, and positive even while handling your greatest challenges both personally and professionally. What becomes possible for you in your performance, your well-being, and your relationships? This program focuses on that very question and offers strategies to help you strengthen your mental fitness muscles.

Total CEU: 0.10

Brought to you by the National Court Reporters Foundation

New for 2026: Mental Health Awareness Month free webinar for NCRA members!  Being present to the struggles, stress, and suffering inherent in the legal system has an impact on us. We are human, and experiencing this impact doesn’t make us weak or bad at what we do. This webinar combines education on vicarious trauma, stress responses, burnout, and resiliency with practical skills that you can begin using today to support your sustainability. Total CEU: 0.0

Learning Objectives:

● Understand the neuroscience of trauma and growth.
● Recognize different ways vicarious trauma might be showing up for yourself and your colleagues.
● Begin building a toolbox of strategies to care for stress in the workplace.

Brought to you by the National Court Reporters Foundation

Join NCRA for the second Steno Speaks webinar featuring Joshua Edwards, RDR, CRR, CRC. Enjoy this special live webinar where Joshua will blend his experiences in three unique fields -- classical singing, public speaking, and stenography -- to inspire the audience to reach for more.

Total CEU 0.10.

Discover practical tools to streamline your workflow and elevate your professionalism. This seminar explores advanced solutions, including electronic organization of forms and job journals for seamless assignment tracking. Master how to customize email templates that save hours of repetitive work. Sit with me and explore wired and wireless microphones in concert with sound mixers for monitoring and recording proceedings in large venues. Whether managing complex cases or daily administrative tasks, participants will gain actionable strategies to work smarter. Join us to discover innovative approaches that will transform how you organize, communicate, and make your life easier and more efficient.

Total CEU 0.10.

Join your colleagues as Mike Hensley, RPR, presents the first webinar in the Steno Speaks series. Learn how to balance the use of tools and support along with your own skillset for optimal performance in professional and personal settings.

Total CEU 0.10.

Ready to elevate your legal videography services—or launch your career with confidence? Join us for a deep-dive webinar designed to help you build a reliable, flexible videography kit that grows with your business. This webinar is designed to help you build a reliable, professional videography kit tailored for legal video work. Discover what to consider before purchasing equipment, including the services you plan to offer, industry trends, and why reliability and redundancy are essential. You’ll learn how to source gear wisely, avoid common pitfalls, and make smart investments in the components that matter most.

The webinar includes a live demonstration of a complete full-service setup—showing connections, alternative options, and practical video-chain examples. Bring your questions about legal video kits and leave with a detailed equipment list you can use as a starting point for your own build.

Total CEU 0.10.

If there were a magic pill that would improve your memory, would you take it? Fortunately, you don't need to. This interactive session rids your poor memory from forgotten names, misplaced glasses, and statements such as, "I know it's here somewhere," to a mind that’s efficient and reliable. This program dispels the myth that memory can't be improved. It can; easily and effectively. You’ll learn techniques on organizing your thoughts, remembering names and faces, and overcoming absent-mindedness. When you're skilled in memory, all your other skills get better. You can improve your memory. This program shows you how.

Total CEU 0.10.

Success in court reporting isn’t just about speed and accuracy—it’s about consistency, discipline, and the habits that shape your daily practice. This webinar dives into the science of habit formation and how it applies directly to your journey as a court reporting student. Learn how to build routines that support skill growth, overcome procrastination, and stay motivated through plateaus.

Total CEU 0.0

The article Back to Basics Hunting for Homonyms comes from the JCR magazine - January 2026.  

Eligible credential holders may earn 0.25 PDC for passing the article quiz. A passing score is defined as correctly answering at least 85 percent of the quiz questions.

Lindsay Stoker (RDR, CRR, CRC, CA CSR) invites working court reporters to embrace Dolly Parton’s message -- “Find out who you are and do it on purpose” -- as a catalyst for professional growth. By identifying core strengths, aligning them with personal values, and pursuing goals such as realtime provision or advanced certifications, reporters can craft a purposeful career path. This journey involves setting clear objectives, investing in new technologies and training, and reframing challenges as opportunities to refine skills. Ultimately, “doing it on purpose” means not only raising individual standards but also uplifting colleagues through mentorship and collaboration. Attendees will leave with concrete strategies to nurture their talents, expand their capabilities, and shape a professional identity that resonates at every stage of their reporting journey.  
Total CEU 0.10.