Hutchings Mentor Program - Still Going Strong After 17 Years

submitted by Hillary Sackett, Hutchings Mentor Program Coordinator

Hutchings Court Reporters' Mentor Program is designed to give southern California students an exciting opportunity to receive practical and professional advice along with priority treatment for deposition apprentice hours.  The program complements the instruction of court reporting schools.

Participants shared their comments with us at the end of the 2010-11 session which concluded this past Saturday.  

• "The encouragement offered by your reporters and staff was wonderful.  It was like a shot of enthusiasm for me." 
• "School teaches us how to "write", your training and guidance teaches us how to "work." 
• "I so appreciate real-world learning.  This has been a wonderfully valuable experience, a confidence-booster that I could get no other way.  I especially liked being able to talk with real working court reporters.  I liked our discussions on various scenarios that might come up in a deposition and how to handle them, and how to interact with the attorneys and witnesses."

The application deadline for the 2011-12 Program is April 30, 2011.  The six-session program will begin in late June.