The legal world is tough right now. Many legal scopists are wondering if they are going to be successful in 2025. But, there’s good news – legal scoping is still a highly rewarding work-from-home opportunity. If you’ve been considering it, now is the best time to learn from a scopist expert in 2025.
How to Make Money As a Scopist Interview
World of Freelancers recently published an interview with world-reknown scopist, Linda Evenson. Linda is the founder of Internet Scoping School.
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In the interview, you will learn all about how Linda got started as a scopist, why and when she started Internet Scoping School (ISS) and then delve into the background content as to what it takes to be a successful legal scopist in 2025.
Best Ways to Learn from a Scopist Expert
If you’re new to the field or looking to sharpen your skills, here are some recommended ways to learn from a legal scoping expert:
- Ask a Court Reporter. Court reporters continuously scope their own work and may be willing to teach you the ropes.
- Learn With an Scopist Expert. Reach out to someone already in the field and learn from their expertise.
- Take a Scopist Training Program – The Internet Scoping School offers a few different options for you:
- A FREE 7-day Intro to Scoping Mini-Course
- A Scoping Fundamentals Course
- Finally, the ISS full course curriculum covers everything about scoping. Take a look:
- Advanced Punctuation
- Notereading
- Medical Terminology
- Transcript Production©
- Case CATalyst Software Training©
- Practice Files©
- The Successful Professional Scopist©
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- Enroll in online or local community college courses. Online or local community colleges can provide valuable skills for your scoping journey.
- Use a Combination of Learning Methods. Blend different approaches to maximize your expertise.
- Teach Yourself – While rare, it’s possible to teach yourself scoping.
Are you having trouble deciding on which learning method would be best for you? World of Freelancers has broken down statistics to help you decide:
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- 24 percent of scopists polled received their training from court reporters or scopists.
- 19 percent of scopists polled received their training from online scopist schools.
- 14 percent of scopists polled received their training from brick and mortar schools.
- 3 percent of scopists polled are self taught.
Final Wisdom
Court reporters need you. You need work as a freelancer, right? Working from home has the greatest rewards, and 2025 is going to be no exception. You hold your destiny in your own hands. So, get out there and learn from an scopist expert and make next year your own profitable success story. Remember, legal scoping can earn you money from home.
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This article was originally published on December 26, 2020, and has been updated for 2025.
