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  PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE


April 2013
By Shirley Hall

Come join us in Omaha! That's what you read when you received your issue of TCR, and I hope by now you've made your reservations or are ready to do so. Our convention committee has chosen a beautiful venue, the Embassy Suites in the Downtown/Old Market district, and has lined up an impressive list of speakers and topics to reveal to us how to look at things we've already learned in a new light, to hone our realtime skills, and to teach us how to be better reporters. Of course networking with other federal reporters is a big part of every convention, as we share how our courts handle similar issues differently and share how to become an indispensible part of the court family. I look forward to meeting with you and hearing about your successes while we're in Nebraska in April.
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USCRA conducts board meetings and CEU-qualified seminars at its spring MidYear meeting and Annual Convention in autumn. And our quarterly publication, The Circuit Rider, contains articles geared to enhancing your career in the US District Court.

We have several programs to help increase your income. USCRA offers four FCRR testing opportunities per year to obtain realtime certification, recognized by the AO for salary increase. FCRRs may also charge for realtime services. And our yearly Realtime Speed Contest Champion is awarded a cash prize in addition to bragging rights and a beautiful trophy. Other available monetary benefits are announced elsewhere on our website and in The Circuit Rider.

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