RPR study plan

Build a personal glossary of at least 150 legal terms, writing an original one-sentence definition for each in your own words

Diagram the sequence of a civil proceeding from filing through appeal, labeling each stage with its correct terminology

Contrast 25 commonly confused civil and criminal term pairs (e.g., plaintiff/defendant, complaint/indictment) in a two-column table

Compose 10 original sentences that each use three glossary terms correctly in context

Self-quiz the glossary in three passes and log every term missed twice or more

Assemble a 100-item medical terminology list organized by prefix, root, and suffix, defining each component separately from the whole word

Decode 30 unfamiliar medical words by component analysis without a dictionary, then verify and record accuracy

Take one untimed English grammar and usage diagnostic and categorize every error by rule type

Rank your top five recurring grammar error types and write one corrective rule statement for each

Speak 20 legal and medical terms aloud and mark pronunciation or spelling traps for later drilling

Apply comma, semicolon, colon, and dash rules to 40 original sentences, correcting each and citing the rule applied

Edit 15 run-on or fragment passages into complete, correctly punctuated sentences

Distinguish and correct 20 usage errors involving homophones, subject-verb agreement, and pronoun case

Rewrite 10 verbatim-style spoken passages into clean readable prose without altering meaning

Re-test on your five ranked error types and compare the new score against the week-2 baseline

Define the core ethical duties of a verbatim reporter and state the conflict each duty can create with another duty

Analyze 10 short ethical scenarios and write a defensible course of action for each with a one-line rationale

Produce a one-page style sheet of capitalization rules for courts, titles, and legal citations

Complete a timed 30-minute mixed set covering terminology and English skills and score it against the answer key

Identify your three weakest rules from that timed set and schedule targeted review for weeks 5 through 7

Write a five-step decision framework for handling off-the-record remarks, conflicts of interest, and requests to alter the record

Map each framework step to the specific professional standard it satisfies

Expand the scenario bank to 25 cases, including confidentiality, competence, and impartiality issues

Draft a short plain-language explanation of reporter impartiality suitable for a client or attorney

Peer-check five of your scenario answers against your framework and note any inconsistency

Outline the full reporting workflow from assignment through transcript delivery, listing the output of each stage

List the equipment and file-handling checks required before, during, and after a proceeding

Build a pre-session and post-session checklist of at least 15 items each

Practice 60 minutes of timed transcription with a deliberate accuracy-versus-speed log kept per 10-minute block

Explain in writing how to handle a technical failure mid-proceeding and what must be preserved in the record

Run two 45-minute mixed simulations combining procedure, technology, and ethics items under exam timing

Audit both simulations against your week-5 framework and week-6 checklists, marking every divergence

Revise the checklists and framework to close the gaps the audit reveals

Drill 50 previously missed terms and 20 previously missed grammar items in spaced repetition blocks

Rehearse the transcript-delivery and confidentiality steps aloud until you can state them without notes

Take two full-length timed practice exams under test-day conditions and record section-by-section scores

Re-teach your ten weakest items from each domain in writing, one paragraph per item

Review all four domains' condensed notes in three spaced passes across the week

Confirm logistics: timing per section, permitted materials, and a test-day pacing plan with checkpoint times

Consolidate a one-page final review sheet covering the highest-yield facts from each domain