Here’s a video about contract law. This video is especially good practice for students who are practicing at approximately 100-120 WPM.
Here are some briefs from the video:
in our= NOUR
language= LANG
contracts= KR-TS
negotiation= GOERBGS
warranties= WAERNTS
exclusion= XLAOUGS
vocabulary= VOIB
obligations= BLIGS/-S
exemptiom= XEMGS
fulfill= FFL
refuse= RFS
each and every= AOEFR
This video is of the prosecution’s closing arguments in the Madden trial. Please be forewarned that this is a criminal case, and that there are details of a stabbing:
Here are some briefs from the video:
foremost= FOERMT
common sense= KMONZ
courtroom= KRAOM
premeditated= PRAOEMTD
premeditation= PRAOEMGS
too bad= TAOBD
first-degree murder= F-MD
murder in the first degree= M-FD
bodily injury= BOJ
serious bodily injury= SBOJ
In this video Judge Thomas Stark reads a jury charge that he gave a jury in a 1975 murder trial, People vs. DeFeo.
jury instruction= JIRK
jury instructions= JIRKS
under the influence= NUFL
first degree= F-D
second degree= S-D
murder in the second degree= M-KD
disturbance= DURNS
extreme= STREM
manslaughter= MAUTS
homicide= HOM or HOMDZ
under the circumstances= UTS
viewpoint= VAOUPT
question of fact= KWEFT
contention= KENGS
passionate= PARBT
clarity= KLART
insanity= SNAET
for the purposes= FORPS
by reason= BIRN
disprove= SPROF
common law= KMOL
contrary= KRAIR
State of New York= STOERK
statute= STAOUFP
psychosis= SKOES
psychotic= SKOKT
convert= KWERT
My husband is so helpful with my quest for steno gold! 🙂 He found this video for me to practice to. This is a video of Mr. Rogers appearing before the United States Senate. This is great lit practice. I’m not sure of the average WPM for this video, but on the scale of 60-225, it seems to be on the slow/moderate side of things.
Here are some briefs from the video:
philosophical= FLOEFL
children= KHIRN
educational= JAEL or JAELGS
television= T-FGS
affiliated= FILTD
program= PRAM
haircut= HAIRKT
program= PRAM
inner= NER or KBER
as well as= SWELS
expression= KPREFGS
unique= YAOEK
Happy practicing!
Love, Speed & Accuracy,
Elsie Villega
Here’s an actual jury charge from a trial. This is great practice! I usually practice Q & A on Sundays. However, since it is almost midnight, and this video is over a half an hour long, it is safe to say that I will be getting a little Sunday jury charge practice as well.
Happy practicing!
Love, Speed, and Accuracy,
Elsie Villega
Here are some briefs from the video:
sole judges= SOJS
automatic= AUMT
issue of fact= SHAOUFT
issues of fact= SHAOUFT/-S or SHAOUFTS
logic= L-J
common sense= KMONZ
inconsistency= KBAONZ
discrepancy= SKREPZ
discredit= SKRED
pertain= PRAIN
reject= JEKT
corroborated= KROBD
accomplice= KPLIS
participant= PARPT
questions of law= QEFLS
distract= SDRAKT
contradict= KRIKT
ladies and gentlemen of the jury= LAIJS
I found some short videos, that are less than 60 seconds, that discuss the law. These are great practice videos to get legal terms to become automatic in your typing. Because they are quick blurbs, they can be repeated several times and help to reinforce some legal briefs and phrases.
This video explains what a tort is:
Here are some briefs from the video:
tort= TORT
wrongdoing= WROG
damage= DAJ
punishable= P-RBL
threatening= THRENG
perpetrator= PRERPT
compensation= KPENGS
emotional= MAOERBL
distress= SDRES
assault= SAULT
is a= SA
can be= K-B
in order= NORD
as a result= SRULT
Here are some briefs from the video:
likened= LAOINGD
garden= GAERND or GAERN
neglected= NEGD
abundance= BAUNS
therein= THR-N
gardener= GRAERN or GRAERND
useful= AOUF
manifest= MEFT
environment= VAOIRMT
element= L-MT
arrangement= ARMT
spiritual= SPIRL
length of time= LEFNGT
ultimate= ULT
suddenly= SULD
vicious= VIRBS
inclination= KBLINGS
