Downey Adult School students Patty Kwee, Edith Navas, Isabel DeLuna, Eva Myers and Mayra Perez qualified recently to take the California Shorthand Reporters Examination to be held June 22 in Los Angeles. The exam is given three times a year and is the equivalent to a bar exam. It is a two-day test, with academic subjects tested on one day and machine dictation a different day. To be eligible for the state test, students must have completed 660 hours of academic training in English, legal studies, medical terminology, court procedures, California codes and computers. ********** Published: June 21, 2012 - Volume 11 - Issue 10