Court Scribe
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Head Court Scribe
Appointed in 2005, Maya Chen holds the current leadership position for Court Scribes. Her career began 30 years earlier at age 23, when Maya applied for scribe training. Since the beginning, she has shown consistent dedication towards improving the Ministry’s scribe team. Before she was hired as a full-time scribe, Maya had jumped around the different sub-departments for a while. After 10 years, she would find herself with a small group of Court Scribes within the Department of Justice that she would come to love dearly. The group became a second home to her, and Maya became determined to grow the position and improve it.
While working, Maya’s attire consists of very neutral colours, paired with her hair pinned tightly at the base of her neck. Her reasoning behind this is that people do not tend to focus their attention on neutral colours, instead going straight to bolder colours. Without the extra pressure created by additional attention, Maya is able to be more on top of creating transcripts of what is said during trials.
Court Scribe
Currently, there are two full-time Court Scribes: Amelia Lewis and Manon Bernard. Unlike the Head Court Scribe, they both entered the Ministry straight through training to become a Court Scribe rather than general training for a scribe position. Each specialises in specific court proceedings, with Amelia doing most of her scribe work for criminal cases and Manon doing most of hers for general hearings.
Both women tend to emulate Maya Chen’s attire while at work, though Manon is more likely to wear brighter colours due to her red hair already attracting attention. While Court Scribes are generally kept out of sight, the occasional glimpse of them can be distracting for those who are standing trial or presenting a case, providing the scribes with a reason to try to be as invisible or neutral to the eye as possible.
Court Scribe In-Training
While there are no current scribes training to join the Court Scribe sub-department, it has grown in popularity amongst the scribe department at the Ministry. Scribes who are training to join this team will be assigned to learn under one of the three full-time scribes, where they will attend a minimum number of court proceedings a month, whilst being tested on their ability to transcribe what is being said in real-time.
Toward the end of a Court Scribe’s training, they are expected to sit in a wide variety of different types of hearings, which they will have to transcribe completely on their own. This requirement was put into place a few years after Maya Chen rose to the position of Head Court Scribe. The goal of this final piece in a Court Scribe’s training is for them to be able to pinpoint the type of hearings they prefer to attend, as well as test their final ability to perform the job. As of this final step being implemented, only one Court Scribe has gone through it. Manon Bernard had found herself looking forward to general hearings as opposed to the criminal or other hearings.
Unlike full-time Court Scribes, those who are in training have a uniform they are expected to wear when present at court proceedings. Their uniform consists of a black and white suit, which should closely fit their body, and a silver pin on the lapel of their suit’s jacket. The pin they are given indicates that they are training to become a Court Scribe.
Trivia
- You can learn about magical crime cases that Court Scribes transcribe in Magical Crime classes taught by the Academics team.
- You can learn more about Court Scribes in a Magical Career Exploration class, also taught by the Academics team.
- The server has a related staff role to Court Scribes on the Scribe team.
