4422 - Legal Services Court Reporter

Summary

Legal Services Court Reporters are responsible for the closed mask capture, transcription and distribution of legal proceedings and assembly of typewritten, summarized or verbatim transcripts.

Legal Services Court Reporters transcribe verbatim records of legal proceedings.

Legal Services Court Reporters serve as reporters to Staff Judge Advocates of major base or station commands and to the officer-in-charge of an LSSS/LSST that provides legal services support to a major Marine Forces command.

Reporters record the proceedings of special and general courts-martial, formal investigations, administrative boards, staff meetings, and other similar bodies (hearings); and prepare or supervise preparation and assembly of typewritten, summarized or verbatim transcripts, and review records of proceedings for administrative completeness and technical accuracy.

Prerequisites

Must hold primary MOS 4421.

Must be an NCO at the time of application.

Lance Corporals with one year time on station may apply with the recommendation of their supervisor.

Must be able to type a minimum of 30 words per minute on a 5-minute typing test.

Requirements

Marines assigned the NMOS 4422 must first attend and complete the Legal Services Court Reporter Course (N05LN31) at Naval Justice School, Naval Station, Newport, RI.

This is an approximately 12 week course in closed-mask capture and speech recognition transcription methods.

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be sworn as Official Court-Martial Court Reporters.

POI CID

None

Duties

For a complete listing of duties and tasks, refer to reference (bh), Legal Services Training and Readiness Manual.

Court Reporters 23-2091.

None.

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