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The Record & Rebuttal

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The Record & Rebuttal

The Record & Rebuttal is a new editorial guide to how spoken legal proceedings become written records. It explores the craft, technology, and access questions behind accurate transcripts

  • 01Stenotypethe machine behind the verbatim
  • 02Verbatimthe standard a record is held to
  • 03Certificationthe seal that makes it official
  • 04Sealedwhat is withheld and why
A stack of bound transcripts on an appellate desk beside an open law book and reading glasses.
FILE 001Bound transcripts and an open law book, the kind of record a court reads after the fact.

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A stack of bound transcripts on an appellate desk beside an open law book and reading glasses.

TRTranscripts

Deposition Transcripts vs. Trial Transcripts

A deposition transcript and a trial transcript are both certified verbatim records, but they are taken in different settings and used differently in court. Here is the distinction.

Craft

Skills, methods, and working lives behind verbatim legal records.

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Sections

Three registers, kept as three margins.

  • 01 · CR

    Craft

    Skills, methods, and working lives behind verbatim legal records.

  • 02 · TR

    Transcripts

    How testimony becomes a written record and why that record matters.

  • 03 · AC

    Access

    Public access, privacy, and the language of law in official records.

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