Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Remote Legal is a legal services company that combines experienced legal professionals and court reporters with technology to improve the deposition process. The Legal Proofreader reviews legal transcripts for accuracy, completeness, formatting, and quality, while providing redlines, comments, and scorecards to editors and meeting strict deadlines and confidentiality requirements.
Responsibilities
- Promptly acknowledge receipt of each proofreading assignment upon notification
- Consistently meet all assigned deadlines
- Download and review all necessary resources required to complete the assignment effectively
- Provide proofreading services according to the level assigned by the Transcript Production Team
- Carefully review transcripts for accuracy, grammar, punctuation, formatting, and consistency
- Review and clear indiscernible portions whenever possible using the available audio
- Verify the accuracy of the transcript caption and index and make corrections as needed
- Address questions or notes left by the editor in the transcript, or escalate unresolved issues to the Transcript Production Team
- Ensure Track Changes is enabled to produce a redline version of the transcript reflecting all edits
- Include instructional comments within the transcript to help editors improve accuracy on future assignments
- Provide feedback to the editor by submitting: a redlined transcript, illustrative comments explaining errors or corrections, and a completed proofreading scorecard in accordance with the scoring rubric
- If necessary, request deadline extensions at least one day prior to the deadline
- Upload the completed transcript and invoice upon completion of the assignment
- Maintain strict confidentiality of all information and materials entrusted to you
Skills
- Experience proofreading legal deposition transcripts
- Experience proofing to audio
- Attention to detail
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Understanding of the parts of a legal transcript, including formatting and styles
- Ability to adhere to an established style guide
- Good communication skills with Remote Legal internal teams to collaborate and ensure alignment on deadlines and transcript quality standards
- Prior court reporting experience
- Prior digital scoping experience
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