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Writers: if you are not a cop, a lawyer, or a librarian (to name only 3 professions that appear a lot in fiction), please do your homework. There are lots of cops, lawyers, and librarians who would be happy as clams to advise you on whether or not your character meets the verisimilitude test.
1) An NPR Saturday Edition (8/25/12) interview “For Writers, The School Of Hard Cops” with Crime Writers Consultation made me wonder if real police officers “learn” how to be cops from TV cops the way some ordinary folks think one can learn court civil and criminal procedure from watching TV
2) While wandering the Multnomah Central Library shelves one cold, rainy afternoon not long ago, I came across this book: “Just the facts, ma’am : a writer’s guide to investigators and investigation techniques,” by Greg Fallis, Writer’s Digest Books, c1998.
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Oregon Law Practice Management, 8/28/12, post: Can I Practice “On the Side?”

“Lawyers sometimes ask if they can start a law practice “on the side” while maintaining their current position.  This question raises several red flags….” [Link to full blog post.]

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A Law dot com news feed article: “Skadden Associate, Herself a Rape Victim, Dives into Akin Fray,” by Brian Baxter, Am Law Daily, 8/22/12, got me wondering about Oregon’s law:

“…. Prewitt says that 31 states have not yet adopted special laws that restrict the ability of rapists to assert their custodian and visitation rights to a child born through rape. The other 19 states—Delaware, Oregon, and Pennsylvania have added protections since the publication of Prewitt’s law review article in 2010—have laws that restrict the access of rapists to the children they fathered….” [Link to full Law dot com article.]

If you search the ORS (Oregon Revised Statutes) Index, under Sex Offenses-Rape, you will be referred to these sections, which today read as follows, but please, talk to an attorney if you need legal advice!

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The Oregon voter registration deadline for the November 2012 election is: October 16, 2012

Visit the Oregon Secretary of State OregonVotes dot org website for links to online registration, registration sites, information about the November ballot, and much more.

Or, visit your county election office.

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Writers, journalists: do you need an antidote to Newspaper Death Watch?

Regain your excitement for the written word, for news, for the world around you: Explore Hyperlocal Journalism: Local Independent News Publishers

Read about hyperlocal journalism, Local Independent Online News Publishers (LION), and Block by Block, a nonprofit trade group.

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The vote in Congress on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148 (2010)) was as follows:

House: 219-212
Senate: 60-39

(Source: Thomas dot gov, August 27, 2012)

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If you read the Aug. 22, 2012, Willamette Week story, “Barred: A top Lewis & Clark law student committed a sex crime involving a 13-year-old boy. Now he wants the school to take him back,” you might find the following Gallagher Blogs post apropos.

Law schools and bar associations do on occasion accept and license law students and lawyers (respectively) who have criminal records. (I have blogged before about “redemption,” and you can find other stories in the news.)

“Law Man: Memoir of a Jailhouse Lawyer Now Law Student”

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We are thrilled to report that the new (fifth) edition of the one and only “Oregon Nonprofit Corporation Handbook” is available for purchase (and soon to be available at local libraries, too).

Visit the Nonprofit Association of Oregon for lots more Oregon nonprofit informatin.

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Gallagher Blogs (Law Library, University of Washington) gives us a useful legal research-focused news and document round-up of the Lance Armstrong lawsuit up through Aug. 21, 2012. News on this lawsuit continues to break so if you’re interested in following the story, check reliable news sources for updates.

Gallagher Blogs: Court Puts the Brakes on Armstrong Lawsuit

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