Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Remote Legal is a legal services company focused on deposition and court reporting solutions. The Legal Proofreader reviews deposition, hearing, and other legal proceeding transcripts for accuracy, completeness, formatting, and client-ready quality, while providing redlines, comments, scorecards, and feedback to editors. The role also requires meeting deadlines, maintaining confidentiality, and collaborating with the Transcript Production Team.
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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