judybarrett
judybarrett
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| Member | Apr 13, 2008 (18 years) |
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Bio
I am Judy Barrett, Owner of Scoping Careers International. I have, for more than 20 years, been an editor and scoping training consultant in the court reporting field. I operate a business to train others to do "scoping," which is in-house jargon for computerized text-editing of legal transcripts.
Before entering this field, I worked in an administrative capacity for the Office of Naval Intelligence, and one of my duties was taking statements under oath in shorthand for use in U. S. Naval legal proceedings -- very practical experience which I later was able to call on in my capacity as an editor for court reporters in civil and criminal proceedings in state and federal courts.
I later worked as an administrative assistant in the Physics Department of California State University, Northridge, in Northridge, California. That experience was of value when I was involved in editing scientific material in litigation involving technical matters.
Prior to starting my scoping training program, I had many years' experience actually doing the work, and have always been able to teach what I know from my own personal experience.
I took a variety of college courses out of my own wish to broaden my intellectual horizons, among them a number of English grammar and writing classes. And the bedrock of my education, from early childhood, was that I was an "army brat," living with my military father (with my mother and brother) in Korea, Germany, and both coasts of the U.S., in Washington State and New York State. Travel is definitely broadening!
I'm a Texan by birth, and spent a great deal of time in New Mexico when I was young. I spent years in California, where I started my scoping training business, and am now happily "settled" in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Until my next "deployment"!)
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